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I want a pair of pants to wear when I'm at dog class.

I've looked at these in store in non-plus sizes and have read the reviews, and the return policy is really good, but just can't decided.

Also, I bought something last night by following the Nordstrom's links on my website, and actually earned a commission.  Not much, but hey, every little bit helps.

And one of the reasons for posting — They just send me a few cool links: NORDSTROM.com

I've already grabbed a few cute things from here: Save up to 60% on women's plus size apparel at NORDSTROM.

 Though one of my "New Year's Resolutions" is to stop shopping in the plus section.

There are several ways to successfully survive the holidays as a diabetic, and for me, the easiest way is to ignore them as much as possible. I didn’t plan that this year, but it worked out that way.

I successfully ignored Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and even New Years, which I think the last bugged my husband the most. He helped though as he wasn’t much into the gift giving spirit, starting with our anniversary which is before Halloween. Next year, I think I am going to have to be assertive and tell him exactly how I want things done, or just ignore it again.

But don’t take it personally, it is a good survival technique.

I am trying to get my kitchen organized. The shelve is Container Store Elfa, which I hung with a little help from my husband and a former student Jay. Rich held the bar so I could get it straight
and Jay got the last screw in all the way.

I have been moving the clutter from the counters to the shelves.

When my laundry is dry and put away I will take more pictures. The freezer top is perfect for drying sweaters.  

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We have a new gym opening tonight, near our old house (only 1 mile away) so I stopped by this afternoon, signed up and am ready to go. It’s a Planet Fitness and looks really good. I know my old membership is good for at least this summer and can’t end it. It has a lot of things the new gym doesn’t, pool and sauna, neither of which I have figured out with the dog.

Besides if one is too busy, the other one won’t be.

The biggest advantage is the hours, Planet Fitness is 24 hours and LA Fitness has never restricted hours. There are a lot of weekends where I would have done an early or late workout and couldn’t have.

Will be wearing a Zella outfit for sure.

If the Men’s Sale is as awesome as the Women’s.  Check the online sale out:

Shop the Half-Yearly Sale for Men at NORDSTROM. Plus, get free shipping and free returns on every order.

Better yet, women’s coats are on sale.  I got one last year and another this year that I absolutely love.  

Shop NORDSTROM for women’s coats under $200. Plus, get free shipping and returns on every order.

A little over a year ago, I started shopping at Nordstrom. Just recently I realized I could make my website an affiliate, so today, I’m trying some things out with it.

Here’s the first link: 

NORDSTROM.com

Here’s why I love Nordstrom, while they have a reputation for being expensive and can be, they do have things at lower price points and have good sales.  They also include free normal tailoring and if you get one of their cards and join their points system you can get most other tailoring paid for.  Very rare in women’s wear.

They also have stores called Nordstrom Rack.  Same type of employees, many of the same clothing at a much lower price point.

Both stores have personal shopping.  I haven’t tried the Rack yet.  Personal shopping at Nordstrom itself rocks.  You contact your shopper ahead of time, they pull what you want, and the dressing room is already filled with items that should fit the bill.  If not, they will pull more stuff.  It’s great for me, because I’m never sure what size I wear, so I have her pull both.

Oh, and shopping online is easy — free returns and free shipping.  I bought some shoes recently and they were two sizes to small.  No problem, popped them back in the box, called and reordered the shoes, and had the right size in days.  I’ve returned twice now via mail and it was really easy.  I have also taking mail order items to the store with no problem, AND have have items I ordered via mail ordered tailored with no issues.

I’ve also foud items in the store that I wanted, but that they didn’t have in the store in my size and they ordered.

Right now, they are having a big men’s sale: 

Shop the NORDSTROM Men’s Shop. Plus, get free shipping and free returns on every order.

So apparently I am no longer having allergic reactions to Humalog.  That was over 10 years ago and it was a process of elimination.

Yesterday I had a pretty carb heavy lunch, dosed with 8 units of insulin with no ill effects, so loaded up a cartridge with Humalog.  Have worn it since around 1:00 pm with no itching.  I’ll finish the vial to make sure.

Doctor did say that the Omnipod users were seeing some clumping in the summer with Humalog, but he didn’t realize that Novolog was more temperature tolerate – I do know you store it at a higher room temperature. 

So in a way, Express Scripts wins.  The plan is to switch to Humalog when I run out of Novolog – may save a vial or two for the summer.

As for Bayer Contour Next strips – Medtronics gets the insurance money through my durable equipment rather than going through the pharmacy.

We switched drugs. I had been taking Riomet, and it is freaking inconvenient so taking Invokana.

He verified we were concerned with trends and not numbers. 

Trying humalog to make sure I am allergic or not to it.

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I came home from the gym today and made the mistake of testing my blood sugar in front of my mother and sister. It was 156 which was pretty good considering:

• I treated a low with orange juice
• I drank a mocha to work out with and didn’t dose with insulin

Almost simultaneously my mother said that was high for her with a bit of ego, and my sister asked me what that meant.

Of course, neither one was ready to hear the answer which was:

It depends on what I’m doing for the next for four hours.

If I were going to watch TV, work on the computer, or do other normal Sunday stuff, I would correct and go on. But we were originally planning to go to a museum which would have meant some walking around, so I would have eaten some lunch and go on.

As it was, I ended up doing some last minute Christmas shopping so I had a bowl of soup and a assorted cheese appetizer at the Nordstrom Café.

I should have realized something was wrong when I couldn’t process what my sister wanted, but we all have those moments. I am learning though, when Dulce won’t load up, don’t try to drive the car.

I brought her back in, drank some orange juice, processed it and she loaded up fine 30 minutes later, watching me carefully the whole time.

Good beagle!