Now what do I make in the kitchen?

I LOVE to bake - cakes, pies, cookies and all kinds of other gooey treats!

Before McP was diagnosed with diabetes I made homemade (no boxes) desserts 3-4 times a week.  Since we count carbs and dose his insulin based on carbs, he can still have the desserts I make, but I have been trying to limit them a bit more than I did before.  I have also tried substituting splenda for some of the sugar - sometimes that works and other times.......


So since I am not in the kitchen baking I need something else to do in there to make a big ole mess.  So I have been making soap.  So far I have made a lemon soap and a mocha soap.  Wonder if there is a pattern to the scents?  It is fun and I am sure I will give some as gifts, maybe even a give away here,  but I need something else to do as soap is starting to take over the guest room while they are curing and they need to cure for about 6 weeks.  So what should my next project or craft be?  Do you have a favorite hobby that you think I should try?

Asking "Why?"

I know it has been a while since I posted and I am sure you are wondering why.  In short I have been trying to inspiration to adjust to life's changes get going again.

As a family we have also been asking why.  On March 8 my day started with McP, our 4 year old, saying he was having trouble breathing.  A quick call to the local family doctor got us right in and in no time we were on the road to the closest hospital with an ICU.  McP was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and we were in SHOCK - no one in our family had ever had diabetes.  We later learned that 90% of those diagnosed with type 1 have no relatives with the disease.    He was in the ICU for 2 days and then we went to Denver to meet with pediatric endocrinologists and learn all about type 1 diabetes.

I will be honest before Phillip was diagnosed I was only vaguely aware that there were 2 different types of diabetes and they are really very different diseases.  Type 1 is an autoimmune disease and in short it means that McP's pancreas has stopped working and he will need insulin  (unless a cure is found) for the rest of his life.  So the past several months have been a period of adjustment for the whole family.  While we are adjusting, it does often leave us asking ....Why did diabetes effect our family?

 McP, feeling better now,with his new friend Thumper

From 2010-08-11