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The Joys Of Being Homeschooled

1. Flexibility! We can make room for a whole lot of things (like dentist appointments and spontaneous trips to the museum) and are not restricted by a public school schedule.   2. Lax schedule! (Sort of. ) No strict schedule (really). "Get this done by the time I get home." "Have this finished by next Friday." Our schedule: start at nine (a.m.), do schoolwork, lunch, schoolwork, snack from three to four (while doing schoolwork), schoolwork to five, then chores -which should be done in half
eeyore

eeyore

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Hard Week

This week was especially difficult staying away from gluten and resisting temptation. I was with friends most of the week...and they always tend to get pizza and want to go out to eat. I have no problem going out to eat, but I usually like to plan ahead before I go.   I was craving chocolate earlier this week and resisted the temptation....making myself wait until I went home to get my dairy free choc. chips. Good thing I did that!   I know there are always going to be difficult days, but
ATC-BS-MS

ATC-BS-MS

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Sunday Morning Ramblings

Here comes my regular schedule in the morning: get up, check email and whatever websites I'm a member of, take care of chickens, eat breakfast, and go back to bed to read and listen to music before having to go do dishes.   Late nights tend to upset the balance. I wake up late/r, 6:45 -7:00 a.m., have breakfast and then take care of the chickens, doing the dishes immediately afterwards so I won't be late to start my schoolwork.   Then Sundays -which I've grown used to since they're regular
eeyore

eeyore

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Oatmeal

Well, today I ate a small amount of oatmeal....not realizing that I don't think I should be eating that. So far, I have been ok, without severe consequences.   I feel like my body sometimes needs a "cleansing flush", because sometimes I have diarrhea..yet I have not eaten anything 'bad' for a long time. Not sure about that. Anyways....   I have been looking for a type of soy cheese that has mozerella and american/cheddar flavors? Any ideas. I thought that I might have to order the cheese
ATC-BS-MS

ATC-BS-MS

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Business Venture?

I have a question for you...   What type of gluten-free related business would you like to see start up in your neighborhood?   little_c
little-c

little-c

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I've Been Glutened! Aaah...

I'm not sure how this happened...   But all of you who are the 'only one's in your family who are gluten free can relate.   I think it was the chicken dish my Mom made yesterday. There were plenty of leftovers (enough to fill a large sour cream container), and I'm think that some gluten stuffed-stuffing got mixed in. Today was leftovers (or srevotfel, shre-vot-full) day, and the only thing I could have was -you guessed it -the chicken dish. It was 'safe' originally, but the thing that clued
eeyore

eeyore

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December 2008

What a busy summer! I've done very well at staying wheat free. I haven't lost much weight, which is disappointing, but I do feel pretty good. I now carry an epi-pen in case I get into any wheat. I'm looking for some good pumpkin pie recipes, pumpkin cheesecake, blueberry pie, etc. I have found some but they aren't all that good. I'd also like a good gluten-free pasta but so far I don't like any of them, same with bread...it feels like you have a brick in your stomach after eating those!
Ann1231

Ann1231

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A Year Later; Thanksgiving 2008

I've been away from blogging and went in to check my entries today. I was surprised to see that my last blog was a year ago when I wrote about my first Thanksgiving after diagnosis. My, how time flies! Since this year's Thanksgiving has just ended, it's a good time to compare the experience a year later. It's been a crazy year of ups and downs in my personal life. Having to adapt to a new lifestyle added to the trauma. However, living with celiac has definitely gotten easier over the last
little-c

little-c

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Surviving Gluten-Free Holiday Travel

I've just returned from a week in California, visiting three sets of relatives, and enjoying a Thanksgiving meal for eighteen people. It was a great experience seeing people we hadn't seen for many years in the beautiful mountains near Big Bear Lake. We also spent time with family near San Diego, and as a special treat, went hiking in Torey Pines State Park. After spending six days away from my own cooking and gluten-free kitchen, I arrived home no worse for my travels. Here's how I avoided
Wendy Cohan, RN

Wendy Cohan, RN

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To die for Cookie Crumb Gluten-Free Pie Crust

Mix 1 package of Pamela's Pecan Shortbread cookies, crushed, with 1/4 C margarine or butter, melted. Press into a 9" pie pan. Preheat oven to 350 and bake this crust only for about 5 minutes if using a pumpkin pie filling. Cool. Pour in the filling, cover the edge of the crust with foil, and bake according to your pie filling instructions. I had extremely poor success previously, both with a conventional gluten-free pie crust, and even a purchased frozen gluten-free pie crust. Both were so tou
Hallie Davis

Hallie Davis

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Thanksgiving Blues

We had two people over for the actual Thanksgiving meal...of which some parts had been tailored to suit my diet. The gravy was made with potato starch and coconut milk -providing a stark contrast to wheat flour and regular milk. The stuffing (which has so many fans that it couldn't be cut out) couldn't be cooked inside the turkey, like a lot of people like it. I had to have my own little bowls of mashed potatoes and broccoli because there was butter and/or milk in the bigger dishes. There was cr
eeyore

eeyore

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My Journey

My most severe symptoms that affected my daily routine started August 2008 with constant diarrhea. I thought at first it was anxiety, since I started graduate school, a new job and moved to a new place with a person I had never met. Lots of changes in a matter of a month. After a while nothing got better, it actually became worse.   Once I started tracking what was happening, I was soon gaining weight with the diarrhea (instead of losing weight) I finally went to my doctor and told him all
ATC-BS-MS

