On Tuesdays I weigh in. My younger sister and I are keeping each other accountable. So today, I weighed in at 188.8... 10.2 lbs lost in 7 weeks. I've been following the Keto diet guidelines and it has really helped my blood sugars stay even... if that's even really possible. Let's just say I haven't had a serious high or low since I started and that on it's own is a huge motivator for me. Slow weight loss is still weight loss. My A1C is 6.4 and that's the lowest it's been since my diagnosis three years ago. My insulin needs are much less and hopefully that will help with this stubborn weight too. yarnsupply.com Today I went to Michael's craft store and bought some yarn today, my boys have been asking forever for me to knit them socks so I figure I would. I bough some Patons Kroy Socks yarn in Blue Striped Ragg.  I've never used this yarn before but the colors are great and I was thinking I'll make everyone in the family the same pair...

In my adult life I have started blogging about 1,000 times. I had different blogs for different topics and moods... I've decided to start blogging in a way that is more like a journal. I can't juggle what to put in what blog and sometimes it feels repetitive and uninspiring. One place to put all my thoughts on the hobbies that I'm pursuing at the moment instead of a different one for paper crafting, knitting, my health journey and our homestead. It's too much and I found myself unmotivated to do any of them after a while. My mother likes to write, my older sister has a degree in journalism, I think it's part of our DNA... I hated writing in school but I love reading, I loathe math but I find Biology interesting and I absolutely adore history!  Some of my current interests are knitting and spinning wool and fiber into yarn, quilting and sewing, learning to live with Type 1 Diabetes (I was diagnosed just over 2 years ago!), raising our animals on our little farm,...