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Group 7-day waking average?

Despite not feeling 100% yesterday I felt well enough to head to the pool before lunch and felt a lot better after my swim. We had a chicken chasseur for tea (my portion with riced cauli) and my post-prandial reading was where it usually is for that, so I was clearly back to normal. If further proof were needed, one of these this morning:-

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BP was also OK at 118/69.

Friday is Big Shop Day and once that's out of the way I'll be back on decorating duty. Expect to get it finished over the weekend as there will be two of us on it.

No sign of the sun yet, and not likely to see much of it today if the forecast is right, but at least it's supposed to be staying dry.

Happy Anzac Day to any Aussies or Kiwis looking in.
 
A round 6.0 for me today. I’m afraid I hit a few snacks last night, some of which may or may not have been Battenberg cake (no other sweet things were involved however) :rofl:.

To be honest that falls into the category of comfort eating after a stressful day over arrangements for my parent’s upcoming move into a care home. Luckily they are both accepting of it, Mum is even excited to get there and get settled in. I think she is looking forward to relieving her boredom and having other people to chat to. We also had the grandchildren for the day, which was actually a pleasant distraction from phone calls and emails! We ended up going over to my parents again in the evening after dropping the grandchildren back home so that I could go through the finances with Dad which are needed for the admission forms. The last thing I want is to cause any delays due to waiting for admin as Mum & Dad are all geared up for going there on Monday morning. They don’t need any more stress so I’m doing my best to protect them from all of the form filling etc.

Spending a day to ourselves today (other than any more form filling then transferred some money to the care home). Might even get around to doing the reading for my course!

Congratulations @ColinUK on your fabulous results. Fingers crossed your ECG comes back normal for you.

Congratulations also to @Martin.A on your Friday HS!

Take care everyone and Happy Friday!
 
Well done @Martin.A on your reading. It's a HS+1 for me today. 🙂

Dez
 
Good morning all.
7.0 for me today. Way too much to eat last night. 16 weeks pregnant and am suddenly starving all the time. Must make sure to include more filling protein portions at meal times to prevent late night snacking!

This afternoon we will have a Paddington Bear Festival for our pre-prep children. I have brought in my own Paddington Bear from home and will be on duty reading Paddington stories to any children who might fancy a read. There will be lots of crafts and activities, including making marmalade sandwiches. Should be fun 🙂
 
ColinUK said:
Race Across The World is great! My heart went out to Mum and Eyebrows when they got stuck so badly and the brothers are hilarious. I can’t wait for the inevitable “You should have brought a rucksack not a f’ing suitcase!” conversation.
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It’s my guilty pleasure. Absolutely love it. I was crying with laughing with the brothers. I wonder how long Melvyn will last with the suitcase. I can only think he’s got a bad back/shoulders. Can’t wait for next week.
 
eggyg said:
It’s my guilty pleasure. Absolutely love it. I was crying with laughing with the brothers. I wonder how long Melvyn will last with the suitcase. I can only think he’s got a bad back/shoulders. Can’t wait for next week.
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Yeah but his brother would have got him a personal trainer!
 
Morning everyone. A nice round 6.0 for me this nice sunny morning.

Have a good day everyone.
 
Morning

5.1 this morning, which is a surprise as I was hungry all day yesterday and ate anything and everything, including a Cadbury Crème Egg before bed.

Congratulations @Martin.A on your HS

Please feel free to scroll over the next ramblings.

Anyway despite my low MH yesterday, I decided to be pro-active and make some phone calls, got the water switched off out side the front of FIL house, hubby hadn’t been able to do it because the hole with the tap (or whatever it is called) in the street was solid with dirt, Essex and Suffolk water sent someone out to clean it and turn off within 4 hours of my call, so at least once the water in the system has leaked out we should not get anymore water on the floor. Plumber is coming on Tuesday. Called the gas supplier to ask why a debt collector had called at the house with paperwork in the name of someone who died in 2020, why the debts had been put into his name, as I have seen bills that were addressed to the person who had been living in the property for the exact amount that was on the latest paperwork. I asked apart from a death certificate what other documents they needed to prove that FIL had died and the name of the person who was living at the address and evicted in Feb 2025, really helpful lady looked at the account, said she didn’t need any documents and she could see details of everything I had explained to her, she didn’t know why it had been changed back to FIL name, so I suggested that maybe it should have been addressed to the executors or the estate of the late Mr (FIL name), she agreed that was possibly the case, but closed the accounts with notes that the debt would be paid once the estate was settled and details of our solicitor dealing with the estate. Once the final bill comes in we will forward to the solicitor, supplier also dealt with the electricity bill as well as both with the same supplier. I am still slightly annoyed as when we received bills in FIL name back in March, we emailed our solicitor and asked them to deal with the energy supplier to ask why the bills have been reverted back to FIL and explain who has run up the debt and that the estate would pay once it was settled, over a month later I not only do it myself but get it done in 1/2hr.
 
eggyg said:
I laughed at that too!
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I have to say I fully understand where the brother is coming from. I mean I’ve started to look at rough and ready accommodation for travels. The last hotel I stayed in was only 3* and I now fly EasyJet. That’s veritably slumming it!
 
