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Group 7-day waking average?

5.1 today for me.

Not much planned today so I must get those rum truffles made! Finally got my son and daughter organised - we are going over to my daughter’s Boxing Day evening. She’s had a nightmare organising pantomime tickets when they originally thought the Saturday before Christmas had been booked - it hadn’t. So they’re going to the pantomime during the day on Boxing Day when we would have originally gone around. Still, the evening will be just as good.

Have a good day everyone!
 
@MikeyBikey obviously your situation is slightly mire serious than mine
but happy to play snap
any more takers amongst our forum friends out there ?
 
Morning all. 6.0

Drag panto last night was really rather good. Rude but not crude, some clever lyrics, decent dancing etc and a good laugh!
 
Congratulations @a live on your HS!
 
Morning

4.5 today. A bit late this morning as I didn’t get up until nearly 9, then straight into my therapy assessment call, barely got time to even make a coffee. Call went well, but a long wait for therapy, so will have to talk to HR about any sessions through work, as I am pretty sure we do get them as part of our private health care.

Plans for today are to marzipan a couple more cakes and go see mum later.

@a live - congratulations on your HS today.
 
Morning everyone. It’s a ‘just missed it’ 5.1 for me this fine misty morning.

Have a good day everyone and stay well.
 
Eternal422 said:
Not much planned today so I must get those rum truffles made
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Grannylorraine said:
Plans for today are to marzipan a couple more cakes
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Don’t do what I just did. Ive just marzipanned my cake, and made a sweet almond pastry for a pudding I'll be doing over New Year….and absent mindedly ate the offcuts of both while I was going. How do you calculate carbs in that! :rofl: 😱 (Just stuck a damp finger up in the air and took a punt on 3 units).
 
Morning all - grey, dark and damp.

6.3 this morning and a flat line all night. Apparently yesterday was a unicorn. The PDM only reports TIR on a 24 hour basis day by day. So far today I am 100% but that could (and probably will) change by midnight.

Not a lot on today, making the pastry for the steak and kidney pie and assembling it for dinner tonight. Over a kilo of meat seems to have shrunk to "enough for 4", making it approx £3.50 per portion.... honestly no wonder I only make it very rarely! Perhaps I should have put carrots and all manner of veg in after all, rather than just mushrooms!
eggyg said:
I did buck my ideas up and went into town to chose new specs yesterday afternoon. It’s a dear do getting new glasses! 😳 Merry Christmas Eggy! I’ll be getting nowt else from Santa.😉
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I always get my glasses from ASDA. Not every store has an opticians department but it's worth driving (our nearest is over an hour's drive away). You get all the bells and whistles e.e. varifocal, light sensitive, anti-glare etc etc for a fraction of the price and a good selection of frames. Mine cost £139 a month ago. They were not the cheapest frames.
Lisa65 said:
Good morning, 6.4 today. I went a bit higher than I wanted last night after eating sausage casserole, so I went to bed on 7.4. My partner bought the sausages from the butcher and I guess they must have had some non - meat content. So I've asked him to get Heck from the supermarket next time.
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Or at least get them where you can see the carb count. They can vary from 6.5g carb per sausage to "trace".

I notice @TinaD is also missing, but I've assumed she's caught up with packing up her house for her imminent move.

Congratulations @a live on your HS.

Be good people and if you can't, then be careful!
 
Robin said:
Don’t do what I just did. Ive just marzipanned my cake, and made a sweet almond pastry for a pudding I'll be doing over New Year….and absent mindedly ate the offcuts of both while I was going. How do you calculate carbs in that! :rofl: 😱 (Just stuck a damp finger up in the air and took a punt on 3 units).
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I always used to eat the off cuts before diagnosis, now maybe just a tiny weeny bit, because I know how it affects my blood sugar, but it is tempting as I love marzipan. At least being type 2 on oral meds I don’t have the headache of working out the carb count, but it does mean I would feel terrible waiting for bug to come down again.
 
eggyg said:
My lenses were over £300! I’ve picked RayBan frames. 😱 Ah well, you can’t take it with you! We’re SKIIERS. Spending the Kids’ Inheritance! :rofl:
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I think my last pair of specs was £700, ultra thin varifocal with reaction lenses which will go dark in the car (some don't because of UV protection in the windscreen) at an independent optician.
 
Leadinglights said:
I think my last pair of specs was £700, ultra thin varifocal with reaction lenses which will go dark in the car (some don't because of UV protection in the windscreen) at an independent optician.
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I won’t get much change from £600. When I worked at this opticians I got a free pair of glasses every year, I saved loads, I’ve been going to her for 20 years and trust her explicitly and the after service is second to none.
 
Grannylorraine said:
Morning

4.5 today. A bit late this morning as I didn’t get up until nearly 9, then straight into my therapy assessment call, barely got time to even make a coffee. Call went well, but a long wait for therapy, so will have to talk to HR about any sessions through work, as I am pretty sure we do get them as part of our private health care.

Plans for today are to marzipan a couple more cakes and go see mum later.

@a live - congratulations on your HS today.
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Hi @Grannylorraine
good to hear your call with the therapist went well, yes definitely talk to someone in HR & ask them if your company has a EAP (employee assistance program) I don’t myself get any private healthcare at my work
but under a EAP I can use a BUPA counselling /therapy service and I can call them anytime, I’ve only called her the once I know I should call them again really, anyway it seems lots of people have access to these EAP’s but just don’t use them
 
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