A new year! A new beginning? Or just an excuse for a really fun night?
Either way…
I couldn’t resist reprinting a few fave New Year’s quotes that seem particularly apropos to my life with diabetes — and maybe they’ll make you smile, too:
People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas. ~Author…
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I’m not sure if this qualifies as an official meme, but lots of bloggers like to mark the end of the year by listing out the first lines of one blog post from each month — which makes for a fascinating little “snapshot” of what happens on any given blog. Love it! So here goes —
Favorite first ‘Mine lines from 2010:
January – “Over the holidays, hubby and I managed to slip away for…
New Year’s Resolutions. They’re easier made than kept, right? People with diabetes, well, we’re known to make “resolutions” about once a quarter or whenever we get our latest A1c result back. But as we turn the calendar from 2010 to 2011, here are a few tips for making sure your diabetes resolutions are successful… no matter what time of year.
OK, it’s a cutesy acronym, but we’ve found examples of this goal-setting method all over…
With the fiscal year ending on Friday, it’s time to make any last minute tax-deductible donations. Fortunately, the diabetes community is not short on non-profit organizations dedicated to educating, assisting, and eventually curing people with diabetes. The most visible organizations are, of course, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the American Diabetes Association. But there are many others worthy of your philanthropic consideration. Here’s a list of a few great D-causes where you might possibly…
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I don’t need to remind you that it’s that time of year when diabetes management can slide from stress, travel, and holiday cookies, etc. Which is why I do think a reminder is in order about the awesome eBook we all created as D-community effort last year: Nuggets of Wisdom from the Diabetes Community.
The book was compiled from entries submitted to the DiabetesMine Holiday Survival Sweepstakes, in which hundreds of community members submitted their…