OMG, I went shopping yesterday.

I fit into size 14 pants. Two pant sizes since November 9.

I'm very happy right now..

ETA: I'm going to Disneyland on Superbowl Sunday, any good recommendations? I don't think we can bring in food. I don't remember. Any suggestions are…

On the Edge of Time

an old woman sits

her legs a-dangle

swinging gently

the map of a

moving life

traced on those legs

regal purple bursts

of exquisite webwork

delicate and strong.

the…

I just had to share this awareness angel for diabetes. I came across this site http://www.sewstrangebnp.com/ while surfing the internet. I just had to have it for my daughter's quilt that I'm making for her for the "Diabetes - Quilt of Life". It is embroidered onto a quilt block. She also does alot of other embroidery for awareness/hope/love/etc. Simply wonderful - and I thought I would pass this on to all…

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common hormonal disorders in dogs. Statistics show that one in 400 dogs develop diabetes. So you and your diabetic dog are not alone - many other pet owners are helping their dogs stay healthy and live normal lives with this disease.

Types of Diabetes

Most diabetic dogs have diabetes mellitus (pronounced MEL-uh-tus). In diabetes mellitus, the pancreatic islet cells that produce insulin are destroyed during episodes of pancreatitis or when…

Welcome if you are reading this blog post. I just wanted to let you know I am the founder and executive director for a diabetes assistance nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) public charity. We take financial donations (of course) but we also accept unexpired diabetes supplies and used insulin pumps. You get a tax receipt and the supplies you send will be given away for free to people in need. We give away meters, lancets, test strips, pumps, and cash assistance to help buy insulin. No other…

I am in the process of constructing a 3x3 "Quilt for Life" for my daughter Olivia. I am also planning on seeing the quilt for life being displayed on the Mall @ Washington DC. There are over 600 quilts right now. What a wonderful way to raise awareness and I'm sure seeing all those quilts displayed will be a emotional, but powerful experience.

From the Children with Diabetes website....

"We sincerely hope that…

So. I have been musing for a time now on my train trip to the Midwest in November. I would love to arrange my life to never go to an airport again. Train travel delighted me in so many ways. I did, of course, take along an assortment of amusements: the perfect novel for the experience (The Ladies' Coupe by Anita Nair about women getting to know each other on the ladies-only sleeping car of a train in India), crossword puzzles, writing projects. But what I did the most was sit comfortably at…

I do not hang out here at TuDiabetes enough so I promise you will notice the Ninjabetic showing up around these here parts.

This place is full of such cool stuff that I could lost in here! SWEET