ATC-BS-MS

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My First Entry

Well. I have never written a blog, so I am not sure how this works....but I will just write something and see what happens.   Recently, I have been thinking about getting pregnant a few years after I am married (this upcoming June). I have been really concerned about being infertile or have complications. Being infertile is one of my biggest fears. I have talked with my fiance about these issues and he says it's ok, we can always adopt....but I think he would be devastated too.   Since I
ATC-BS-MS

ATC-BS-MS

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Sick...still

I'm less sick with the cold (just a few sniffles here and there) but I think something went wrong last night and I think I ate something I wasn't supposed to -I have no clue at all what it would be. (I had chicken, quinoa with red peppers and peas, and broccoli, with gluten-free cookies for dessert.) I woke up twice last night to use the bathroom and had to do so again about twice earlier this morning. Meanwhile my stomach had felt really weird and I had bad cramps. Now I feel fine. I'm think
eeyore

eeyore

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Can Someone Explain This Genetic Link?

Not the missing link... the genetic link that predisposes someone to Celiac Disease.   And just for the record, I had to actually do some research before writing this. Eeek! But that's ok, I've learned my one new thing for today.   So here's what I know so far: I have double copies of the HLA DQA1*05-DQB1*0201 gene. To those of you who know what that means, I am totally impressed. To those who don't, it means a lot. Mostly, that I carry two copies of the genes that put someone at risk for Ce
lizard00

lizard00

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Misc...

I feel a cold coming on ...and I've been having some trouble with some things that seem like they would spout from cross-contamination, but I don't know how...anyway, I'm still very tired, and even more so since Wednesday morning I woke up at 4:30 A.M. and couldn't go back to sleep after I heard that Obama had been elected. It strikes me funny the irony of it all -something I won't say in case it might offend Obama supporters
eeyore

eeyore

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Professional Hazards—Banquet Dining on the Gluten-Free Diet

I'm a public relations professional and have worked in this industry for many years, enduring more than my share of work luncheons, social gatherings and banquet dinners, like the one I'm attending tonight with a client. When I do attend these events I'm always apprehensive beforehand, worried that my meal could somehow be contaminated, in spite of my best efforts to be as proactive and prepared as can be before walking in the door. Normally, I contact the catering manager of the event I'm att
Aimee Eiguren

Aimee Eiguren

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Tired...

This has been a long weekend, with Friday first processing chickens then going over to a friend's house for worship and fellowship and staying up until, what was it, eleven-thirty? Somewhere around there. Anyway, on Saturday we had two families over for dinner and they stayed until around nine-thirty, and I got to bed around ten-thirty after watching some of The Curse of the Black Pearl. Then yesterday we had another family over...they stayed until about nine-forty-five, and then we watched some
eeyore

eeyore

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Wreaking Halloween Havoc: My First Time In A Police Car

It began at 7:30 PM and ended at 7:30 AM. I kinda thought I'd picked the lesser of two evils by opting to see my friend's husband's band play for Halloween, and not going to the party where I knew my ex-boyfriend from 2 years ago would be. You decide: I had a blast in my St. Pauli Girl costume, dancing (extra fun to shake my mini crinoline-clad booty) with the wives of the band dudes, doing raspberry kamikaze shots, and complimenting people's costumes. It was fun when dudes would shout,
brendygirl

brendygirl

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Some Remedies?...

Has anyone found that green tea or chickweed helps them with their symptoms? Because they have been working for me..
eeyore

eeyore

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Just One Milligram of Gluten: Is it Worth the Risk?

Just one milligram. That is truly all it takes. As mentioned by Dr. Thomas O’Bryan in Unlocking the Mystery of Wheat and Gluten Intolerance, that is just one sixteenth of the size of a fingernail. During the lecture caught on camera, Dr. O’Bryan talks about a woman whose intestines were badly damaged by her continued ingestion of gluten and refused to heal, because she was ingesting just one milligram of gluten per day. And considering the range of symptoms that celiac disease is cap
Kristen Campbell

Kristen Campbell

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To "App" or Not to "App": The Use of Gluten Free Product List Computer Applications

Even just a few years ago, gluten-free shoppers were going to grocery stores with papers in hand, making sure they were reading ingredient lists correctly. In fact, in that first year after my daughter’s diagnosis, my average time at the grocery store doubled–and so did my bill. But now, technology is making it a lot easier for us to navigate the aisles with more confidence and a lot less paper. I recently received a notification online that talked about an application for the iPhone that
Amy Leger

Amy Leger

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Gluten-Free Sanity: Become a Support Group

My husband and I had been in “survival mode” for about 3 months; back in October of 2000, our then-18-month-old daughter was getting strong and healthy on the gluten-free diet. But I needed more for my sanity. I couldn’t keep feeding my daughter only hamburger, eggs and French toast until she was 18. I needed to find people battling the same issues as me. I tracked down the only celiac support group in my area, but it catered to adults. But that is where I met the women who were about to ch
Amy Leger

Amy Leger

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