Morning Joe....

I got the blood lab results....what I suspected, but did NOT want to hear.  Prediabetes...not high enough to say full blown, but not low enough to say no...drats!  She ordered another round in Nov, meanwhile I'm to exercise (more) and diet.  Which I have been eating healthier about the last 5 years or so, I guess more rabbit food is on the menu for me.  I have no sugar per se in my diet but, I do love chocolate cake tho!(lol)  Going to try to cut the carbs, no pasta, rice.   I read a cook book substituting spaghetti squash for spaghetti noodles, guess I'll try that also, I love potatoes, but they have not been a regular part of my diet for about 3 years now, my RA doesn't like potatoes, it causing swelling & flares if I eat too many, I've learned I don't like pain.  I make cauliflower salad, instead of potato salad, not as rich tasting, but the texture is there...   I hate that I have become a person that talks about my medical conditions....I need to wrap my head around this stuff.  Every day is a battle to mentally prepare a positive outlook, the RA pain, now my blood sugar ....guess I will be living in a bubble bath full of CALGON. 

Update on Mutual of Omaha's Wild kingdom (aka our backyard).  Another Gator sighting, this one is not as aggressive as the previous dude.  He is a watcher tho...  It's so creepy, imagine sitting on comfy chair in the lanai, enjoying your morning cup of coffee, when you notice these two beady eyes in the water staring back at you....(chills)  Yesterday, a blue heron (similar to the one shown below)

came swooping down, he likes following the Gator, cuz the Gator would cause the fish to swim towards the lakes bank, thus bringing dinner to the Heron.  Such a prehistoric sight.  I wish I could capture it on film, but these creatures are so elusive.  It makes you appreciate the hours of film producers go thru to get one shot of something to show on a television program.


C-boi is settled in, back at college.  Senior year, he spent the entire summer away, gosh it has been hard.  We are making plans to visit sometime in Oct.  It can not come soon enough for me.  When he graduates I pray he finds work closer to us.  Fingers crossed!