January 2012
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heresthethingaboutit asked: hi! i was wondering if you like the MIO insertion? ive used the quickset infusion sets in the past and am about to get on a new pump. just trying to get an idea of which kind of insertion set is best :) thanks!!!
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OUCH!
First blog post of 2012!!! Happy New Year everyone!!
I’ve been having trouble inserting my pump site in my lower back lately…it seems like every time i try, I keep getting that wonderful alert, “NO DELIVERY” that i love oh so much. :\ So I had my sister, Jackie insert it for me…she hasn’t used the mio set for a while since I’ve been doing it, so I...
November 2011
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Happy Diabetes Awareness Month!!!!
October 2011
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CNN/HLN Honors MJ2 as Breakthrough Women - Segment...
mj2twins:
We just want to follow up on the special segment filmed by CNN/HLN honoring MJ2 (aka…Mollie and Jackie and Mollie and Jackie) as, “Breakthrough Women!”
As some of you know, CNN recently filmed MJ2 for HLN’s series, ‘Breakthrough Women,’ which will air for four days this week, beginning Thursday October 13th, through Sunday, October 16th, exclusively on HLN’s Morning Express with...
September 2011
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My 18th Diabetic Anniversary and CNN!
Hi everyone! So as I’m typing this, a CNN camera crew is standing right in front of me videotaping Jackie and I blogging and working on the Diabetic Angels website right now! The four of us, MJ2, are being featured on CNN/HLN’s special segment called “Breakthrough Women” and they have been interviewing us about our music and advocacy throughout the years and talking about...
August 2011
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"Mollie's Low! Lets Have a Snack!"
We went to the gym this morning and did some cardio on the elliptical machine and the bikes together. What a way to drop my blood sugars!
So pretty much all day, I was in the 80’s. Very happy about that. But I felt like I was drinking Apple and Orange Juice and nothing was really happening to my numbers and I felt like my blood sugar was dropping too much.
We were in rehearsal, and during...
The DOC Rocks! [updated]
Such a fun night hanging out with @ninjabetic, @scottkjohnson, @1LittlePrick, @sugar_nova, @mj2jackiej!!! What a great DOC Meetup!
And we FINALLY met Manny Hernandez from TuDiabetes (@askmanny on Twitter)! He is SO cool! And a special thanks for always being so helpful, you guys rock!! :)
[UPDATED]
The next night, Jackie and I met Naomi Kingery!!!! She was the first diabetic blogger I...
June 2011
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks about struggles... →
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How do you like to wear your insulin pump?
I’ve always wondered how people preferred to wear their pump…clipped outside or inside? To hide the pump? To protect the screen? To see the time more conveniently? :)
I would love to know what you think! Please leave a comment with your preference! :)
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Insulin Pens or Insulin Pumps?
When I was 10, my mom and I were used to shots, we knew the perfect amount of insulin for everything, from a small piece of pizza and cake at a birthday party to simply cereal for breakfast. Yep, we had it all down to a science. Then came the big Fed-Ex Box. It had been sitting in my room for months. I was scared. I’m not into “change.”
It was my first insulin pump. The...
May 2011
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Rehearsing with Low Blood Sugar equals no concentration. I can’t remember a thing. :[ all those guitar and piano chords I was memorizing…gone!!! GRrrrrrrrrr! I’ll have to memorize tomorrow. :\
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MJ2 Interviewed on CNN for Larry King's Special:...
Jackie J, Aunt Mama, Leeza Gibbons, Mom, and Mollie
Recently, Jackie, Aunt Mama, Mom, and I had the opportunity to be interviewed for the Larry King Special, “Unthinkable: The Alzheimer’s Epidemic.” They asked us to participate in this special because we have spent the past few years caring for our parents/grandparents, both of whom were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease.
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April 2011
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Watching the #RoyalWedding!!
CNN: Twins Care For Parents with Alzheimer's -...
mj2twins:
Recently, we had the opportunity to be interviewed for the Larry King Special, “Unthinkable: The Alzheimer’s Epidemic.” They asked us to participate in this special because we have spent the past few years caring for our parents/grandparents, both of whom were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease.
This poignant special will air on Sunday Night, May 1, 2011 at 8pm ET/5:00, 8:00, and...
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Nashville Music Guide - Producer's Spotlight:...
mj2twins:
Hi Everyone! :-) We’re so proud of Dennis Money, our Producer/Manager that we wanted to re-post and share with all of you this wonderful article written about Dennis featured in the Nashville Music Guide!
Enjoy!!
Dennis Money
Country songs are often about overcoming adversity and seemingly impossibly odds. That same storyline applies in real life to Dennis Money, who has recently...
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March 2011
1 post
February 2011
6 posts
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Our 22nd Birthday!!
So our day started off with sleeping in, (yay!) and then we met Aunt Mama and Mom and our best friend, Natalia for lunch together at one of our favorite hangouts in Las Vegas. It was so nice to hang out, catch up, and be with friends and family! :)
Jackie, Natalia, and Mollie with our birthday dessert…at lunch! :) Thank you for caring enough to make our birthday so special Natalia! It...
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Last BG of my 21st Year
It’s the night before our 22nd birthday and my last blood sugar test of my 21st year was……90!!!! How awesome is that?! :) this makes me very very happy! :)
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WatchJackie!!! Happy Early 22nd Birthday…almost!!!!!! :) I Love youuuu!!!! :)
January 2011
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I’m cleaning and organizing my desk and the area around it while listening to the Backstreet Boys on my iTunes. :)
Well that’s the reason my blood sugars have been higher…other than being sick…thank you “bent cannula” insertion set. grrrr.
