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What a bummer!!!!!!!

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Hi all

Today is the day - its started. After waiting 25 years its fast approaching. Tonight is the first of the Wedding parties in our house. My son (Mark) gets married on 3 July and there are four party nights in the house over the next three weeks (not to mention the three stag and three hen nights).

I have watched cakes and sweety things arrive to the house all day, as well as gallons of drink.

Now heres the thing - as I've never drank alcohol in my life - no issues there. But the cakes are a different thing. So I am not a diabetic tonight and I am going for a piece of pepermint aero cake (just one slice) (honest).

This will be my first big test. Wish me luck.

Ceara
 
Good luck ceara! Enjoy your treat, and I hope the party (parties!) goes well!:D Try eating cheese, I find it helps take the sugar cravings away!
 
One thing I forgot to mention is that I sometimes think I'm the only one in Ireland that does not drink - everyone will get full!!!!!!

Just asked current wife (only wife) for some cheese. No cheese in house so I'm away to the shops (thank God for some peace).

Ceara (stressed out)
 
Hi ceara,

Enjoy your treat....everyone needs one now and again.....good luck with the party tonight and the ones that follow....congratulations also on your son's forth coming wedding.
If you have a sweet tooth, unfortunately my son whose type1 does....I was recommended by his consultant..to get dark chocolate with a very high cocoa content over 70%, put it in the freezer and have one small square..as it takes the edge of the craving...it has worked very well for nathan

Heidi
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Thanks Heidi. I have some of that in the house (no cheese but chocolate!). I usually am OK but its just the temptation.

Am more annoyed at having spent two weeks doing the garden that its raining very heavy here. Rain is free so we gets lots of it.

Ceara
 
ceara said:
Hi all

Today is the day - its started. After waiting 25 years its fast approaching. Tonight is the first of the Wedding parties in our house. My son (Mark) gets married on 3 July and there are four party nights in the house over the next three weeks (not to mention the three stag and three hen nights).

I have watched cakes and sweety things arrive to the house all day, as well as gallons of drink.

Now heres the thing - as I've never drank alcohol in my life - no issues there. But the cakes are a different thing. So I am not a diabetic tonight and I am going for a piece of pepermint aero cake (just one slice) (honest).

This will be my first big test. Wish me luck.

Ceara
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Dear ceara,

You situation takes me back many years to when my eldest married. It was so long ago - before diabetes that what I ate was not a consideration. Anyways, all the best. You know it won't be the end of the world if you give in just a little bit to tempation. have a great time.

Best wishes Dodger
 
Enjoy yourself Ceara .
 
Hi Ceara

As others have said, just enjoy the day and the cakes!

A few years ago, I spent a very enjoyable 6 months in Northern Ireland, researching chemical incidents and other public health topics. I seriously considered changing my thesis title to incorporate bakery foods, as every meeting seemed to involve scones, pancakes, rock cakes, soda bread or something like that. At least I could cover with extra insulin. Not sure if I could cope with the temptation if I had type 2 diabetes.
 
Enjoy the cake and dance it off at the party! :D Bev
 
Bev

The slight problem about dancing is that almost everyone coming are teachers and educationalists - teacher marrying a teacher with both sets of parents teachers etc. And as most of them work for me I could just imagine the staffroom discussions about my dance on the kitchen table while shouting "Gimme more sugar babe".

Actually I sounds quite nice. Think I just might.........

Ceara
 
ceara said:
Bev

The slight problem about dancing is that almost everyone coming are teachers and educationalists - teacher marrying a teacher with both sets of parents teachers etc. And as most of them work for me I could just imagine the staffroom discussions about my dance on the kitchen table while shouting "Gimme more sugar babe".

Actually I sounds quite nice. Think I just might.........

Ceara
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Hey,
That sounds brilliant....you go for it....do it with style...:D

Dont let any of the pupils find out though....lol

Heidi
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ceara
Go enjoy that peppermint aero cake sounds delicious.
Then party on & dance it off lol
 
Did I tell you all that I crashed the hen party dressed as Pavoritti (excuse spelling) mask and all acting as if I was the stripper. When I whipped the mask off they all nearly had a fit. Good fun though.

Ceara
 
ceara said:
Did I tell you all that I crashed the hen party dressed as Pavoritti (excuse spelling) mask and all acting as if I was the stripper. When I whipped the mask off they all nearly had a fit. Good fun though.

Ceara
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HA HA HA PMSL , I WISH I'D HAD A TEACHER LIKE YOU 😱
 
ceara said:
Did I tell you all that I crashed the hen party dressed as Pavoritti (excuse spelling) mask and all acting as if I was the stripper. When I whipped the mask off they all nearly had a fit. Good fun though.

Ceara
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That is sooo funny.

Hope that you had a great night x
 
ceara said:
Did I tell you all that I crashed the hen party dressed as Pavoritti (excuse spelling) mask and all acting as if I was the stripper. When I whipped the mask off they all nearly had a fit. Good fun though.

Ceara
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Brilliant! Hope the mask was all you whipped off though!😱:D
 
A point I often tell the children in school (that they really don't really understand) is that we were all young once. There is very little that they can do today that most of us 'oldies' have not already done years ago. The kids are horrified when I them that.

On my wall I have many wee plaques with quotes - one of my favourites is:

"Shed not a tear for me for,
As you are now so once was I.
As I am now you soon shall be."

(A prize for the person who knows who said it and where is it written!!!)

Any way the party was a BALL the last left at 3.30 a.m. singing "You'll never walk alone" (we are all LIVERPOOL fanatics).

Never got the pepermint cake - some plonker ate it all. Still I had a lovely fruiy salad.

Ceara
 
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