Journal of a Busy Mom

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Diabetes Emergency Supplies

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This month is my daughter’s 11th year anniversary with diabetes. On February 28th 2008 our lives changed. She was 7 years old. Next fall, she will be a junior at Georgetown College in Kentucky. So, this month I try to focus on diabetes care. This month I wanted to make emergency kits to keep on each floor of our house and one for her to take to the dorms. I only got one made, but the others will follow.

Supplies need:

  • A school supplies box

  • a Glucagon kit
  • liquid gels either a bottle or packets
  • sugar tablets

For her college one I intend on putting a laminated card with my name and number and her doctor’s name and number.

Here are some pictures of the finished project:

You can get the tablets or gel at any pharmacy. The glucagon is a prescription. The gel packs we get at Amazon. Here is the link:

Transend Glugose Gels-they come in different flavors, my daughter prefers the strawberry flavor. These have really been helpful and raise her blood sugar rapidly.

Ligia

Week Two Decluttering: Done!

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This week was a little bit tougher than last week. I had a set back. So I missed a couple of days, but I did catch up by doubling up.

This week I accomplished all my small decluttering jobs including:

  • Medicine Cabinet-done! I had some really, really old stuff. I’m talking 2014 expiration dates. The cabinet looks so empty! I do have to restock eventually.
  • Dining area-done! although now its my area for keeping stuff to sell. It was clean for a few days
  • Entertainment area-sort of done! We have so much stuff in two areas that I focused on the family room area. I pulled out all the workout DVDs. I had at least 10. If I am not going to use them, they should go. I also moved the games to one area so that when its time to sort through that its all together.
  • Magazines and books-done! I just recycled all the magazines. Didn’t even bother to look at them. I have so many books, I couldn’t possibly begin to sort through those.
  • Junk drawer- done! I have three junk drawers so I focused on one. I actually had worked on these a while back and they are still okay.
  • Bathroom Cabinets-Done! I threw out alot of expired creams and things. I didn’t through medications because I will wait to dispose of these properly. Our city has a event once or twice a year where you can bring your old medication.

Most of these jobs are not taking more than 15 minutes, but I know that the next set will probably take some time:

  • Linen Closet
  • Makeup
  • Jewelry
  • Closet
  • Catch up day

For a complete list of decluttering jobs, visit: 31 Detox Challenge

Reasons to Save

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I am currently working through The Financial Peace Planner by Dave Ramsey. Right before, I had read through his Financial Peace book and More Than Enough both by Dave Ramsey. Currently I started the section on saving. Thankfully, we are … [Continue reading]