Giveaway: Stick Me Designs

A couple of weeks ago the lovely Rickina, creator and owner of Stick Me Designs, posted on facebook about wanting to give us bloggers a chance to test and blog about her product. I jumped at the chance because I've honestly been wanting a Stick Me bag for a while, but haven't ever gotten around to getting one. Stick Me Designs is a company that makes meter bags that are NOT your plain old black

Another D Meet-Up

I love my meet ups with diabetes peeps. For the past 3 years, every May I've made a trip to NYC. It seems to be the place to be to get a good concentration of people from the D-OC. Every time I meet new people and get to visit with people that have become my friends both online, and IRL.

This year was no different. Thanks, as always, to Allison for putting this deal together (that girl is the

What We've Learned

Today's final post is going to be short and sweet. I'm currently getting ready to head into New York City for vacation (and hopefully some amazing meet-ups!). This post is supposed to be about what I've learned. Basically I've learned one very important thing about myself & my diabetes since I found the D-OC. That thing:

I am NOT ALONE!

Saturday Snapshots

Awesome Things

Diabetes has brought me so many wonderful things. The most awesome thing is the D-OC, without a doubt. I've met so many wonderful people in person and on the internet. You've given me the chance to express myself. You've shared your stories with me. I've guest blogged. I've had amazing diabetes meet-ups. I've  had the chance to join the Diabetes Advocates.

But diabetes has give me other things

10 Thing I Hate About You, Diabetes

Along the vein of one of my favorite movies of all times, 10 Things I Hate About You (R.I.P. Heath Ledger), I write today's post. It's not the best sounding in the world, and in truth, it's slightly more than 10 things, but there were slightly more than 10 things in the movie poem as well (count 'em!).


10 Things I Hate About You, DiabetesI hate the way you sneak up on me and the way you make

Wild Card Day - My First Vlog

I picked a Wild Card topic for today. I decided to vlog. This is my first vlog and was actually recorded a few weeks ago, right after my four year blog-aversary. But I couldn't get it to upload to YouTube, so it's a little late. But Diabetes Blog Week is the perfect opportunity to present my very first vlog.

All I ask is that you turn the volume all the way up (I've not quite figured out sound

Letter Writing Day

Dear Younger Self,

You’re young now. Life is carefree, for the most part. High school is scary, but you’ll make it. Don’t let those popular kids make you feel bad about yourself. Most of them will end up pregnant before they make it out of high school. Or they’ll end up on drugs.

Take some chances. Life isn’t nearly as black and white as you sometimes think it is. Remember that there’s a big

Admiring Our Differences

Today’s topic for Diabetes Blog Week really starts us off the right way. Admiring our differences. Wow. Diabetes is one word, but there are so many different types and so many bloggers have different relationships to diabetes. I had to think so hard about who I wanted to talk about today. I’ve learned so much from all of you.

But the one that seems to hit closest to home for me are the blogs

To My Mom

Sunday is Mother's Day. I love my mom every single day of the year. I think I love her more every single day I think. But this year holds a little bit more of a special meaning to me. And it's all because of a post written about a week ago by Hallie from The Princess and the Pump. At the beginning of May Hallie and her husband J had a terrifying experience with their Princess, Sweet Pea. She

Frustrated Rant

I apologize for this depressing post ahead of time. But I'm feeling it a lot right now and need to get it out. I don't like to talk about the negative part of living with diabetes very often. Truth of the matter is, I avoid discussing some areas of living with diabetes like the plague. Because some of the negatives of living with diabetes make me feel like I'm in a cage with no way out.


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