The "Just Say What's on My Goofy Mind" Thread. Feel free to participate.

PhoenixFire said:

I took the stairs today.

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Small things add up! I've started parking further from the door at work--it gets me a few extra steps.

My talking meter says "Please relax during measurement" when I turn it on. I know that matters with blood pressure measurement, but I'm not sure how important it is with blood sugar.

I keep seeing ads for weighted blankets. Today, I realized that when I spent nights with my grandmother and she put so many quilts on the bed that I had to get out of bed to turn over, that was a weighted blanket!

I got an alert from my meter app that I had an "out of range" reading. It was a 77 and I was kind of proud of it. Apparently they think anything under 80 warrants a first alert and anything under 70 is another level of alert. The high alert doesn't start until 180-350.

I've been trying to buy okra for quite some time. I haven't found fresh or frozen at the grocery store. I googled it and turns out that there is a nationwide shortage related to corona virus and transportation! We get a lot of our vegetables from other countries.
I'm going to have to find a farmers market or at least find a farmer to get my fix. I can't grow anything due to space and a brown thumb.

It's the time of year that the employer mandates new supplies. I went to the pharmacy to pick them up and my doctor ordered the new strips and lancets, but not the new meter! I told my husband that I guess I'm supposed to hold the strip in my mouth and see if it tastes sweet when I prick my finger?
Edited to add: new meter is supposed to be an AccuChek Guide.

itissteve said:

I've been having the same problem with cauliflower -- fresh is easily found; frozen not so much.

I can find (frozen) okra, however. I've seen it both at an independent grocery store near my home and my food co-op. I suspect, however, that okra is less popular in Minnesota than it is in Arkansas and that that has something to do with not finding it on the shelves, too.

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My husband's brothers own a restaurant. They ordered some (frozen) for us from a wholesale food company.

Does anyone ever run out of lancets? I change more often than I used to but I have enough for years!

itissteve said:

I bought the "economy size" box when I started taking my diabetes seriously. I still have it. The waste associated with one use is simply appalling considering they're used only on me and my clean fingers.

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I quit having my prescription refilled. I haven't found anyone yet that needed them!

In this case, it isn't my goofy mind. Here's the first line of a news article from a website in the UK: "DIABETES type 2 would be a relatively benign condition were it not for high blood sugar levels." Duh! :crazy:

I have a habit of reading labels. It comes in handy when grocery shopping:smile2:
I just noticed that the latest package of toilet paper from Sam's Club says "bath tissue". I'm not sure how long it's been renamed, but I find it an odd euphemism.

Wilbur Beast is the new mayor of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky! BTW, Wilbur is a French Bulldog! :vs_love:
https://www.freep.com/story/news/po...ayor-is-wilbur-the-french-bulldog/6177722002/