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Well! I got almost everything done on my list and except watering a couple of shrubs out front. The BIG task was dusting, since I haven't done it in a couple of months and there was a gross layer of dust everywhere. I used a bucket of water with some rubbing alcohol, a few drops of dish detetgent and a sponge since no way was a dust rag gonna work, especially near the kitchen where everything is a little oily.

Plus I did more than usual including the tops of window frames, door frames, doors and windowsills. Not quite a spring cleaning but very thorough! So three bucket changes and 2.5 hours later, the house is cleaner!

Cool down tomorrow, and a few days of yardwork ahead.

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Have you figured out the wonders of the microfiber rag yet?

I've had a dozen of those things lying around that I got for free after rebate years ago.

I used to use wipes, and before that I would use a spray bottle and paper towels to wipe down dust off of things. I know there was a non-feather feather duster in the mix at one point, and a swiffer thing with expensive replacement pads too. I figured there had to be an easier way to do it, so I youtubed it. Those rags are amazing. Just work your way down from the top to the bottom, then hit everything with a vacuum and you're done. Wash the rags and you're ready for next time. So much wasted time and/or living with dust all my life because I didn't know the right way to do the job.



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Oh, trust me, SIX, I would have gone thru about a dozen microfiber rags. If I don't let the dust build up they'd work fine, but this was not that situation! (Hubby does have some in the garage.)

Meanwhile, I sprayed the weeds between the curb and the bender board and between the front walkway pavers. I'll probably have to re-spray the Bermuda grass since it's so gorram persistent!

Will be talking with someone about a battery backup for our solar. Just in case of earthquake.

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Best of luck BRENDA! Maybe this will be your game!

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Well OK SIX, I'll give it a try!

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I overscheduled myself, again. But I got a lot of things done, and a lot of things got done. I hired that crew that cleaned up the front yard to clean up part of the backyard and they did a great job. Spoke with the ppl who have the battery backup ... boy, it's not any cheaper than it was when we last lookd at it five years ago! But there is a better battery out there, instead of the lithium-coblat battery currently available in the Tesla power wall, there's a lithium-iron-phosphate battery that's a lot more stable and takes a lot more cycles. Cost-wise probably not practical, but maybe if we get a generator we can limp thru the night and get the solar cells going each morning. Because, ironically, if they don't get SOME voltage from SOMEwhere, they can't generate electricity!

Spoke with our insurance people about some insurance upgrades, and tomorrow I'm taking puppy-wuppy in for her shots and a general exam bc she hasn't had one in a while.

After that ... back to yardwork for a few days, chipping away at it an hour or two in the AM when the temps aren't higher than 89-90. And when they are, back to indoor work. I have some things to get rid of in the way of decluttering and still filing etc to do, so it's not like I'm going to run out any time soon!


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Sorry to hear that BRENDA. I know that some things can trigger seizures, but this seems like it may have been a random event. Is there anything you can do to prevent that?

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Well, dear daughter and I went out for lunch like I had been planning on and promising for a while, and we had a nice lunch and a great time.

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Those sound like very good numbers, SIX! I'm sure glad you're managing so well!!!

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Those sound like very good numbers, SIX! I'm sure glad you're managing so well!!!

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Well... It's hit or miss. Like I said, there's been about 3 weeks now where I was doing pretty much everything wrong. In a funk... Not working on projects. Letting the lawn go too long. Napping in the afternoon after a full night of sleep. Eating more carbs than I should be when I'm not working for it. Etc... Yanno... Winter behavior.

But because I don't have weaknesses for things like ice cream and candy and soda, it's really not that bad. I didn't like that I was shooting up rapid insulin up to 3 times per day, but my prescription says "take 7-10 units 3 times per day" and even at my worst I was never taking that much.

I do have a weakness for peanuts though. When I'm working that's fine, but when I'm not, I can't be eating as much as I do. I can resist the cereal and I only use that to bump my numbers up when I'm low, but if I have peanuts on hand I can't stop myself with them and can easily eat an entire bottle in a day.

I ran out of them a few days ago and have plenty of other food on hand so it's been easy to manage otherwise.


Right now with an hour left I've averaged 101mg/dL the entire day which is practically healthy people numbers. I won't end it that low since I just had to eat a half cup of cinnamon and oats cheerios because I dropped down to 71 and that's going to give me a spike before midnight, but this is my 3rd day in a row without any rapid and the average for all 3 days is 105mg/dL.



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Yeah, but "doing pretty much everything wrong" you still managed to keep it under control. If that's "wrong' more diabetics should be as "wrong" as you.

