Friday Five: What I Learned
Friday Five is back after a bit of a break.. mainly because I didn’t have many crazy, random thoughts to put in a bulleted posts. Ouch 1. The cotton setting on an iron will destroy the skin on your arm...
View ArticleDress for the Mood You Want
Diabetes completely kicked my butt the other night. A stressful, unexplained high + a drastic fall and shakey, sweaty low + lack of sleep and a low-hangover basically turned me into a Monday morning...
View ArticleHappy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day dear readers! I’m loving Valentine’s Day this year! It started off not so great but definitely improved. I have to say that I’m a completely spoiled little wife. Last year on our...
View ArticleThe Plight of a Young, Healthy Diabetic
I sat behind the closed door of my office during a rarely taken lunch break. I had turned my phone on speaker in order to type while on hold, cringing at the choice of hold “entertainment.” Through the...
View ArticleMental Hang Ups
Are there any phrases or expressions that just bug you? Even when used “correctly” there are some expressions that for some reason annoy me. For example: “Full-heartedly” I will never use this phrase...
View ArticleFriday Five: Birthday Edition
I doubt that I’ll be one of those women who dreads birthdays. I may lament that I’m old some days, but never on my birthday. I figured today, I would share five birthday memories that made me smile as...
View ArticleThanks Pam!
A funny thing happens when you officially change your address… You start getting junk mail for people who don’t even live in your house. We receive promotional mail (i.e. not official stuff like bills...
View ArticleEmerald
I absolutely love the color green. So of course I was psyched to find out that Emerald was the Pantone color of the year… also more psyched to find a new pair of “emerald slippers” to add to my...
View ArticleBlood Draws for Total Babies (like me!)
I’m a total baby when it comes to having blood drawn. It goes back to long before diabetes, but my panic over having lab work was exacerbated when I was dehydrated and having hourly draws nearly two...
View ArticleCutting It Close
In probably about 1 hour, this will just change to say: LOW I have a spare pod in my purse and another spare pod in my desk here at the office, along with a vial of Apidra, so I’m not really being...
View ArticleMy Curse
Since our names are our identities, I’m amazed that I’m not completely screwed up about who I am. It’s incredibly rare that any paperwork for me is accurate, I’ve come to refer to this as my curse. At...
View ArticleProbably Rachel Just Got Shorter
Rest assured, I did not shrink (that would be bad news), the URL to get here shrunk. I’m now the proud owner of probablyrachel.com. The “old” URL will still get you here, but if you want to shorten any...
View ArticleThe Utility Circus
My mom asked us about how things were going with home ownership now that we’ve passed a year since having our offer on our house accepted. The best way to describe our current home situation is a...
View ArticleCrazy Ohio Spring
Yesterday my car said it was 86 degrees on my drive home. The sun was shining and when I arrived home Brad was mowing the lawn and our weeping cherry trees had spontaneously blossomed. I’m kicking...
View ArticleWeepy
The picture that should have been on Friday’s post: I love my trees and am so happy that the house came with them! Despite the bit of snow we got over the weekend, we were out and about with a bunch of...
View ArticleThings I’ve Learned About Pet Ownership
Holmes and Watson officially turned 1-year-old yesterday. Even though they found their home with us in August this is kind of a big deal, because they are no longer kittens… despite what they may...
View ArticlePre-Flight System Check
It’s been awhile since I’ve been on an airplane. The last time was our honeymoon in June of 2011. That means… I have never flown since being diagnosed with diabetes… and I’ve never flown with a medical...
View ArticleLeavin’ On a Jetplane
Security I know that yesterday I was nervous about security with my insulin pump. Of course when we arrived at the airport, they were sending everyone through the body scanners, so I politely requested...
View ArticlePrepare for a Trip
I got back from Seattle a few days ago and am still kind of digging out. The time zone adjustment seemed like it’s be easy the first day back, but we were just exhausted from the trip home. It was a...
View ArticleThe City
Because I’m physically back from vacation, but mentally still there… Welcome to my trip recap mini-series. We got killer airfare to fly out west to Seattle and the trip had two pretty different parts....
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