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Endocrinologist: to share or not to share
May 13, 2013
Diabetes
Dear Dr. Hottie, Oh, hmm, I guess I’ve never addressed you that way in the 17 years you’ve been treating me, hey. Well Dr. Endocrinologist, this week is Diabetes Blog…
Mother’s Day, the first of many
May 12, 2013
Uncategorized
My first Mother’s Day. Yep, that’s my boy’s handprint! Pretty sure it trumps birthdays, Christmasses, and everything else in between. It’s looks like this that will forever melt my heart!…
Braciole: fooled by the name
May 9, 2013
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April 20, 2013: Cook’s Country – April/May issue Braciole Braciole. Ohhh, braciole. Braciole. Braciole. Braciole. I just can’t get enough of saying its name, letting it roll off my tongue,…
Telus: supporting my faulty pancreas
May 7, 2013
Diabetes
Last week I finally attended my very first blogging conference; it only took 3 years to get an invite, no biggie 😉 Bloggers and Brands hosted the free conference, last…
BMO Vancouver 8 km race recap
May 6, 2013
Races
I’m not going to lie and say I wasn’t disappointed with my first race back. Sure my stats look pretty darn decent: 11th in my age category (30-34); 72nd out…
BMO, bikes butts and bits
May 3, 2013
Diabetes
Here we go again! It has been just shy of 1 year and 7 months since I last set out to run a race, and while I’m not doing a…
Tire repair… or not
May 1, 2013
Diabetes
So apparently a bike tire isn’t the same as a bike wheel – who knew? Big Ring. For years that dear, semi-patient husband of mine has been correcting me every time…
No quitting allowed
April 29, 2013
Diabetes
I thought for sure when I set out on my run yesterday morning, I’d be leading this post off with a big fat ugly “Ugh!” By all accounts this run…
Hypoglycemic doozies
April 27, 2013
Diabetes
The other night I was lying in bed and I couldn’t sleep. I tossed. I turned. I was tired, but my brain wouldn’t shut off. It took about 20 minutes…
Assumption kills the race
April 25, 2013
Diabetes
After years months of negotiation, reviewing routes, location, timing, and swag for various organized runs, Big Brother and I finally put our hats in the ring for the Vancouver BMO…
Run hard. Run fast. No excuses.
April 23, 2013
Running
Before even finishing my run yesterday, I knew I had kicked those speed intervals out of the park, that I had gone all Speedy Gonzalez on that pavement, and that…
Kicking out the cobwebs
April 21, 2013
Races
So, today’s run. It was just supposed to be a shake the cobwebs out kind of run. I haven’t run in more than two weeks, first due to injury then…