Converted!

 Last week while making Thanksgiving dinner I got some sort of grease on the stove and it really got baked on. I tried EVERYTHING to get it off, vinegar, dish soap, lysol...I finally decided to try something that I had heard a lot about but never really believed in...

The MAGIC ERASER!!! I have been totally converted! The very first swipe I took the grease instantly came off, and I didn't even really have to scrub. I know I'm behind in the times, but I will definitely be keeping this little gem in my cleaning supplies from now on!

Goodbye Blonde, Hello...RED??

The leaves have changed and that only means it is time for a new haircolour! Being on a budget I decided to dye my hair myself. Let's just say it didn't turn out as I expected...

The colour I thought I was getting:

                               

 

The colour I got:

                    

Moral: When your hair is bleached blonde, probably best to get your hair professionally dyed to ensure the colour goes as planned! 

The good news is it dyed pretty evenly and is all one colour that I actually think looks alright, so for now, I am again a red head! 

October Ensign

This month's Ensign is all about the Book of Mormon, the history of it, timelines, who wrote what, and member testimonies of it. I highly recommend you read it! I had a hard time putting it down and really learned a lot as I have always found the scriptures kinda hard to follow.

A Little Preview...

Halloween is coming and we're getting ready...here's a preview of what Ruby will be wearing. Can you guess what she is??

Fall is Upon Us...

It's that time of year again, the time for gloves and automatic car starters, and a whle lot of darkness. Fall has begun and we are rapidly approaching winter already. I have had to use my automatic car starter twice already after my last 2 night shifts to come home because it is so cold and frosted out and the days are starting to begin later about 7:30 and end sooner around 8.

It makes me wish we were still in BC. We were there just a couple weeks ago for a wedding and stayed on Kimberley for a few nights to make a vacation out of it. It was beautiful weather and our condo had an amazing bathtub and warm pool and hot tub that I have been greatly missing the past few days. Also on our little getaway we were able to stay at home for a few nights and visit with family! We got to meet little Tacey and see Jen's family again for the first time in a year. We are happy to have them living closer to home again...even though we still will only get to see them a few times each year. It was so nice to be back in. Southern Alberta, where we will always officially call home, and it was real hard for us to come back to Fort McMurray this time around because we miss everyone so much down there. But it was nice to be back in our own bed again and have a quiet house to sleep in!

We do have some other exciting news! We went to the diabetes clinic again today and for the past few days Cody has been cutting back on his insulin injections because his blood sugars have suddenly been getting too low. They told us that he could have been going through what they call a "honeymoon phase" which is when your pancreas stops working and then when you start to take insulin it reminds the pancreas of what it is supposed to be doing, which is creating insulin, and then it starts to work properly again. They don't see it very often and they were a bit baffled by what has been going on because he did have such high sugar levels and he has been on the lowest dose of insulin possible, which they say usually doesnt even begin to touch the sugars, and his numbers have rapidly come down and leveled out in just the past week. They didn't really know what to tell us other than to keep cutting back on his insulin and hopefully he won't have to take it anymore! So keep him in your prayers and we just might make it back to a diabetes free life! I think it is a pretty amazing thing and a blessing our lives.

1st Anniversary

1 Year ago...

It's been one whole year since we were married and we can't believe how fast it has gone by! There have been lots of good thing and not so great things (ie...Cody's sudden diabetes) but it has been a really wonderful year nontheless. To celebrate we did a whole lot of NOTHING! We literally sat around on the couch and took turns napping all day. It was nice. We did get up to take Ruby out for a walk and made it all the way around the building once before we decided to come back inside because it was too hot and Ruby was already panting! Later that night we got all dressed up and went out to this new restaurant called Atmosfere. It was really nice and very delicious! We were home by 9:30, watched Big Brother and were in bed by midnight. Re-reading this post just proves that we really are already an old married couple but we couldn't be happier! 

Also to celebrate our anniversary I got Cody this Fossil watch...

He hasn't had a nice watch for a while and has been through a lot lately so I really wanted to give him something nice.  Luckily he really liked it! 

For me Cody got this beautiful anniversary ring for my right hand...

I do love it! We are grateful for all we have and for the wonderful year this has been. We look forward to many many more!

In other news, our fish Larry died the other night. It was a very sad day but he lived a good life with us for almost 8 months. 

Diabetes For Dummies

This is sort of how we feel right now. Over the past 2 or so months Cody hasn't quite been feeling up to par. He has had unquenchable thirst, extreme fatigue and has lost over 30 pounds. I had a guess at what it might be and finally last Wednesday Cody went to see the doctor. He went back for a followup just two days ago and was diagnosed with just what I thought...DIABETES! I was hoping it would be Type 2, easy to treat with diet and pills, but no such luck. Cody has been officially diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, which means he will be on insulin for the rest of his life. It has thrown a whole bunch of other things out of whack as well but hopefully as he gets his blood sugar levels back to normal they will sort themselves out. 

Today we went to the Diabetes clinic and they got him all set up. These are pictures of Cody's new toys. He has to monitor his blood sugar at least 4 times a day and has to give himself insulin shots daily as well, which will eventually increase to around 4 times a day as well. It has been a lot to comprehend in the past 3 days but soon enough his diabetes care will become just a part of his everyday life!

This isn't really an exciting post but we are happy to know what's been going on with him and to be able to do something about it. We are also very grateful that it was something that he will be able to manage and not something more serious, so with that we will stay positive and happy and just go with the flow!