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Bah humbug
With Christmas only two days away, I've slipped into a serious seasonal depression. One that should be too surprising, but this year I was caught off guard. I've been spending every spare moment reading The Ethical Slut, searching for solutions to a current relationship blunder when I was completely overwhelmed by a feeling of complete isolation ( Read more... ) -
GF bread attempt #2
Since the annual site visit is over, I finally got back into the kitchen to again try some gluten-free baking. This time, I tried some whole grain loaves. Now, I'm not certain they are actually equivalent to a wheat whole grain bread but I did stir sesame seeds, caraway seeds, corn meal and flax seeds into the batter. This is my second bread ( Read more... ) -
We eat, we learn
Last week, we had guests. Nate's family was here for a visit and I get the district feeling that they don't much like our food. When in town, they always want to eat out and I've never been big on eating out. I know what I like and Nate cooks the food I like, often times better then what I am served when out. But after finally being ( Read more... ) -
Even the orchestra is beautiful
Last week was nightmarish. Really. There were in-laws living in my livingroom, gluten poisoning, and to top things off, a work project that was completely overwhelming, that I never did really get a handle on. But there were a few bright spots. One was on Wednesday night, after the departure of the unwelcome futon crashers, we popped in the ( Read more... ) -
WARNING: Coo Clocks drive cats mad
Casey is currently in time-out in the bathroom. I don't know how long we will need to keep her there. The cause of her current insanity; a Coo Clock. It was a gift for my anniversary and I put batteries in it yesterday afternoon making it coo coo, or rather in the case of this particular clock, meow.
And Casey turned to Smokey and tried to ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
I visited a dietician today per my doctor's recommendation. I'm very disappointed. I really expect people to be much smarter than they ever are. I feel like I'm better informed about the disease after reading about it for a few weeks. And I was so excited about the appointment too, because I was hoping that I'd find a source of information ( Read more... ) -
GF Update
Yesterday, as I was about to leave for work, my phone rang. My new primary care physician was calling me first thing, to try to catch me before I left for work. My blood work was in and she wanted to discuss it ( Read more... ) -
Gluten-Free eating
I assumed this would be easier. This was based on the assumption that eating 90% Asian cuisines and living in Seattle would make this change relatively pain-free. That I could eat gluten-free without sacrifice ( Read more... ) -
It's only taken 37 years to figure out.
I’m starting writing about this a bit late into this particular journey. Denial. While getting ready for work a few weeks ago, NPR started talking about Celiac Disease. I was half-way listening, but something caught my attention and I spent the morning researching the signs and symptoms of the disease and suddenly became very certain that I am ( Read more... )