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Happy 2011!
Hey everyone! Happy New Year!! I’m really excited about this year!! really, really really excited! :) For some reason, I’m also really excited to write in my blog tonight. hmm…
I changed my pump site for the first time in 2011 today and actually had to change it twice. grr. Taking out the bad site hurt sooooo much, it’s a good thing though, the cannula and my skin was...
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My Last Blood Sugar of 2010!
Here’s my last blood sugar test of 2010…102! I hope 2011 brings more blood sugar numbers like this one! :) woooo-hoooo!
Off to watch the fire works! :)
Happy New Year everyone!
See you next year! ;)
-Mollie
December 2010
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MJ2 TV: Our Family Thanksgiving!
mj2twins:
MJ2 TV: Our Family Thanksgiving!
[view this video on YouTube]
cureMoll's Vlog #1
Hey everyone! I posted my first “vlog” from December 9th, (i forgot to put it up here! oops) Enjoy! :]
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MJ2 Loves Dan Post Boots
mj2twins:
Jackie J, Jackie, Mollie J, and Mollie of MJ2
Here we are the NFR ACM Stage on the Opening Night of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo proudly wearing our Dan Post Boots! Thank you Greg Hensley and Dan Post Boots, you’re awesome and we are grateful to have such a fabulous sponsor!! [view on Twitter, Flickr, Twitpic, Facebook, Myspace, and our Tumblr!]
MJ2 and Lee Greenwood!
mj2twins:
MJ2 with Lee Greenwood who sang on You Can’t Say Love Enough, is truly a fabulous singer and a great American! Thank you Lee! :) Here is Mollie, Mollie J, Lee Greenwood, Jackie J, and Jackie after Lee Greenwood’s “A Tennessee Christmas” Show at the Orlean’s Showroom last night!!! :)
I Did It! :) 30 days, 30 posts!
November is officially over. I actually made it through National Blog Posting Month! It was pretty hard posting every day. 30 posts in 30 days. whew!
I learned that posting as early as you can is the best idea…becuase then when you come home from work or out of rehearsal, and all you want to do is eat something and go to bed or watch the Season Finale of Buried Life, (last night)...
November 2010
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We're Thankful For...
mj2twins:
We are thankful for each other, the talent we’ve been blessed with and the opportunity to work together, especially recording our first album and film our first music video, it’s been a great years! It’s so wonderful to have such a special relationship as parents, children, as an aunt, as sisters, and all of us as twins!
We are thankful for our family and their love and support...
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TSA Agent in Training...Where's The Junk? :)
mj2twins:
For all of you holiday travelers who could use a good laugh, we had to post this picture of one of our dogs whose nose is always where it shouldn’t be!! With this in mind, we couldn’t help but think of everyone’s frustrations with TSA and their hands…where they shouldn’t be. So with humor in mind, we couldn’t resist. Enjoy! This is our attempt to bring a smile to all…especially those...
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D-Blogger Meet-Ups Rock!
Last month, there was a conference in town for bloggers called BlogWorld. Jackie and I saw lots of tweets from diabetic bloggers about being here in Las Vegas and thought it would great to see Kerri again (we met up with her in New York in 2008) and meet everyone while we were all in the same town!
(I would link to my blog posts about meeting Kerri and Allison in New York right now, but since my...
Last night we helped finish decorate Grandma and Papa’s house for Christmas! We put up the tree and and it was really fun to put all the ornaments and the angel on their tree with them. We all had a really nice time and their house looks so happy and festive now! :) It’s really helping me get in the Christmas Spirit!!! I love those special moments during the Holidays. :)
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Crazy Eights!
I’m overdue for a meme these days. Bring on the Crazy Eights!
8 Things I’m Passionate About. 1. Music. 2. Love. 3. Family. 4. Dogs. Animals. 5. Being healthy. 6. Did I say Music? 7. Exercise. Eating Nutritionally. 8. Diabetes advocacy. 8 Things I Want to Do Before I Die. 1. Sing at the Grand Ole Opry. 2. Have a #1 Song that we wrote. 3. NOT be a Diabetic. 4. Bury a time...
watercolourcocaine asked: Hiya!
I'm Type 1 and love your blog. Your work with social networking for awareness is just awesome...I work with a chronic disease, Type 1 as their first focus, lifestyle research and improvement project out of a state university, and they could learn from you!
I'm Type 1 and love your blog. Your work with social networking for awareness is just awesome...I work with a chronic disease, Type 1 as their first focus, lifestyle research and improvement project out of a state university, and they could learn from you!
What’s one thing you can’t start your day without?
One thing that I can’t start my day without would have to be my blood glucose monitor. I use the FreeStyle Lite, and use that little light all the time. :) Some people may say coffee, but I need my tester. Knowing what my blood sugar is the first thing in the morning determines if I will need to drink apple juice, take insulin...
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Dear Blood Sugars
Dear Blood Sugars,
You and me?
I thought we had a good pattern going on.
And then two mornings in a row,
you go ahead and mess up my morning.
I know I won’t always know what you’ll do…
but some warning would be nice.
Knowing and feeling my numbers are totally different.
Why can’t I feel lows anymore?
This morning I didn’t know I was 52 until I was 52.
I...
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Well, we’re already in the middle of November (wow!) and i’m still doing Nablopomo, and running out of things to write about…actually, I just cannot think of anything and it’s almost 11 o’clock and tomorrow will be an early morning! So on the NabloPoMo website under “Prompts” I found this question:
What do you like most about cold weather? What do...