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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Haven't had much time to blog

I keep hoping that life will slow down but instead it seems to just speed up. In any case we've been dealing with a sick lil girl as of late who had a really bad ear infection and wound up having her eardrum burst on one side and on the other the actual ear canal swelled up so much it was almost sticking out. Scary as hell for us. This happened really pretty rapidly it seemed and was despite her being on antibiotics. Thankfully the swelling went down and the ear drum healed quickly (they say it was a small perforation) We were told from here on out that she will most likely need earplugs in the bath and for swimming to prevent further infections. Something we are more than willing to do! This also put her behind a wee bit on shots which she needs as she is starting school this year. Barely get to get them in time. She even lost two teeth during this incident and has one of those two all ready partially coming in. Trying to decide if we are sending our other two to school or continuing to let them do online. I have one who wants to go back and one who has made it very clear that they do not want to. We'll see. Weighing the pros and cons and deciding.
As for me my D3 levels came up dramatically (from being dangerously low to being normal in about 4 months) so I get to go off that. Now I hope I can keep them up. Still sticking with the gluten free lifestyle and seeing no cause to go off of it ever. (Well especially because I can't breathe if I accidentally get some of it and it kills my stomach) anyway I am making it a bit further on my journey of discovery with it. I had tried to do it once before a few years ago but failed and what a difference that time span makes! Much easier now because a lot more people are changing to that dietary lifestyle whether for weight loss or for gluten intolerance or celiac issues. The thing is more people are finding they have that which is not such a good thing but for those of us who do have issues with it and may have suffered for years without knowing why...this means there are many more palatable things on the market that we can eat instead of buying what few nasty breads etc there were at the time. (reason for failing before) One thing is Betty Crocker has put out a whole line of gluten free stuff including bisquick which my hubby just found for me at our small local store. I was thrilled! I have a pancake mix that I am getting versatile with. (Making my own sausage egg mcmuffins with it and such) then my friend told me that Braum's has a good selection of stuff there. So we checked it out and they did. They had everything from Udi's muffins to breaded chicken and fish. Different pastas like macaroni and spaghetti and then bread mixes including cheesy bread and cinnamon rolls. I tried the Udi's double chocolate muffins which were good. We got the cinnamon roll mix (going to be a weekend project) and the cookie mix (also probably this weekend). You really do crave the breads and such. My kids and hubby all still eat just the regular stuff but I let them try mine and all say it is pretty good. I am trying to be more careful in reading ingredients as things like brown sugar syrup can have it added, etc. Even though a cereal may be a rice cereal they can still sometimes sneak that stuff in. I have an allergy problem anyway called globular sensation which essentially feels like you have a marble in your throat where the little divot is at the base. Annoying feeling. 
I just avoid what I can that I am allergic to and deal with it how I can.
Anyway right now our lives are kind of up in the air. I sense change but unsure how that will go etc for the rest of the year. Just have to wait and see I guess. A lot depends on our money situation and deciding what route to take with several things.