Up in the Trees

On Saturday morning I was at a local state park with some friends taking some pictures of them, when we sat down on a bench to take a break. It was a photo shoot to capture the last few weeks of her pregnancy so there were a lot of breaks.
While we were sitting there, I [...]

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He loves me not…

This weekend I went for a walk around town (a little more about it on my d-blog). Got a little exercise and noticed some interesting things around me that I had never seen before. For example, this tree is right outside my apartment.

Wait…
Look at that again….

How bad of a break-up does it have to be [...]

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If you liked the afternoon view…

… here is what it looks like at sunrise.
(and by afternoon, I mean these pictures)
 

 
Now, these shots were from last Friday. Now we are in a cold snap like the rest of the country, and I wouldn’t be caught dead outside that early in the morning. Granted our ‘cold snap’ is about 45 degrees, but [...]

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Snapshot of an afternoon

Sometimes I think I miss experiencing the seasons, living in such a tropical climate. Then, I leave work, step outside, an enjoy an evening like this – in February.

P.S. If you are interested in reading some diabetes related updates, you can stop by my blog at Diabetes Daily and read about insurance woes, frustration with [...]

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diabetic-friendly banana split

I may have one of the oddest jobs out there. They pay me to think of things like this:

What are you looking at? Well it is a banana split slip-n-slide, of course!
How do you make one of those, you may be asking? Let’s see:

ice cream
chocolate sauce
strawberry sauce
whipped cream
banana
sprinkles
and about a gallon of cooking oil for extra [...]

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I am an embarrassment

With the inauguration coming up, this couldn’t be more timely.

P.S. figures!

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something wrong with this picture

Am I the only one who found something disturbing about this ad?

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What about this one? Don’t see something wrong? Look again.

Last time I checked an average bg of 85 does not match with an A1c of 7 – not even close. Hopefully the information in their magazine is a little more reliable.

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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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smiling on the inside

I finally took the pictures for my Christmas card this weekend. I think they turned out well, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t plenty of outtakes!
If you would like to receive a card (who doesn’t like real mail?!), make sure you e-mail me your address. Just click on the e-mail link in the upper right [...]

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