Diabetes Art Day

I know I am a few days late posting this, but it was my birthday, so I have an excuse. Right. Yeah. So here is my art;

It is a brooch, made from a dead CGM transmitter. I wrapped the transmitter in lace, because no matter what you try to hide diabetes under, it doesn't make it disappear. 

Then I added some tulle and sequins around the base of the transmitter, to pretty it up. 

The bunny charm is a Hare :) 

There is a star button, that I cut off of an Anthropologie catalog, which is my favorite store. 

The netting wrapped button is a spare button I found in my button drawer. 

The rhinestones and metal bow I saw at Joann's and decided they would look good on my brooch also. 

Lastly I added a red sequin drop of blood. 

I think it turned out beautiful and I've worn it several times. 

Halfway Through

I am halfway through summer quarter. Next week will be crazy as I finish up my 2 week intense Microbiology class. So far in class I have a 95%, which is great.

On Monday we have a quiz,
Tuesday we have a quiz, and we will read out our susceptibility tests in lab.
Wednesday we have a quiz.
Thursday is our lecture final and the lab final. That is 2 exams on the same day.

In addition to my work in Microbiology, I have Anatomy and Physiology too! Our midterm exam is due on Monday (it was take home).

Plus I have a full 40 hour work week.

Also on Monday I start a new fitness program, Kaia Fit at 5am!

I am looking forward to next weekend, to take a break and relax. Mr. Harer and I,  are going camping up at Barton Flats and the Center Ice Arena ISI Open competition is on Sunday.

Dog Toy Craft Tutorial

I'm crafty, although not nearly as talented as Cynthia over at Precious Cupcakes. Over the weekend I made a Tinkerbell fleece blanket for my niece, who is turning 5 this month.

As I was cutting the selvage off the fleece, I notice Sheila playing with it. Which got me thinking, I could totally turn the selvage into a dog toy.

Sheila can destroy most dog toys in less than 30 seconds. She enjoys soothing on them, like a baby would suck on a pacifier, until they get a hole in them. Then she tears all the stuffing out and spreads it around the house like carpet fertilizer. After that is complete she continues to soothe on the empty stuffy carcass.

This toy is perfect because it is stuffing free and still satisfies her oral fixation.

Here is what you'll need:

Fleece Selvage 

(any fabric selvage may work, but the texture of the fleece feels like a stuffy toy)

Scissors

Let's Begin:

Fold selvage piece in half and tie a knot at the top to form a loop.

Continue to knot without any space between the knots.

Leave approx. 1 1/2 inches of unknotted fleece.

Tie the unknotted end into the loop at the top of your fleece, creating a circle.

Repeat with additional selvage pieces, linking them together to form a chain.

Sheila has been chewing on this one

That's it! You're all done.

Accident Prone

My mother misnamed me. I was named after both my Grandmothers;  Judith April Earhart and Elizabeth Ann Lansdell, however I should have been named Jane....

As in Calamity Jane

*not my x-rays

I've always been accident prone. Like the time when I was around 7 years old and my grandparents were coming to visit from Arizona. I tripped over some electrical thing, with sharp edges, and needed 8 stitches across my 2nd-3rd toes.

Or when I was 11 years old, at my grandparents house in Arizona, I fell off a dead tree and broke the radius and ulna and my left arm.

How about when I lost my glasses on the Mist Trail in Yosemite, and had to hike 3 mi. back to the valley nearly blind.

Just in the past year, I have broken my scaphoid, tripped over a curb and tore up my knee. Today I ripped my pants while skating.

It seems I am always one step away from catastrophe. I should be bubble wrapped and wear a helmet. The good news, bubble wrap is available in pink!

Baby Drama, or not....

Every few years it seems all my coworkers, friends and family go through a baby making  cycle.

It gets me all worked up about having my own bundle of spit up joy.

So I figured I'd make a list to remind me why Mr. Harer and I are waiting to have a family.

Reasons to have a baby right now;

1. Risk of general complications increases with age.
2. Diabetes related risks, increase with age
3. Pressure from friends and family is steadily increasing.

Reasons to wait to have a baby;

1. Doing clinical rotations while pregnant would not be fun.
2. I will make significantly more $$$ after I finish school.
3. Our house is too small for Mr. Harer and I (and the dogs) a baby won't fit.
4. My A1c needs to be lower.

Reasons not to have a baby at all;

1. Babies are expensive
2. The idea of a diabetic pregnancy is scary
3. Sheila will be jealous