The Sinister Scribe

As of Thursday last week, Bob and I have been married (very happily) for 16 years. Squeeeeeeeeee! Bob wrote the most wonderful post about our celebration, which was on Saturday. Is he the greatest or what!?! Thank you honey! I can’t wait until our next run!

After our run, we stumbled upon an Asian bistro for lunch. A better time could not be had… running outside with my best friend and true love and………. SUUUUUUUUSHIIIIIIIIII!

Love you honey! Safe trip! We miss you!

How would you feel if a new child moved into your neighbourhood?

i’d feel happy to hopefully make a new friend. i’d go over and introduce myself and then ask him/her for his/her name, age, and what he/she likes.

Finally made an appointment to see a doctor about this food allergy I seem to have.

The visit went well, the (oh-my-gosh when did they get so young) doctor was attentive and asked lots of questions. She ordered a blood test for food allergies and the “Missouri allergen panel…” since we were there. I am not sure what type of blood test it was… RAST… MAST… forgot to ask, dernit. Anyway, it will take a couple of weeks to get it back. Until then she said… “keep doing what you’re doing.” Sigh.

I’m really not sure what I hope to see from the blood test. I’ve read (yes, hon, I know) they’re not always conclusive but I’ll worry about that when I get there. Depending upon the results she’ll mail me or call me in.

Oh, I did come away with one thing… a mamogram appt. :\ Oh. Yip E.

Off to breakfast… tapioca waffles.

Wow. This morning’s speed work run felt better than great. Did all 3 fast segments at a 10 minute mile pace and feel like I could do more. Weird. Really weird. But great too.

I am dripping with sweat though. Even with the AC on the humidity is just about unbearable. But I feel fantastic. Started last night… just feeling really great. Bouncy great. Mentally unfogged. Even at 8pm when I’m usually ready to collapse in bed.

In light of Monday’s outbreak after dinner, this seems really weird. I don’t know what caused it. The only thing new I ate yesterday was some greek yogurt. And I felt really lethargic afterwards. Then after dinner my mouth just about blistered! Grrr! Hmmm… I did have lunch meat Monday but the ingredients didn’t list wheat. Sigh. What ever it is, I have a DR visit on Monday. I just hope that will shed some light on things. Either way, the wheat free eating continues.

We’re all itchy eyed here. Sam and Bob have been the worst. Even had to get some serious allergy medicine for Sam. AFter a 10 minute walk last week Sam could barely see through completely bloodshot and swollen eyes. Poor Kiddo. I’m not really comfortable giving it to him, it being Veramyst, but then neither was I comfortable watching him suffer so.

Well, on with the day. We’re reviewing and in some cases testing where I see Sam has mastered the information. And I’ve got to clean a bit (ok more than a bit). My mom will be here on Saturday!

First the baking (fun) part of this post…

Made my first attempt at wheat-free bread last week. This is the loaf. It fell during baking but is quite edible. Maybe add a little more flour next time? The recipe (found here) calls for a lot of ingredients that I’m not used to putting into bread. LOL! Like gelatin. I think I’ll try it again with just a little more flour (or less liquid, next time)

This morning, I made Raspberry Buckwheat Waffles (recipe found here). They were yummy and crispy… if a bit hard to pry off the waffle iron. I didn’t have buckwheat flour so I used sorghum (I think, my collection of “flours” is getting hard to remember).

Today I baked a loaf of Multi-Grain Artisan-Style Bread (found here). It is yummy. Lots of flavor but rather dense. Very filling! I don’t have a picture of it though.

I *thought* I had this allergy thing under wraps. (I hear you laughing. Stop it.) Weeeeeelllll, today after dinner, I broke out in a rash all around my mouth. GrrrrrrRRRrrrr!

There was also nothing with wheat in it. The only difference between this week and last is that I cooked dinner today. It wasn’t from a box labeled “wheat free.” Egads! Do I have to replace all my cookware? The waffle iron is probably a biggie. I almost went out and bought a new one today (will do tomorrow). But what about the glass casserole dish the bread and then the chicken was cooked in?!

Last week I did bake those cookies and muffins… muffin tins, cookie sheet and spatula are all old ones and I didn’t have a reaction. I did grind the sweet rice for the bread, but the coffee/herb/grain mill has never been used for wheat. Oats yes, but not wheat.

No, I haven’t tested oats yet.

On a lighter note… I ran nearly 5 miles on Sunday. Go me! 4.75 to be exact. Took me 52 minutes exactly. Not great but not bad. Paid for it for the rest of the day. I was really tired!

*sigh* Back to year end test preparation…