Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Poor sleep - strange conclusions

It's funny how things come to you after sleeping on it. Normally I am a VERY heavy sleeper, but if I get woken it's very hard to sleep again.
Not sure what made me come to this conclusion, probably because I am dealing with a particularly bad hayfever time at the moment... but I am starting to suspect I am 'allergic' to sugar... possibly just the processed white sugars.
A few years ago Charlotte (sister) and I were talking about the dry and 'split' finger tips we both seem to get, and last night I woke up thinking that's the same thing I get in my nose - splits for no apparent reason. When I have been on Atkins diet my 'hayfever' clears up and I have no splits on my fingers - 'cos there's very little to no sugar intake...
... I wonder
Could be worth investigating through Dr's.

Heineken cake


It was my father in law's 60th birthday in early March. He did not want to celebrate in any way... even went away for two weeks so it would get forgotten. In early april though, for some reason, we decided to have a BBQ at our house and ended up inviting all the family over. So we also decided to do just a small celebration for Grant by making him a cake... here's the result.