Spring.....A Time of Renewal.........

According to the calender, Spring is here. Not according to my yard - it's various shades of brown with a few patches of dirty, white snow. Winter doesn't want to give up it's grip, although there are signs that it is getting warmer. The furnace doesn't run almost non-stop, there are more birds around, it gets up into the 40's during the day and it looks like a few of my shrubs are trying to bud out. Things are trying to come back from this past harsh winter - it's just taking a bit longer then I would like.

Just as it's a time of renewal for nature here in Michigan, it is also one for this 'old crow'. I have been struggling to get over a sinus infection and just not feeling well and it is taking me what seems like forever to do it. I have found out that 'being sick' and 'being sick when you are diabetic' are two different things. I really don't like it and don't want to have to deal with it the rest of my life but it could have been a whole lot worse, so I'm learning as I go and hopefully, it will get better. I'm struggling to get my BG numbers under control and live a somewhat normal life, eating a close to normal, although healthy diet and it's an uphill battle. Things that I should be able to eat in small quantities are not working out and I've found that I don't want to live eating only meat and veggies - although I like both of them. I have a feeling that a change in medication will be coming up when I go back to the Doctor in May. In the meantime, mealtimes are an experiment in what I can eat and how much. Oh well, at least it isn't boring, lol.

On the crafting front, things have been going slowly but now that I'm feeling a bit better, I hope to get going again. I want to get my Etsy shop open but need to finish a few more things first.

I guess I'll go back to planning out my veggie grden this morning - it will be awhile before I can plant anything but one can dream and plan and look at seed catalogs - at least things look sunny and bright in those. Have a great day!!

Hugs, Donna D.