Morning folks. 7.4 for me today. The sun has disappeared behind the clouds but no rain forecast in not so sunny Lincolnshire.
First day using the diversion route to get to Tai Chi class later. Then off to the tip with several trugs of weeds and collecting some concrete blocks on the way back for the IBCs which we using to replace several old knackered water butts around the garden.

Congrats to @Martin.A on the HS
Have a fabulous Friday and enjoy the weekend. The sun is on its way😎
 
Morning all and 5.8 for me despite two days of irregular eating including possibly the best pizza I've ever had outside Italy. Thinnest base I've ever seen so not too bad on the carbs either.

Newcastle was a blast. A bit heavy on the smoke machine. A good job there was applause otherwise we wouldn't have known there was an audience.

Next stop Sweden in June. Must get some new material finished.

Gan canny marras
 
khskel said:
Morning all and 5.8 for me despite two days of irregular eating including possibly the best pizza I've ever had outside Italy. Thinnest base I've ever seen so not too bad on the carbs either.

Newcastle was a blast. A bit heavy on the smoke machine. A good job there was applause otherwise we wouldn't have known there was an audience.

Next stop Sweden in June. Must get some new material finished.

Gan canny marras
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Please tell us the name of the place the pizza is from? :D
 
Woke twice today, I keep waking up twice these days, once to go & doze off again to wake properly, 1st 10:34 BS 10.7 a tad disappointed but, semi expected & 2nd 12:09, just ARTER going to loo & definitely FOTF effect, BS 13.8! 😱 THAT startled me I can you! But, I’ve noticed already how much my little jaunts to & from the loo raises & lowers BS so, didn’t panic, stuck in my basal of still 60 & took my pills. Now posting sitting up in bed & indeed BS is dropping back down 12:28 BS 12.0 so, it’s dropping back down!

A Very G’Day Mates to you all & have a Wonderful Day! 😉

@ColinUK , oh yes, the brothers were brilliant, I thought! :hello: That’ll have to do for a Clapping Hands emoji! :rofl: To go into the centre of China to the legendary Louyang: one of the two capitals during the Tang Dynasty, China’s Golden Age; Two capitals, one in the west & one on the east coast, Chang’an. I’ve only seen those cities on screen in historical cdramas set in the Tang dynasty & only knew that Louyang was the seat of the Crown Prince & Chang’an was the seat of the Emperor! :confused:<3

BS is staying at 12, as I’m still sitting in bed, & will now get up to eat breakfast before it rises further! Was very distracted doing various things around the house of laundry etc. that I didn’t eat until after 15:30 with BS in the 15’s by then: sometimes when I’m distracted, I just forget to eat; Golf majors & the Olympics I can lose weight while I’m watching it & forgot to eat! 🙄o_O
 
9.1 here today after a late start and been high ever since. Had a long walk around to Embargo with P (my support) - I strongly suspect that the diet coke I had wasn't diet as my BG shot up from 10.9 to 14.4 in about 25 min. We both enjoyed ourselves after meeting (by chance) J & S who were walking down the prom. We all got a lift back by P.

When we got back, wifey had been busy collating stuff to part with thanks to TrashNothing, someone will pop round later today for it all.

Congratulations to @Martin.A and @MeeTooTeeTo on both your HSs today.

@TinaD I hope you make a quick recovery and that your pain lessens somewhat.
 
5.6 this morning. I saw a new Professor at my clinic yesterday. Was impressed that he had read up on my long history of Type 1 and with the review of all my current medications. Apart from asking some ve4y sensible and probing questions (not always the case) he also checked my feet and discussed my retinopathy. It seems I’m doing really well and should go on taking extra shots when things go high. This of course was definitely not encouraged a few years ago.

The only drawback to all this was his response to my request for Dexcom G7 and the possibility of a pump. Come on guys, I’m 77 years old, it’s not going to be needed for that long! . It seems the criteria will not work for me, as it would be too expensive, although he will put in a request for the G7 … .

Still, I’m feeling pretty good overall, and a thorough check-up was welcome.

Nick
 
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