POTASSIUM SMASHIUM

 As I mentioned last post I am working my butt off to get my A1c down.  It was running at 9ish.  Well I talked to the doc this morning and it is down to 7!  That makes me happy.  But...apparently my potassium is too high.  Wouldn't you know.  And that causes all sorts of grief....like heart attacks and kidney failure.  Jeez!  You can't win! I always feel going to a doctor is like taking your car to a mechanic....they always find something else wrong.

So I just spent the last half hour researching the foods that have potassium in levels that I have to avoid.  FUCKADOODLE!!!!  I am not eating meat, which makes low carbing difficult, and over half the vegetables I eat I can't have anymore.  In fact the allowable list of food is just plain sad, and kinda works agains low carb.  No tomatoes, broccoli, no legumes, no avocados, no squash, no peas etc....I can have cucumbers and celery if I keep the quantity down to half a cup.  This reminds me of Kerry's sister.  She was telling me about her three main ailments and how she couldn't eat certain foods for each different disease and in the end I think she was throwing her hands in the air and just eating.

So Ange and I have been gardening, not my fave pastime as most know.  I didn't want to spend money on plants this year.  I think we are in for a nasty summer and I don't want to see them not thrive.  So we planted wild flower seed.  I did go to the dollar store and buy six large pots.  I plan to plant geraniums in them for the front.  It has actually been kind of fun.  At least it's fun watching Ange, who is like an energizer gazelle at everything she does!  Now the hard part, waiting for the seeds to outgrow the weeds!  It's a race!!!!!

We do have two rosebushes.  Mine is quite small, hers is bigger.  Mine have yellow roses and hers has red roses.  Mine is called Bill and hers is called Pat. There were a number of comments about where husbands belong!!!  Hahahaha!!!!

I just received the most wonderful note from Aunty Dorothy.  She is reading one of Gramma's diaries and apparently Gramma mentions how 'heartwarming' my visits with her were.  Gramma and I were very close until she couldn't remember who I was.  She was such a wise woman and very funny.  I truly missed her and it was so good to hear that she enjoyed our relationship.  It was really good of Aunty D to pass that along.

You know, right now we need rain, a good soaking.  And wouldn't you know it...the sun is just blazing away out there!  And I have a burst pipe I need someone to fix so I can't sprinkle the newly planted stuff.  I do have a watering can but it doesn't have a diffuser on the spout.  See????  I do not like gardening!  Endless problems.  I think I am going to have to pour water through a sieve or colander.   Jeez!!!!!

Well gotta bounce.  We went to Nezzy's and purchased three bags of sea soil and a bunch of begonias and geraniums and one hydrangea. The geraniums smell like spring salmon do when you clean them.  Stay safe peeps.  Hug a neighbour and make his/her day!!!!  TTYL