Daniel, Holli and Todd have moved to Brandon, Florida. He is still at Navy Federal Credit Union. Daniel has sold his house in Pensacola, Florida. They live a nice apartment. Todd loves all the doors. His hobby is opening and closing doors. He also loves shapes. Todd will be going to school starting on August 10. Holli is working at Bush Gardens and Dunkin Donuts. She really likes her jobs. Todd is currently sick with a bad cold. He is a cuddle bunny right now with momma. Todd will be 4 in November. Tom and I are getting ready for a vacation to Nashville, TN to see the eclipse. We are going to be camping with our trailer. We will be staying at a walmart parking lot for the first night. On August 17, we will be heading to Nashville and will be there until August 25. I have to get my menu ready and get shopping and cooking. We plan to geocache, munzee, see family, go on hikes and site see. There is lots to see in Nashville. Labor Day weekend we will be visiting Daniel, Holli and TODD! We miss those guys.
In our society, we are faced with food everywhere we go and visit. Everyone wants to feed you or give you free tastes. The next time you go into Sam’s Club or an outreach event you will notice candy, food samples or snacks on every isle. Our own families are trying to get us to eat food we should not be eating. How do you stock your kitchen with good wholesome food that everyone will eat? We should stock our kitchens with good food and make as much of our food from scratch when we can. We can make bread easily with bread makers. They are inexpensive. Many small kitchen appliances are available for purchase so we can make better food for our families, try second hand stores. We can make our own junk food. Yes, junk food. It will be better for our bodies if we remove all the chemicals/preservatives by making them ourselves. Our body breaks food down more efficiently if it recognizes the food. When we eat fake food, our body does not know what to do with it. We should be eating small meals. A cup of water is 8 ounces and if you pour more then 8 ounces it will spill over right? Well, when you eat 2 hamburgers, fries, veggies or 8 cookies, milk or hot coco, your body can’t break all that down because you have spilled your cup. Eat small and let your body do its thing. Do you want to know if your body is doing its job? Sure you do, test your sugar before you eat and than 2 hours later. How did you do? Is your sugar high? Keep a personaI record and you will see a pattern. You will be able to see what you can eat and what you can not. I personally keep my sugar no higher then 175 during the day. It should be lower and this is something I need to work on. How do we refuse food when we visit? We don’t want to be rude. People can sometimes get upset or offended if we don’t eat or accept their offers. What we can do:
Tell them you are diabetic and are trying to keep it controlled. Most people will understand but if not chose another option.
Eat before you go
Bring a snack with you
visit during a non meal time for example: go visit between meals or after dinner.
Politely say “no thank you”
What our friends can do to help us:
if we are not getting together for a meal, please do not offer food.
Do not get upset if we tell you no.
Do not be upset if we bring our own snack.
There are times when diabetics like me will want to see you but don’t necessarily want to eat. Don’t feel obligated to feed us. If we are coming over for a meal then yes please feed us. Ask if there are any dietary concerns before we get there. It is not just diabetes anymore; there are many people like me with food allergies too. I was doing outreach for my job on Saturday at the mall. I had a table with coloring sheets, bookmarks, information about the library, and yes candy. We are encouraged to have free stuff to give away and stuff to get people to stop by the table. We use the candy to get people to stop by. People of all ages stop by for candy. We all love candy. There were quite a few other tables with candy. Candy is an inexpensive way to get people to stop by the table. This event is geared toward families with children. The candy is probably the reason I met a boy who wore an insulin pump. An insulin pump is for an individual that has type 1 diabetes. This child has to worry about what he is eating and how it will effect his body. He is young and lives in a society that teaches him to eat badly. He does have a good family to help him stay on task. He is a child and children love candy, cookies, ice cream, pizza and more. They typically do not prefer to eat carrots, grapes, bananas, green beans or wheat bread. We should all be worried about what we put in our bodies. We only get one body. Diabetics are not the only ones who should watch what they eat but everybody should eat like they have diabetes. Please keep in mind, I am not a doctor and this site is strictly my opinion. This post covers many of my daily struggles with food. The American Diabetes Association the pump has many advantages and disadvantages. Please refer to their website for questions.
Today, Saturday, May 6, 2017, Emerald and I went picked 21lbs of strawberries on Akers of Strawberries in Milton. We have fun picking and chatting. We picked them so Emerald could teach me about (jarring) canning. I don’t think it should be called canning because we did not use a single can! (Just saying) We made 15 jars of strawberry jam and over 2 dozen chocolate covered strawberry 🍓 cookies. Our day with a basket of strawberries!
Today is Thursday, April 13, 2017. Are you a real person? I would like all of my guests to post a “Hi, I am Nancy and I live in Florida.” You would use your name and the state you live in. Just reply to this post.
Tools: Large skillet, bowl spoon knife, and frying pan. Ingredients: 4 chicken breasts chopped into bite size pieces 1 can tomatoes 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup chopped green and black olives. 3 endive pod sliced in half length wise 1 TBSP olive oil pat of butter
Open can of tomatoes and add to chicken in a bowl, let it sit for about 15 minutes. Heat fry pan on low to medium heat with olive oil and butter. When pan is hot place endive in pan open side down and heat for 3 to 4 minutes and turn over and repeat. Remove the endive from hot pan and place aside. Place chicken and tomatoes mixture and cook till chicken is done. If you need more oil you can add it. Chicken should take about 20 minutes to grill. When chicken is just about cooked add the rest of the ingredients and cook until veggies are starting to get soft. Mix every 4 minutes or so. This part should take about 10-15 minutes. When it is done, scoop it on a plate with the endive. The core of the endive is really bitter but the tops are really good especially eaten with all the flavors.
