Cats, wildlife and more

So you know how as a kid, Mom let us lick the spoon when making cake or cookies or something? In this house we let the indoor cat lick the spoon from the can of cat food we feed the outdoor cat. I have never heard my darn cat cry like a baby like he does when we feed the outdoor cat his wet food!! (Jasper gets a special dry food so he doesn't get crystals)

So as for the life I live with wildlife.... Last night Jasper and Shannon both stopped and their ears perked up and then Shannon went into the hall.... finally he answered me telling me the racoons were in the wall or under the tub again. GGGGRRRRR I don't like the critters. So then you will see I have this beautiful red rose from my new rose bush this year and 1 bloomed. Isn't it nice??? So here is what I woke up to , deer, I want to get them and make them stay away. I am going to go buy fishing line and put it everywhere so they wont eat my roses. darn them!! (sorry dont knkow how to rotate the below picture

Saturday we Cinco de Mayo. I didn't do much of excitment but did get out for a while that evening. Jim and I went down to Luna Loca. (Shannon was flying) We had dinner and hung out a while. Jim's ex showed up, with her ex husband. (weird) I of course ran into people I knew from high school and grade school. I also met a friendly or drunk and friendly or just lonely gal. I was waiting in the bathroom line and she started talking to me, introduced herself and was just nice. Then a while later I ran into her again and she hugged me and said hi, asked my name again, introduced me to her husband and asked if I wanted to see a picture of her baby. It was a bit strange. Plus the child was about 3 or 4 not a baby at all. Anyway, the other thing about that was while waiting in the bathroom line, I was looking at all the pictures on the wall from years ago when luna loca used to do the full moon night. So it was funny to see pictures of myself and various friends and such from '92 and such. Lets see what else? Well I saw one gal, Sharon that I have known since elementary school. She was interesting to talk to, I dont know her so well. We told her about Jim's ex being there and she put on a little act so that was fun. Kristina was another we saw and I always seem to see her in Danville for these events. So we run into each other once a year sometimes more. Not much else of interest that night.

Sunday 5/6 we did the diabetes bike ride. I did 10 miles and Jim and Shannon did the 25 mile one. No way I could make that but I did make the 10 mile no problem. Here are a few pictures from our little adventure.
So I have to say, many many thanks to those that sonsored me!!
Other than that, its just job searching and such. I have a couple interviews lined up. I have some clients I am working with for weddings also so that is good.

This Week- Jodie, J's, and whatever

So I have all the time in the world but I have not found the time to update this. Guess I have to be in the mood to do it.

Where to start.... Looking for a job and also working on the events and wedding business. Any referrals to anyone is greatly appreciated, weddings, corporate or whatever. For that matter job leads are good also. I have been using www.linkedIn.com and it is a pretty cool networking website and also helps with the job serch since there are jobs posted there. I have been trying to get people I know to link into mine profile. Have had some leads here and there for jobs and events/weddings so hopefully something works out. In the mean time, filed for unemployment and I have a wedding a month through October. Hoping I end up with more than that.

Here is the picture as requested by Tami. Doesn't have the same affect at all, I held it wrong. Oh well.......

Saturday night, I went with Jim to Dan's to see the smoking J's, yes they actually played together. I found out Jay is no longer with Notorious so that explains all the show booked coming up. We had a good time, well at least I did.

Ok, next would be Jodie. While went to visit her in the hospital I thought it was funny that she complained a little about the bruise on her arm for the blood work or IV. So I thought I would show this bruise. It was actually bigger and darker since this is at about a week old. This is from the injectease I keep using since I have this needle phobia. So there, I win. Ok so what else? Besides the fact that I am sure yu are thrilled to see my belly and bruises. The latest with the insulin pump is that I have it and it is attached as you see here this is how it gets attached. I am using with saline right now until I get used to it and how to use it. Monday I will start the insulin. It doesn't hurt and it is pretty simple to use. I just have to figure out what amount of insulin will work. The diabetes educator works with me on that thankfully. This is a good time to do it also since I am not working and stuff.

Now as for Jodie and cooper. Things are going ok. She posted pictures and stuff in her blog. I dont know how to attach the blog address becaus I tried earlier and it didn't work.

Here is a tiny picture. I can email you a link with other pictures, just ask.

Kristin learns to shot herself

So in November I was given the opportunity to switch to a different insulin. The problem has been that I have not been able to give myself the injections, Shannon has had to do it. I have been really dependent on him due to this. I have cancelled dinners, rearranged appointments and been late to work. It still makes me cringed to think about the injections, seriously, even as I type this. You would laugh if you saw how tiny these needles are. Either way, I have not been able to do it myself. At this appointment, the doctor gave me some syringes, a vial (with saline in it) and a injectease contraption to practice. This hides the needle. Its sort of like the thing I use to check my blood sugar on my finger and I know a lot of you have seen that. So this is all kind of amusing. The first thing I have to be able to do is stick the syringe needle into the vial. I would get so close and could not do it. So I practiced and finally was able to do that. Next I tried the next step, sticking the needle in something. I had a little squishy stress ball to practice sticking it into.
I told a family friend that is a nurse, just how much trouble I am having with this. She says she will show me how to do it. I would not say its showing me how to do it, its getting over my fear of it or something. Anyway, I met up with my family friend, Robyn. So I meet Robyn at her house after work one day. I took everything I had to her. We sat there for nearly 3 hours. This is sort of hard to type out but it was a bit traumatic for me and funny also. She was seeing how hard it was for me to comfortably just pick up the needle and stick it in the vial. We started with that and she gave me some pointers on that. There were little steps to get me to the point of using the injectease. Eventually she had me holding the needle to her with the injectease and sticking her with it. Keep in mind, she was pushing my hand because I could not do this. It was funny too, now that I think about it. She was swearing at me and telling me she would never talk to me again if I didnt stick her and things. So eventually I was being "forced" to hold it against me and inject it in me. 3 hours later, I had been able to do this. (Yay, I was hungry and wanted to go home and eat.)
I got to call Meaghan and tell her I could do this, finally. So my next appointment, she gave me the insulin to start using. Now I am doing the injections myself, unfortunately I am eating more and probably gaining more weight too. The only problem now is the little bruises I get. I will find out more on my next appointment, this friday.
By the way, the starting on insulin is not due to diabetes being worse. It is to have better control of my diabetes and blood sugar mainly