Carol's space...and I don't mean the kitchen

I have been back and forth to the cabin which is better than not being there at all, but I'm wondering when I acquired all these responsibilites that keep calling me back to the city. I'm very nostalgic for the days when I packed up the kids on the last day of school and stayed out there for 6 weeks!! Our weather has been pretty good, not too hot and cooling off nicely at night. The strong wind kept us off the lake one day but we've been fishing and eating those yummy pickerel fresh out of the lake.

My appointment with the dietician/diabetes educator went really well. She said all my numbers are really good... the only one that is sometimes a teeny bit above what it should be is my fasting blood sugar and as that one is before I have even eaten anything, I really don't know what I can do for that. She told me to carry on with what I've been doing, I don't need any medication, and just need to check my glucose levels every 2 weeks. Oh, yah, and I've lost another pound so gimme a high five!! (Actually, the dietician said I don't need to lose weight!!)

 

Yah, we got heat now with a vengeance and everything is growing so fast including the weeds. I just about gave myself heatstroke yesterday because I worked too long in the garden in the middle of the day. It really can't be helped though because I do NOT get up early and in the evening the mosquitos are looking for me. I have made progress and it's looking less like a jungle out there now. Still lots of work to do though. I need to pick more rhubarb and maybe make a yummy dessert but I will wait til I've had my appointment with the dietician and see what she says about my blood glucose which as far as I can tell is awesome. Yes, I have been a very good girl!

I had a long weekend at the cabin and it was really nice weather. We bought a wake board for the kids so Cass tried that out and is pretty happy with it. I think I will just continue with my job as spotter... it's a little too late for me to take up that sport. I went to the store this afternoon for birthday cake for our manager's birthday. One of the staff had made a fruit pizza that was SO YUMMY I was a little worried about my glucose reading after that so I walked a mile before I took it and Voila - it was good! Next week I'm going for my appointment with the dietician and I'm determined to be taken off the "pre-diabetic" list or at least told there's no need for medication. My flowers are growing like crazy... we've had rain and heat... and all the veggies are coming except the carrots so I replanted them. It's a little late for that so maybe I'll just end up with baby carrots.

We finally had to turn on the A/C!! I wish we didn't have to but it's better than having the furnace running. We went to Garth's nieces' wedding on Saturday which was nice and then instead of going to the gift opening on Sunday (which I always try to avoid) we went to watch his brother in law drag racing. I know, I know, not my favorite thing to do but preferable to gift opening. He did really well, getting all the way to the final. It was a nice warm day and enough breeze to keep the bugs away. I was pretty tired by the time we got home as it's a 3 hour drive.

A  tragic accident occurred here on Friday night. Three young boys, 16 & 17 years old crashed and were all killed. One is the son of friends of ours so we have a very sad funeral to attend on Friday.

Finally... our short and sweet summer has arrived! Yesterday was nice so I cut the grass and even watered part of it. I usually don't water the lawn but we had the lawn care guys here and they said to water it a couple days after so I did. Even though it rained a bit in the last few days it's still really dry. The temps are supposed to be in the mid to high 20's - a real heat wave - I hope I don't end up complaining that it's too hot!!LOL. I even feel confident about putting my tomato plants out in the garden today. But  I'll take my coffee out on the deck and read for a bit, first things first, right?

Good news and bad news... the bad is the crappy cold weather here (although we didn't get the snow that fell in the Western part of the province) the good is that the mosquitos haven't hatched!! Hey, I gotta try to see the silver lining or I'm just gonna cry. We went to the cabin and roasted our hot dogs over the fire outside then came inside and lit a fire in the stove to warm up. We went fishing Saturday and caught a couple pickerel for supper - yummy. Sunday it was not only cold but rainy so we packed up and came home. This coming weekend is supposed to be nice but we have to go to Saskatoon for Garth's neices wedding so no lake for us for a couple weeks. I guess I should try to get some of my overdue bookwork done while it's cold so that I can enjoy the nice weather when it finally gets here.

One thing the weekend was good for was reading... I finished The Labyrinth then started and finished The Kite Runner.

We had a hard frost last night or so I am told by those who get up early enough to see it. I of course sleep til its at least a couple of degrees above 0. Good thing I brought in my tomato plants and flower pots. We are going out to the cabin tonight so I think the plants will just have to stay in the house all weekend because there's a frost warning for tonight too. The full moon is on Sunday so I am confident that the weather will warm up after that. Good news on the weight loss effort - 4 pounds - but geez that was hard! Still a few more to go before I see the dietician and hopefully there will be a drop in those pesky glucose numbers too.

Friday I planted my garden and some more flowers in the wind which deceived me into forgetting about the sun and I burnt the top of my back. You'd think after all the sunburns I've had in my life I would learn... Got out to the cabin in the early evening and had our traditional first night out supper - roasted (Harvest) weiners. Saturday we went out for our first fishing day in the new boat and I caught the first fish (also the next 3 but who's counting?) I picked up french fries from the store and Garth fried those fillets and they were SO good. We went out again on Sunday evening after the wind finally died down a bit and Garth got a couple more but as hard as I tried, I could NOT get a fish into the boat. They were very cagey and ate many minnows off my hook but did not allow me to catch them. Yesterday was cool and windy again so I came back to town.  I made Asparagus Fettucini for supper and it was delish if I do say so myself. I used the asparagus that I grew in my garden. It took about 4 years to finally start producing but it sure is nice to just go out and cut it off and cook it up. Yummy. How do you think my "diet" is going???LOL.

I finally went out and bought some flowers and tomato plants and started gardening, but hey, give me a break... it just quit snowing recently,lol. I'm getting frustrated by my lack of weight loss even after a month of really improving my eating but trying not to get too discouraged which could lead to an awesome binge, haha. It would just be so motivating to see a change in the number on the scale. I met my new neighbor today who seems very nice. They bought a real fixer upper behind us and have started working on it. I wish them luck because I didn't think it was even worth fixing but they're going for it. The weather is supposed to be nice for the weekend so we're heading out to the cabin tomorrow.

After a little bit of warm weather and some rain overnight things are finally starting to get green here. I hope that inspires me to get a little gardening done and a few flower pots to brighten things up a bit. I went out for lunch today with my Mom and brother and Cass then a little more visiting before they headed out for shopping. I mowed the grass and it didn't snow this time!