New Westminster

What I’m loving right now…

Diabetes, Running

Colourful twinkle lights all along the boardwalk: Spotting a beautiful vision of my moms decorating her tree when I went to visit her last week: Our version of a Charlie Brown Christmas tree, a dwarfed Alberta spruce, with that fresh green smell wafting through the loft air: Our Christmas tree topper of love birds: The most spectacular gingerbread houses I ever did see on Gingerbread Lane at the Hyatt in Vancouver. Sparkly Christmas flats that I just had to have – and on sale: And my present state of determination: YESTERDAY’S RUN: 7:30 a.m. BG before: 9.1 Temp. basal: -50 per cent (1.5 hours) Distance: 6.5 km Average pace: 6:35 min/km Time: 42:42 9 a.m. BG after: 3.9 Yesterday’s run was bad, like real bad. I had got up especially early because I knew I had a lot to do, and I didn’t want to neglect a run, which I’ve been […]

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Princess + Mr. Sneakers = Oh Happy Day!

Diabetes, Running

“Well hello there Mr. Sneakers, how are you today?“ “Fantastic!“ “Me too!  Want to know why?“ Because after days and weeks of my dear Mr. Sneakers being forced into isolation against his will, and gathering dust in the bike room closet where all the other no-longer used running shoes are stored, breaking my heart with every forlorn howl he made, it all came to an end today. Finally, Mr Sneakers and I (best buddies!) were reunited. And what a reunion it was. I wiped his tears away, laced him up, and together we frolicked in the streets. It took 10 days, 5 of which were spent in bed, 6 movies, half a book, and 4 straight episodes of Tru Blood before I finally crested the sickness hump. My gawd! I was going insane. I was becoming stir crazy, miserable, guilty with lack of exercise, and my nose, oh man, did

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Social media, yay or nay

Diabetes

“Have you ever thought about promoting your blog?” That was the question posed to me by my super stylish NYC girlfriend – and fellow blogger – as we hustled down the boardwalk, trying to cover our bodies from the ice of the river wind. It’s not the first time I’ve heard such a question; my brother who’s all about marketing is often throwing ideas at me to get more from my writing than just the act of writing itself. But the thing is, I’m pretty sure I’m the laziest blogger out there. Sure I post somewhat regularly, but that’s the easy part. I am a writer by trade after all. But keeping conversations moving on a blog-specific Facebook page and Twitter and elsewhere, that just seems like a whole lot of work. You can’t just upload your blogs to social media and hope for the best, you’ve got to engage

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