I Didn't Want To Loose My Appetite

 

For all of you who have used glucose tabs or have suggested them to me forgot to mention one tiny itty bitty detail. That the tabs mixed with toothpaste and a juice box taste HORRID!! Yesterday my mom was coming to pick my brother and I up for lunch seeing as though we didn't have school. As I was getting ready for the day I notice my usual symptoms of a low. I was just going to have a juice box to bring it up just enough that I wouldn't loose my appetite, but would correct the low. Of course the last juice box we had was leaking and didn't have a straw. Fuzzy brained me wasn't thinking straight and didn't just cut a hole in the juice box and poor it into a cup. No. I threw that sucker in the trash and stormed away. Maybe I could just wait until my mom gets home and the we'll go to lunch. No the room started spinning. So I went to my next best option the tabs... I ate one and went back to carry on with my day. (I hate just waiting for lows to come up.) So I went to brush my teeth. WORST. IDEA. EVER! Glucose tabs and toothpaste taste like. I don't even want to describe it. So that's my story and advice for the day. Hope you all are wearing blue! 

Keep your head up and your tabs AWAY from the toothpaste,

Ellie <3 

Where's the mosquito spray?!

I'm already packing for my first camping trip since this whole thing started. I'm nervous because for me camping means activities, and going out on the quads, and not returning for several hours. I'm worried about the lows that may happen when I'm not in any supervision. Like when my brother and I decide we need to the top of the mountain on the other side of the lake bed and run out of gas and end up walking back. I'm worried about those lows and I'm not sure what to pack or even think about packing for those kinds of things. I'm the type of person who doesn't want to just avoid them, but doesn't want to bring anything extra with her. So if you have any suggestions I would be happy to take them at this time. Thanks! Don't forget to THINK BLUE tomorrow!!!

Keep your head up and the mosquito spray close,

Ellie <3

Q.O.T.D #1

So last week was the let's get to know me session and for this weekend I thought it would be cool to do a question of the day today and tomorrow and then tell you some random stuff along the way. :) 

Today's Question Of The Day:
I am a rock group that has 4 members, all of whom are dead, one of which was assassinated. Who am I?


Is it the Beatles?

  

Umm no. 

*I never got the name The Beatles. It erks me almost because really why would you want to even BE a BUG! They're bugs for crying out loud! 

Is it the Jonas Brothers? 

Umm no. 

*Buuut they are like one of my favorite BANDS. Nick's solo project was amazing, but Joe's just kinda flopped. They are three of the most inspirational people I know and have the nicest manager by the way. 

ANSWER: 

 MOUNT RUSHMORE! Get it rock group... they're made out of rock... lame I know, but here is something that will get you laughing. 

This is the mount Rushmore rear view. :)

Keep your head up and your rears out of stone, 

Ellie <3

P.S Don't forget about this week's BLUE FRIDAY so don't forget to think BLUE!!!! 

(that's bolded, italicised, underlined, capitalized, AND color coded SO YOU WON'T HAVE AN EXCUSE TO SAY YOU DIDN'T KNOW!!!!) have a great day.

Let's Get To Know Me! Part 3!

This is part three of this weeks Let's Get To Know Me! session. Here are today's questions:

1. What is on your bedside table?
answer: Um you got my $16 lamp from Target, my Ipod dock, my thermometer that tells me how hot/cold my room is not to see if I have a fever, my phone charger, phone, ear buds, book light, flash cards for last weeks English test which I never used to study, meter, some kind of edible thing for midnight lows, and a gum wrapper which is weird cuz I don't eat gum.

2.What are some of the books that have most impacted you?
answer: In 7th grade I got to meet Ben Michaelson in person. He wrote an amazing book called Spirit Bear. He also wrote a book called Tree Girl. I got a hold of Tree Girl and read it in like 2.7 seconds. I got so into that I would start sobbing randomly when I flipped the page. I remember my brother coming into my room to tell me it was time for dinner and running away because I was crying. I was so attached to the characters every word like tugged at my heart. It was an amazing book and I recommend it to everyone! I also loved the book Night by Elie Wiesel. It was a hard book to read because of all the detail, but it opened my eyes to see how lucky I am to be alive and blessed. I also got to meet him briefly as well. It was truely a humbling experience. After I read this book I had the privilage to go to the Holocaust museum in D.C. I still remember going through and thinking back to everything he said when he came to my school. It really did touch my heart.

This is Mr. Michaelsen and his bear. Yes his BEAR real BEAR. Cool huh? 

3. If you had a chance to bring any person back from the dead who would it be and why? 

answer: When I was 12 I had the honor of meeting this amazing person. I was at a church event playing tag with a few other kids. As I was running away I almost knocked the poor man over. I said I was sorry hoping he wouldn't get mad at me for running like I was not supposed to. Instead he asked if I knew what my name meant. I said I had no idea and proceeded to walk away. All week I wondered about what he had asked me. I found him the next week to ask him, but before he had a chance he said "it means set apart for God's purpose." I smiled. He introduced himself and we became best friends. His name was Pastor Mitch Prifogle. He changed my life. He was always smiling and willing to listen when ever I needed an ear. Until two Octobers ago in 2008. He became very sick and was put on bed rest. I begged people to take me to see him, but no one could ever find "time" to take me to see him. He past away that April 2009. I never got a chance to say goodbye or how much he meant and still means to me. I think about him all the time and know he's watching over me. I love him more than words can describe and will miss him forever. 

Pastor Prifogle. <3

Well on a happier note IT'S FRIDAY!!! Hope you have an AMAZING WEEKEND!! 

Keep your head up and THINK BLUE!

Ellie <3

Just A Bunch Of Randomness Thrown Into One Post About A Bunch Of Randomness! ;D

Happy November! Guess what guys we made it! October was a really hard month, but we did it. That was a giant hurdle for me,you can see why here, but I made it. Today is now November 1, 2011. OOOR 11/1/11 haha funny to say. :) Anyways... Today marks the beginning of National Diabetes Awareness Month. Now I don't have Type 1, but I have friends and family that do and I want to help raise as much awareness as I can until they find a cure! One way is by participating in Blue Fridays! This is where every Friday in November you wear blue. That's it as simple as that. I'm totally in! 
     Besides making it to November I've also been busy finishing up October. Here is a lil recap.

I got a temporary tattoo. :) 

I went on a trip to California, my first trip since my diagnosis. 

I curled my hair. And was UBER proud of that amazing curl right there! 

Oh! And I beat my bro at 3-D hopscotch. (We fell... a lot.)

       Yeah I think that's about it. Don't forget to wear blue EVERY FRIDAY IN NOVEMBER!

Keep your head up and thinkin blue,
Ellie <3