Sunday, August 26, 2012

What made me laugh link up

Please excuse any typos or funkiness to the entry. I'm at work and blogging from the iPhone. Today I'm linking up with Nikki for what made me laugh. You should probably go over there too and link up!

Thursday, August 23, 2012

14 years later...



My Precious Granddad

I Wish I Could See You One More Time
Come Walking Through My Door
But, I Know That Is Impossible
I Will Hear Your Voice No More
I Know You Can Feel My Tears
And You Don’t Want Me To Cry
Yet, My Heart Is Broken
Because I Can’t Understand Why
Someone So Precious Had To Die
I Pray That God Will Give Me Strength
And Somehow Get Me Through
As I Struggle With This Heartache
That Was Caused By Losing You

In Precious Memory Of Richard E. Oliver
Who Walked Through Heaven's Gate
August 24th 1998



Richard E. Oliver

July 5th 1924 - August 24th 1998

Well Pop it's been 14 years since you left us. I've been thinking more & more about you lately. Mom & I watched old videos of our trips to Gettysburg PA we took together & looked at old pictures of all of us. It makes me sad that you missed me growing up. I was only 13 when you passed. I know you're looking down at me from above, but it doesn't make it easier. I hope you're proud of the person I've become.

When I play games of War with people or do a word search they make me think about you. We never did finish that last game of war.. You owe me that game when my time here is up. Mom & I were laughing about the hat that grandma bought you for christmas. (this hat she got him was just a winter cap, he put it on & was able to roll it down to his chest, it the joke of the night lol) You were my most favorite grandparent I had. I'd like to think we had a special bond. I hurt myself like you do. I too often stand in the doorway and hit my elbow on the frame. It happens to the best of us I'm so glad I went to Hershey Park with you and that we stayed to see the light show. "God Bless the USA" by Lee Greenwood has a special place in my heart. We haven't been back there since. Maybe Mom & I need to pay it a visit someday soon. Thanks to you, mom & I have a love for stationary & tend to stockpile it. I think we have a box of your pens around still

I used to dream of you so often, but since Grandma passed, they've been less & less. I guess you're settled with her being with you. Please pay me a visit or send me a sign that you're around. I love you with all my heart & miss you everyday that goes by.

We'll meet again someday, but for now keep looking over me & mommy








Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Gluten Free Recipes

I wrote a couple of weeks ago about Mac & I going gluten free. Well yesterday I did some food shopping &  got mostly all gluten free products. I found several recipes I had in my mind that I wanted to try so it made my shopping trip easier.  These are the recipes I plan on trying this week:



(only thing I'll do differently is use kielbasa instead of sausage...I despise sausage!)


I'll let you know how these turn out!
Do you have any good gluten free recipes? 




Tuesday, August 21, 2012

I'm...


I think at least. I'm sitting here on the laptop at 9pm on Monday night. I hope to throw at least a weeks worth of blog posts in the scheduler. I've been so busy at work that the LAST thing I wanted to do when I got home was turn the computer on (or do anything for that matter). I haven't even been able to keep up with google reader. I have 500+ unread blogs at the moment.
  I worked 11 days in a row and it wore me out. I'm a 5 day vacation right now and it's sadly going by WAY too quick and I'm already dreading going back to work tomorrow (Wednesday). Nikki when are we planning our vacation for? I need something else to countdown for! I have so many pics to edit and post. Be prepared for pic overload one of these days soon.


Monday, August 13, 2012

Sorry!

So sorry it's been over a week since I last posted. I've worked everyday last week and don't have a break until Friday when I start my last vacation of the year. I have some pics though. Some you may have seen already. I promise I will {hopefully} be back soon. Miss Nikki is already telling me I need to start blogging again!

Monday, August 6, 2012

Going Gluten Free?

I have clogged ears for what's going on 6 years. I've been to several doctors who either tell me it's seasonal allergies or that its because of the ear plugs I occasionally wear to bed. Usually I'm given a prescription for an allergy med like Allegra-D or Zyrtec & sent on my way.  Well several months ago I was reading up on clogged ears and came to an article that said she gave up Gluten and eventually her ears unclogged themselves. I've googled it over & over and have found several articles saying the same things.   Quite a few people have a gluten allergy and don't even know about it. You could be fine & then one day something inside will trigger it...

Some gluten allergy symptoms include:

Fatigue: although fatigue can be as a result of many other reasons, gluten is mostly associated with it and your body will feel very tired after consuming gluten-containing food.
Weight loss: feeding on foods rich in gluten can reduce your weight drastically.
Unknown and unanticipated weight gain
Anaemia
Diarrhea
Indigestion
Constipation
Abdominal pains
Depression
Having problems with your skin including development of rashes and feeling itchy all the time.
Irritability and swing moods
Asthma
Respiratory problems: mainly your upper respiratory tract can feel like it is blocked thus causing breathing problems
Nausea and vomiting
Watery eyes
Frequent heart burns
Behavioral change
Problems during swallowing
The heart beating at a higher rate
Dizziness
Autism
Fainting
Chest pains
Mac & I can check off quite a few on that list.  I believe that when we go food shopping next time that I will be trying to go gluten free. Even if it's not a gluten allergy, going on a G-Free diet has quite a few benefits.
Do you have any gluten free recipes?. Do you have a gluten allergy?

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