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Yeah. But I knew it wouldn't last forever. My dumb numbers came down very late last night and so I had another half cup of the cereal before I dropped into dangerously low territory. I knew I shouldn't have done it... or at least I should have had less than a 1/2 cup. So I went to sleep and I was around 100. I woke up to 135 and it's climbed to the mid 140's and stuck there. It will go down in about an hour or two I'm sure, especially if I get off my ass and mow the lawn.

Not bad at all still since it's still 9pts under what my entire daily average should be, but it's certainly going to break my streak of average days between 97 and 110. Oh well... You can't win 'em all. I still didn't take any rapid and won't be.

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Personally, been in a bit of a funk myself for about the past week or so. I have m,ajor project staring me in the face, still. I think I kinda burned myself out a bit pushing on a bunch of home administration things... insurance, major data breach hitting our info, unuthorized credit card use that I had to cancel and then re-set all of our accounts, plus I still have paper filing to do and to create a unified list of contacts for hubby and daughter to use if I'm not around, since I've been taking care of all of that!

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I feel for you. I've spent a ton of time on paperwork and such this year that I don't normally have to invest with the whole tax issue and other things. The tax thing still isn't behind me because I won't sign that new deal until they lay out more specifics that will leave me satisfied that I'm in a position where they can't just do it all again next year. If they won't provide that, I'll be going to court over it in a few months. Yay!

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Plus, there's the yardwork and re-landscaping, which is a series of projects large and small, which is intimidating me, again. When I didn't have the weather I had the time, when I had the weather I didn't have the motivation. But those projects aren't going away so whether or not I feel overwhelmed or inspired, I have to somehow get my rear in gear.

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I hear ya. At least where you live time is on your side. I'm running out of warm weather. Don't be too hard on yourself.

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One GOOD thing happened, tho. I mentioned that we had a spare door which was just veneered MDF (cherry veneer, I think. But you know how cherry darkens with time so it almost looks like mahongany) It was a piece of crap that I've been urging hubby to toss. As you know, he decided to turn it into a table, so he got some redwood that he turned into legs and stretchers which, when oiled, turned into a cherry-like color, and he put the crappy-ass door on it and OMG!!!!! It's a beautiful work table that looks like a heirloom piece! It's not just the wood, the proportions are exactly what appeals to me! Legs not too thin, not too thick. Stretchers wide enough so that they're clearly visible, tabletop not overhanging too much or too little. It's a classic, somewhere between farmhouse and rustic. I have GOT to post a picture!

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Sweet! Yeah. Post a picture.

I've got a table project myself that I'll be leaving for the winter. I got the ornate legs and some other parts from my Grandma's huge dining room table and a nice hard stone (possible marble? granite?) slab from my mom and step dad before they moved down south. I'm going to put together a small kitchen table with those pieces, and eventually one day I'll learn how to reapolster chairs and have two really nice chairs that match the table with the two end of table chairs for that set that had the arm rests on them. I don't have much space for a kitchen table, and that will be a huge upgrade from the crappy WalMart 2 seater table I used to have in the kitchen before I remodeled it. And I'll have a little piece of Grandma's house in there that I'm sure my dad and aunt are going to love seeing when it's all done.

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39,000 points? I didn't think that was even possible. Must have been extraordinarily good luck. Next time, she should go to Vegas!

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Yeah. But I knew it wouldn't last forever. My dumb numbers came down very late last night and so I had another half cup of the cereal before I dropped into dangerously low territory. I knew I shouldn't have done it... or at least I should have had less than a 1/2 cup. So I went to sleep and I was around 100. I woke up to 135 and it's climbed to the mid 140's and stuck there. It will go down in about an hour or two I'm sure, especially if I get off my ass and mow the lawn.

Not bad at all still since it's still 9pts under what my entire daily average should be, but it's certainly going to break my streak of average days between 97 and 110. Oh well... You can't win 'em all. I still didn't take any rapid and won't be.

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I'll be damned. I didn't break that streak.

107mg/dL for the day. Already got my 2 week average down to 119 from 133 just from the last 5 days without taking any rapid.

I can only imagine how good it can get when I'm actually working and doing stuff again.



I just got my low warning at 72, but this time I only had 1/4 cup of the cereal since I don't want the numbers rising too high before bed. Should only get up to 120 max tonight while I sleep... At least that's the theory anyway.

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Well, I tweaked my schedule a bit and explained it to hubby, and why I'm doing what I'm doing. I think doing all my "kitchen work" and daily chores in the AM (dog walk, dishes, b'fast, dinner prep) will free up more of my afternoon so I can plan on doing longer projects then. Plus, it lines up with the rest of the family better. So far, it feels more comfortable and I feel more focused. I'll see how it goes.

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