Fall Food

I came upon this 'Smoked Sausage and Cabbage Skillet Supper' by Marie at The English Kitchen. I decided to try it and it is quite delicious.  Poor Marie just became a diabetic and will be focussing on healthy meals for diabetics from now on in her blog.  This is timely as my husband was also diagnosed.  This recipe was before she became diabetic, but cabbage is full of fibre.

This article discusses the health benefits of pumpkin pie. One slice is 323 calories and it has 23% of your day's fat, but the spices (cinnamon,ginger, nutmeg, allspice and cloves) used to make it are good for you and the pumpkin itself is full of healthy fibre.

Creative Tuesdays - Gifting

It's time for Creative Tuesdays' 'Gifting' theme. My contribution is done on an index card in watercolour pencil.  I don't have a wonderful story around this gift the way Wanda does.

Texas Food

Did you witness the supermoon lunar eclipse last night?  The next one is in 2033. They were calling for clear skies all day then it clouded over at night, then the moon appeared and we saw it partially in shadow then it clouded over again, sheesh.

One of my sisters went to a wedding in Texas some weeks ago and sent me these food photos I thought I would share with you. Have you ever been to Texas? The food portions look huge. My sister also spoke of a BBQ house with the most delicious BBQ brisket.

32 oz ribeye

chicken fried steak

twice baked potato

BBQ brisket house

Sunday Sketches - Happy Retirement

I made this retirement card for a friend in watercolour pencil. I thought I would show it for Sunday Sketches.

Here is a photo of the card. The reason it is 2-sided is that I mistakenly started sketching on the wrong side:

Interesting Question

I had a bookstore gift certificate and decided to use it towards the purchase of these books on Diabetes.

Then I got these glucose tablets from the pharmacy for husband M, I have been educating myself on the disease and discovered they are a good thing to keep handy in case his blood sugar goes low (less than 4 mmol/L for whatever reason). He is supposed to take 4 of these 4g tablets and retest his blood sugar after 15 minutes. Hopefully he never has to use them.

The interesting thing yesterday is when M noticed his slow release metformin tablet came out in his poop! We were alarmed then I thought to check google and the answer is that it is just the shell after the drug was absorbed, and that it is one of the most common questions. What would we do without google, it saved a call to the doctor!

Paint Party Friday - Party Dress

Welcome to Paint Party Friday. This piece is called 'Party Dress' and is done in watercolour pencil and crayon on an index card. I was inspired by a little girl I saw in church wearing a a sweet little dress over top of her sweatpants and sweater. It was a bit cold that day, but she was so adorable-looking! I actually based my drawing on a Nordstrom catalogue photo.

At the Gym

I thought this was a pretty fall planter:

On the weekend, my friend S and I came upon a garage sale as we walked. This lady had the prettiest ornaments on sale for very reasonable prices. Some of the pieces had never been used. However, it was time for her to declutter. We had fun looking through the assortment, but the time will come when you have to get rid of the stuff. I'm sure she had a lot of fun collecting them.

And at the gym, our aerobics instructor announced that she attended Whitney Houston's concert in 1986 when she was one year old.  So after class, I said to her 'so you are 30 years old?'  She laughed and said she wasn't, she just wanted to see how many people would be fooled by that.  I told her I totally believed her.  In fact, she is 43, but being a gym instructor keeps you in really great shape!