by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jan 20, 2011 | Cooking, Diabetes
In my previous post about Lizard Spit, I give the general history of my diabetes and a look at the latest treatment I am using. Months later, I was finding my blood sugar manageable and under control. Even so, in November my eye was drawn to the book at the left as I...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jan 13, 2011 | Cooking, Food, Memories, Uncategorized
Every year for New Year’s Day for the last, oh 15 years or so, we’ve had dinner with the same set of close friends. We incorporated a southern tradition of making sure we have black-eyed peas in the form of Hoppin’ John. If you can tell me how the...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Jan 9, 2011 | Cooking, Memories, Uncategorized
When I was growing up, my mom had a rule about church; You had to attend until you were confirmed. This pretty much meant that we dropped out of the Sunday ritual one by one–first my brothers and then me. Once we were confirmed in the Lutheran church, each and...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Dec 31, 2010 | Holidays, Organizing, Uncategorized
Making a public statement of resolutions takes a certain amount of backbone. In 2010, a good friend of mine publicly posted hers for a certain amount of accountability. She posted semi-regular updates on her progress in her notes on Facebook, and I followed them with...
by Laurie Rockenbeck | Dec 29, 2010 | Owning A Home, Uncategorized
I’ll start by referencing my previous post for brevity’s sake. The little addendum to the story about the laundry room flood is this: We recently discovered the radiator in our bathroom was not heating up. It was confusing even to the radiator repair guy...
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