Does the party include cake?

Today is my D-anniversary – six years since diagnosis.
I wrote about it here.
(If anything, click the link to see the disturbing post DKA weight loss version of me – I had dropped down to 104 lbs at hospital admission)

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Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.

Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963:
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this [...]

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Other people’s vacation photos

You know when you go over to someone’s house after a vacation and they make you look through all their vacation photos. What is it about blogging that makes it somewhat acceptable?
How about we get through all of the vacation pictures in one post?!
What you’re looking at includes:

Playing with my camera settings by [...]

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2008 Moments in Review

Since everyone else is doing it, I figured I better do my New Year’s Eve meme.
For a different view of the past year, check out the Moments of Wonderful Diabetes 365 page.
Anyway – Here it goes. The first sentence from the first post each month this year:
January: Happy New Year – here’s your antibiotic “Happy [...]

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12 Days of Christmas

Usually I hate cheesy forwards, especially holiday related ones. However, I got this one this morning from a coworker and it was too good to pass up:
** Apparently (see comments) this may not actually be true, but in the spirit of the season, let’s believe in a little Christmas magic and pretend it is! [...]

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Palm trees and Christmas trees

A bunch of us went out to dinner for a friend’s birthday and I took a few pictures of the Chirstmas decorations around town.
These two are two of my favorites because I took them in the exact same spot, I just focused the camera a little differently (first on the Christmas tree, second on the [...]

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Dear Santa…

Before it gets too late, I wanted to finish my Thanksgiving holiday posts. While their mom was putting out the breakable Christmas decorations, I helped the kids write their letters to Santa.

(see breakable – a big temptation for little fingers)
For the youngest, I asked him what he wanted to tell Santa, and wrote it down [...]

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The view from up here

Last time I was in Vegas for Thanksgiving, we went hiking in Red Rock Canyon. One thing I miss about living in Florida is elevation. Seriously, I don’t think we even have hills around here! (and by the way, I thought I took a lot of pictures last year – 103 – I took 241 [...]

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Yes we can have our cake…

… and eat it too!

and let me tell you – it was GOOD!
Back from my extended Thanksgiving break with many posts and pictures to follow, but first I have to get caught up at work!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I’m in Vegas enjoying my family. Hope you are enjoying yours as well! Tons of pictures when I get back!
I posted this cartoon last year, but it was too funny not to repeat!

And here are some other funnies I found for this year.

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