Must-have Monday #4

This is honestly the first time I've thought about writing in daysss! (that's a different story for a different post- stay tuned!)

Tonight's must have Monday is a cheap plug for my daughter's girl scout troop!

LOL

IT'S COOKIE TIME!!!!!!

Don't lie, you just smiled and got a bit excited didn't you!?

Cookies are in, so after this week hit up your local grocery store and you're bound to find a troop with a table set up- but if you live close to me- HIT US UP! I will deliver to you!

There was a lot of hype this year about the Savannah Smiles cookie, I honestly think the thing looks nasty but hey, I ordered 2 boxes from a friends daughter that lives in a different area code. See there's the catch with that one, only specific areas are carrying it until next year then it will be everywhere. However, here it is...

Again, I admit they look gross but they can't be that bad right? Either way, the Princess is selling these....

That's...

*Thin Mint

*Caramel DeLite

*Peanut Butter Pattie

*Peanut Butter Sandwich

*Shortbread

*Thanks-a-lot

*Lemonades

*Shout Out

Nobody can resist girl scout cookies! 

Go buy some and support the girls in your community!!

Must-have Monday #3

Today's "Must-have" is for anyone with kids & an iPhone. 

I can't speak for everyone of you but my kids drive me INSANE on long car rides unless they have something to capture their attention. My Princess is the absolute worst because she won't fall asleep in the car as easily as my boys will now. I have found an app that I LOVE with the most accentuation on the LOVE part!

It's called "Cut the Rope" and it's star character is a weird cute little monster that you can't help but to love.

This is "Om Nom" the monster from the "cut the rope" application. (I think he's suppose to be a frog but he looks like a monster to me.)

The point of this game is to help Om Nom get the candy from the rope to his mouth. The object is to collect stars and do it rapidly while cutting ropes to make the candy land IN Om Nom's mouth. This game keeps my Princess heavily entertained and rather quiet except for a little laugh here and there. 

At the price of $0.99 you can also have the peaceful car ride that all mothers dream of!

After a little research I think this game might also be available for the iPod touch, and the Android. Happy Gaming!

Must-have Monday

This weeks "Must-have" is a bit of a stretch, but it wouldn't hurt me to write about it anyway. Maybe draw some attention to the issue at hand.

We MUST-HAVE a cure for type 1 diabetes! A lot of people with type 2 diabetes can handle their own, mostly by losing a little (or in some cases a LOT) of weight- bam, there's your cure... but what about type 1??

Most of you may not even know the difference between the two... let me break it down for you.

Type 2 diabetes is normally caused by over eating and being over weight. (in a nut shell)

Type 1 diabetes is when the pancreas stops creating insulin to break down the sugars in the foods we do eat. (also in a nut shell)

This really sucks! In November 2011 Britty got diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Her immune system attacked her pancreas and caused it to literally shut down on itself, no longer creating insulin for her body to use to stay "functioning." This put her in the hospital for almost a week that time. Her blood sugar was over 750 and she could have died right there. But alas, that hard headed butt wouldn't let go easily (lol thank God!) and she came out on top of that particular instance. Since then she's been back in the hospital a few times for what is called DKA. What this boils down to be is ketones that could go to your blood stream and once it's there it's pretty much poison.

Once again, Britty is back in the hospital with DKA, and this time the nurses are trying to kill her by causing her blood sugar to drop entirely too low for her and then hesitating to let her eat anything. This is quite frustrating for her friends and family, I can only imagine how it is to Britty herself. 

THERE NEEDS TO BE A CURE FOR THIS!

We can work on drugs for lots of other things but not something as big as this? I mean that weird guy that lives down the street from you- we can cure his baldness but we can't fix my friends pancreas?? What's wrong with that picture?

Anyway, now that I've ranted... I would like to "educate" you on the diabetes basics...

(brought to u by the American Diabetes Association)

*formerly known as "Juvenile Diabetes"

*diagnosed in children & young adults

*body does not produce it's own insulin

*insulin changes sugars & starches into energy needed for daily life

*Only 5% of diabetics have Type 1

Here's the Part that You Might Find Interesting:

 

Celebrities With Type 1 Diabetes:

*Halle Berry

*Nick Jonas

*Mary Tyler Moore

*Bret Michaels

(there's plenty more that have it, these are the names I thought most would recognize)

Normal People I Know With Type 1 Diabetes:

*Beth Bowen

*Britty Atwell

^that's my best friend damnit!^

we need THIS Britty back- not the one laid in the hospital!

THEY NEED A CURE!!

(jus sayin!)