Monday
Woke about 7:30 and checked in with the HAM radio guys. We both were awake and working through our lists about 10AM. We took a nap before lunch. Lunch was well on its way by the time Emory called. Lunch was boneless pork chops, sweet potatoes and mixed veggies. We have an appointment with Emory social worker this week to change our diet and sedentary lifestyle. I have an appointment with the eye doctor this afternoon.
Eye doctor went good, nothing that needs to be addressed and the prescription is the same.
I bought a glucose meter. My first test was 116 mg/gL and that’s a good reading. We plan on testing ourselves especially when she has that sour taste in her mouth.
Dinner was canned chicken noodle soup, and we had a snack while watching a movie.
Tuesday
Woke up about 7:45 and checked in with the HAM guys on the WW net. They asked how Uncle Paul was doing, and I haven’t talked to him in a minute.
I checked my glucose, 120 mg/gL first thing this morning her reading was similar.
She asked me if I wanted to go down for a nap, I agreed and then she asked if she should put her braces in.
Re-Heating our dinner works very well with these insulated bowls. They didn’t work well as serving bowls since the food got all over the insulating pads.
Once we’ve heated the dinner in the Pyrex bowls, we’ll transfer it to washable stainless insulated bowls for serving.
Her daily pills are in disarray tonight, we don’t know what’s what.
Watched Garfield the movie and Hudson and Rex this evening before heading to bed. I did recheck my glucose, it was 120ml/gL which is normal range.
Wednesday
Got a letter from Child Fund Philippines this morning, I sent them a couple of E-Mails with suggestions too. Went to lunch with some friends and had a blast. We got a couple letters from Josephine that I printed for her. We both took a good nap after we got back. We measured our Sucrose today after our nap and it was 105-115 which is in the normal range. We took a walk to the west until we got to the school playground, my knee was bothering me just a little.
Talked to my uncle today, he’s got a new upgraded shower.
Church was split Men/Women and that went well. My right foot and my left knee weren’t happy for some reason at bedtime. We watched Hudson and Rex before bed.
Thursday
Got up around 7 to meet Paul on the HF radio. I called out to him on the radio, and I never heard him during the Waterway Net. I didn’t feel good and neither did she, so we took a good long nap this morning. We also decided to eat out since our castle can feel like a prison if we’re uncomfortable. Lunch at Outback was great, the bar tender remembered us and the food was top notch! It never fails that we get awful food for several visits and the next place we visit the food is nothing less than TERRIFIC.
We took a huge nap after getting home and I was feeling a little better. I worked on the pile stuff in the van most of the day. We took the stuff to Public Storage and the van is pretty much empty. (I still have not found my sunglasses.) No word from Gwinnett County for my Homestead Exemption yet.
We went to Kroger and got our meat for next week, getting meat at Wally World is hit or miss. The package has gotten damaged several times and we didn’t find out until we thawed the product. Kroger had the same frozen chicken breast today; I didn’t buy it though.
Tested 3 hours after dinner and it was 140, took a quick walk up the street and it dropped to 105. (Hers was 150 and it dropped to 107.)
We NEED to take a walk after dinner every day to burn off these calories before going to bed.
Friday
I am up at 4:30 taking my pills about 34 hours late.
My sucrose this morning was 127 after taking my pills and before eating breakfast
3 Eggs and breakfast sausage, coffee and a baby Ruth bar for breakfast. Checked in with the Waterway Net this morning while I was eating breakfast. I didn’t hear my uncle this morning on the radio.
Met up with the guys from Dobbins at the Firehouse Pub and had a good time. Lunch and the drinks were complementary. Drove home this time without issue, I wasn’t feeling the beers this time around. I only had two and we were there three hours since my parking spot almost timed out.
We ended up at Outback cuz she was hungry, I really wasn’t. I thought I’d have a couple of shrimp and a beer. I told her that I came from a bar and that I didn’t want any liquor, just one beer to sip on. Food was terrific as usual. I might need to talk to her next week and decide on a protocol going forward. It’s her call if I tell her that I’ve had some alcohol, and I would not have been offended if she said no.
When we got home, I measured mine and it was 115, hers was 194! That’s when I realized she had three Arnold Palmers (Tea/Lemonade) with loads of sugar. We took a walk and hers dropped to 120.
Got a nice card from the church.
Saturday
Work gave us a picture of the radar I used to maintain.
My sucrose this morning was 113, we are learning how our bodies are dealing with our diet. She had three Arnold Palmer’s yesterday and her number was pretty high.
Checked into the WW Net, the band was “Long” so I couldn’t hear stations close to me. Worked on the living room pile for a good while this morning, the couch is almost visible. We both took a nap and had turkey chili for dinner. I continued working on it most of the evening after our nap. It sure takes a long time to put things back where they belong. I might be done by Wednesday LOL.
Worked on the living room today, the couch is empty.
Watched Meet Joe Black and I cried at the end.
We are changing our bad habits, hers 97 and mine 99 at bedtime.
Sunday
I ordered five “Stacker” boxes on eBay.
I’m up with my radio, waited my turn to check-in and then continued to declutter the living room floor most of the day. We had Grandma’s chili for lunch.
I am getting there. It’s taken me a week to get this far.
It is very cloudy out there today. (I can’t remember the last time it rained.)
- Clear out garage into storage unit.
- Put water in UPS batteries.
- Nevada Taxes overdue.
- Order sunglasses.
- OPEN ENROLLMENT MEDICARE
- fix spare glasses.
- check and update Christmas lists
- Check thanksgiving plans
- Empty Van
- Clear out Den closet.
- Clear Living Room
- Next Appt for Emory
- Reply to IRS letter.
- Page for changing hoses and tanks
- Southeastern Lung care (Dec 29th)
- Recycle electronics
- Offering Prayer