How the time flies.

Wow, how time has flown. Thanksgiving, Birthdays, Christmas, and New Years. Alot has happened in that time. It has been a busy month or so for me. I have traveled to Spokane twice with my Dad. Trying to keep up on the things I need to do for Mr Wonderful's office. My computer died. Family get togethers. Lots of Snow the past month. I did go snow skiing once. Shopping. Trying to organize my office/craft room. Lots more boring stuff.


The Holiday's here were good. The Lord blessed us. We want for nothing. Well, atleast not the Adults in the family. To hear Colton he lacks every necessary thing. Like ammo, a new gun everyday, a new knife, or some new thing that catches his eye. Really he is a great Kid. He does work for most of his spending money and is learning how to be responsible. He just likes to pull Mom's chain. He says it is his JOB! I keep firing him but he still does the job anyway.

I am now using my son's notebook until my new computer arrives sometime in the next week or so. At least I hope it gets here that soon. Never know with the weather we are having in the Northwest right now. It is coming work ready. A friend is getting it all ready for me. I have so much stuff I need on the dead computer. My oldest son says that he can pull all the stuff off of it for me so that will be a relief. Making all new files just doesn't sound fun to me.

My office/Craft room is coming along. Still have to get a few boxes gone through and put away or give away things. I have decided to limit my hobbies to Paper Crafting, Beading, and soap/toiletry making. So hopefully I will be culling lots of things.

Tranquil Feet is ready for paint. I bought the paint today. Raisin and Polished Ivory. It matches the carpet perfect. It should be a very soothing room. Raisin on the wall and Ivory for the ceiling and trim. Mr. Wonderful is making me some frames for my Reflexology Charts. They will be painted in the ivory color. Now I have to find some lighting. The fluorescent fixture has got to go. I need a pretty fixture with a dimmer switch. Then to get the music box. We were thinking a Bose. I have to get towels and some kind of blankets that can be washed and not look ugly after they are washed. A towel warmer, I think. And some plants. I might make the plants fake. Dead plants are not that comforting to look at. There is so much I need to get done. I want it done now! But well Life has a way of getting in the way.

My Dad had stints put in his heart. 2 in December and 5 this week. That has been a little stressful. He is doing great. He looks so much better. His skin went from an almost maroon color to a normal pinky skin color. He is feeling much better too. The Doc said he was all set now. He just has to take it easy for a month and then we better watch out. He will be full of energy and rarin' to go. He already has a lot more energy than he did at Thanksgiving.

We all went to my Sisters for Thanksgiving and Christmas Dinners. They were all good times. It snowed Christmas Eve and we had a White Christmas. 2 days after Christmas we woke up and it was foggy. The trees were frosted over in a beautiful sheath of ice. When the sun started peaking thru the clouds it was breath taking. No I didn't get any pictures. I wanted to but didn't.

Colton was dog sitting the neighbors dog over Christmas so we were back and forth a lot taking care of her. The snow was so deep driving down there that it was slow going. The light off the snow made it hard to see where the road was. But we made it and Colton earned some money. Responsibility.

I got thru the shopping season fairly well. I really don't enjoy shopping like I used to. Now I really have to be in the mood for it. So when I have to go it is not so fun.

I am trying to go Gluten Free. I have a lot of problems when I eat wheat or anything with it in it. I have problems with most grains. With the gluten I have a bad tummy ache, bloat, itching, terrible itching hives, and the pain in my gut is not fun. The hives itch so bad, they sting and blister my skin. My face is the worst. After the hives go down my skin is like a sun burn where the hives were. Then it starts peeling like a sunburn. Ugh! Make up doesn't hide all this either.
I had such a bad reaction this week that I really need to just go gluten free. I have most of the symptoms of Celiac Disease and have been told by a Doctor that I am gluten intolerant. I did the symptoms checker at http://symptoms.webmd.com/ and Celiac was the top health problem to show for me. Getting tested for Celiac is so frustrating with test not being 100% sure. But the only treatment is a gluten free diet. I have been to Doctors about all of this. Nothing wrong with me but maybe IBS. Well, I will say that when I eat gluten I do have an irritable bowel and then some. I have gone off gluten before and did feel lots better. I just fell off the wagon so to speak. I think that I really didn't want to believe I had problems with gluten. You know the french bread, cookies, chocolate lava cakes, etc. The good things to eat. I felt I was depriving myself. Well deprived or no I must keep gluten free. My body just can't take it anymore. The symptoms were worse for me when I started eating gluten again. More intense and a few new ones. It may not be Celiac it may just be an allergy but either way I have to start learning to eat differently.

I am going to become a good gluten free cook now. Getting my carb loving guys to make the switch is not going easy. So I am wearing gloves when I cook for them. Separate containers for butter and things that can become contaminated with gluten. This is taking some getting used to. All the extra steps. Carrying my food with me to eat so I don't get any gluten in my body. The Lord said he would never put too much on us that we couldn't carry the load. So I will make it thru this.

Our Bible Study is going GREAT!!!! We finished our study on Dispensations. We started at study on the Book of Acts and the foundation of the Church. We now have a keyboardist and Mr. Wonderful is playing bass so we have a Song/Worship time before we get into the Word. It is sooooo great. It gets the heart ready to receive the Word. It blesses my soul.

One of the young ladies attending the Bible Study had a baby boy on Christmas Eve. Our first baby!!! We had a little shower for her after Bible Study on Thursday night. She is the sweetest thing.

There was a gun show at TRAC today. We spent several hours there. There were a few antique booths, and a ladies selling jewelry. That keep me sane. I bought the cutest hematite bracelet. It looks like it is four strands of beads but it is just one single strand that you wind around your wrist. Or you can unwind it and an use it as a necklace. Really neat the way she makes them. The guys just got accessories for their rifles. We all got something so all is well. ;)

I hope to become more consistent at blogging. We shall see. It is amazing that something that seems so simple would be not so simple at all.