I Must Be Getting Old?

I used to live in Toronto, back in the day when I first graduated from university. And I loved it. It was so busy and fun, and I pretty much thought it was great.

I just came back from that big city, and I think I sounded like my mother half of the time.....


"Can you believe this traffic? It is only 2 pm! How do people deal with this everyday? Sheesh!"

"There are too many people walking around here, I can't handle it!"

"Did you see what that guy/girl was wearing/doing??!!"

"Why are the cops walking in big groups up and down the streets?"

"Did you see how much the parking was over there?!"


Then there was the guy who jumped out and screamed in our faces that Jesus loves us. He was really special. I was also quite fascinated that there was an adults only movie theatre. Not video rental place, but theatre. See what I mean? What happened to me?

Maybe I am old now and turning into my mother? Maybe I am just out of the loop? Maybe I have been living in small town Canada for too long? Whatever it was, I felt like a tourist and a little bit like a geek. Just because you still know how to drive around the big city - doesn't mean that you're still big city folk.

The Bear Came Back Again!

And walked right into our garage, with my husband IN IT! He just wandered in, saw my husband and totally didn't care. He just kept walking in. My husband was yelling at it, and it didn't care - there is no scaring this bear. Finally he basically began jumping around AND yelling and the bear looked at him line, "Fine...whatever..." and sloooowwwly turned around and sloooowwwwly walked out. Not cool.

By the way - maybe it is a rural thing, but the police could care less. The Ministry of Natural Resources could care less - they suggested that we LOCK the shed door so that the bear can't get in and that we bang pots and pans if he comes back to tell him that he "is not welcome here". Umm... did you see the shed door? It WAS locked. He just ripped it off. And if it wasn't, I don't think he could turn the handle to open it? By the way, I was told that this bear was not aggressive. Well, he was with our shed.

My husband was funny though, when the bear came in the garage, he started yelling at it to scare it away. Specifically, "You are not welcome here!" in his sarcastic way to do just exactly what the bear people at the MNR told him to do. Soooooo funny. It didn't work. I should call them and tell them that you have to jump up and down and dance at the same time. Maybe they can put that in their next pamphlet.

Food Sucks

Stress is not helping me eat well. Not at all.

Note to self: Throw out the bag of chocolate chips in the freezer. They were intended for baking, not eating by the handful.

The Bear Came Back

Hard Work!

The family doctor and the pediatrician think that the baby has Celiac disease, or a gluten allergy. And looking at all the symptoms, it seems like that is what my husband's digestive problems have been for his entire life! So the baby is getting lots and lots of testing done, and we are doing a gluten free diet for now and hopefully she will gain some weight. My husband it trying it also to see if it helps him. It TOTALLY seems like that it what he has.

I have spent every free moment on the internet trying to educate myself about Celiac disease and trying to find some good recipes. I made some bread in the bread machine that was WAY WAY better than the ones they sell in the store, but still really weird. We are getting referred to a dietician, so hopefully that will help out!

Pretty Sure....

....That we are going gluten free in this household. That is how it is looking so far, anyway.

It is soooo hard. And I am sure that I don't even know the half of it yet!

Good?

Last night, I made this recipe for Crock-Pot Porridge from the Eat Clean Diet website. I wanted to try it out before I went back to work to see if it was something that I would be interested in. The idea is great - all you do is throw all of the ingredients into the slowcooker and turn it on for the night. Then in the morning the oatmeal is all ready.

I halved the recipe, and it still made a lot. It tasted really good and needed no extra sweeteners. I think it was the dates that made the oatmeal slightly sweet. They seemed to melt into all of the grains, which was good. The only thing was that the oatmeal was really thick - thicker than I usually like. Next time I might add more liquids ( I used 2/3 water and 1/3 milk) or pour some milk on top of the finished product. Today all I did was sprinkle on some fresh blueberries and it was a great breakfast. The other thing is - what will the leftover oatmeal be like tomorrow warmed up? We'll see.....

P.S. By the way, you should see my slowcooker right now! It is an enormous crusty mess. It is soaking right now, so I might not make this recipe again depending on how hard it will be to get it clean!