gluten intolerant

Recently I was diagnosed to be gluten intolerant.  As a result I have eliminated all wheat products. A gluten-free diet is a diet that excludes the protein gluten. Gluten is found in grains such as wheat, barley, rye and triticale (a cross between wheat and rye).
Initially, following a gluten-free diet may be frustrating. But with time, patience and creativity, I have  found there are many foods that I already eat that are gluten-free and I have found substitutes for gluten-containing foods.

Switching to a gluten-free diet is a big change and, like anything new, it takes some getting used to. I initially felt deprived by the diet's restrictions. However, I tried to stay positive and focus on all the foods that I could eat. I was  pleasantly surprised to realize how many gluten-free products, such as bread and pasta, are now available.

Allowed foods  Many healthy and delicious foods are naturally gluten-free:

• Beans, seeds, nuts in their natural, unprocessed form
• Fresh eggs
• Fresh meats, fish and poultry (not breaded, batter-coated or marinated)
• Fruits and vegetables
• Most dairy products

Foods to avoid

Beer

Breads

Cakes and pies

Candies

Cereals

Cookies and crackers

Croutons

French fries (Not homemade ones)

Gravies

Imitation meat or seafood

Matzo

Pastas

Processed luncheon meats

Salad dressings

Sauces, including soy sauce

Seasoned rice mixes

Seasoned snack foods, such as potato and tortilla chips

Self-basting poultry

Soups and soup bases

Vegetables in sauce

I need to say I have experienced a number of good results.  Not only do I feel better I also have put a stop to my fibermialga.  My breathing is better.  I sleep more soundly.  My head is not full of mucus.  Very little drainage. My cravings are under control.   And the list goes on.  I have been gluten free for 6 weeks now. 

rip wrap

 

The State of Minnesota is allowing shoreline to be reclaimed this year.  This does not come along very often.  There was a ton of paper work to be done. Then a professional rip  wrapper was hired to do the work.   The results were fabulous.  I think that almost 20 feet was reclaimed.  The lake was almost to the yellow cabin.  Top dirt was applied and it was seeded so early next year after the snow leaves new grass will grow.  These are the two lots that my brother owned on Red Lake.  Now the boys own them.  The stones that were added are called rip wrap.  I am hoping that I am right by saying that they are called that because of the  rip tide and wrapping the beach.  I might be wrong but this is my best guess.  The lake is low.  Water from Red Lake is one of the sources of  drinking water for Winnepeg.  The Red Lake property has be in my family for 60 years. 

Homemakers Halloween Party

Since I was going to be in Becida I left this sign and candy on my front deck.

 

I called bingo.  What fun.  I was dressed in my costume.  I came as a couch potato.  The evening was even better that my family came to the party for the first time.  They had dinner of hot dogs and chips.  The kids played games, both won a door prize.  They helped take the pictures that I needed taken. 

Then the homemakers saved the hall.  While we were there the microwave which was plugged in but not being used started  to smoke.  We unplugged it immediately and it cooled off.  It will be disposed of.  Had we not been there there might have been a fire.

It was a great Halloween.  My Daughter-in-law texted me that at her last doctors appointmenther measurements indicated that she is starting to dilate.  Yipee.  I'll be a gramma soon.

Decorating

This is my homemakers group decorating the Fern Hall for our Halloween party.  We put on a Halloween party for the Becida kids.  We serve hot dogs, chips and cookies. We play bingo all night and there are games for the kids to play with spider rings and mini candy bars for prizes.   I guess I will be calling bingo this year.  Last year I was in the fish pond and missed the entire  party.  I can hardly wait to see all the little tots in their costumes.

Trivia

Interesting Trivia

If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on the right
side of your mouth.


If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on the left
side of your mouth.

To make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2
million individual flowers

Heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by 'Bayer'.

Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is
considered an insult!

People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport .

Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he
declined.

Astronauts can't belch - there is no gravity to separate liquid from
gas in their stomachs.

Ancient Roman, Chinese and German societies often used urine as
mouthwash.

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion
to shave them off!

Because of the speed at which Earth moves around the Sun, it is
impossible

for a solar eclipse to last more than 7 minutes and 58 seconds.

The night of January 20 is "Saint Agnes's Eve", which is regarded as a

time when a young woman dreams of her future husband.

Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros .

It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never
wears

out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!

Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the
ground for thousands of years .

Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only
one end .

If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human
body is dehydrated,

its thirst mechanism shuts off.

Each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of
tobacco-related diseases.

Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals

Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and
newspapers.

The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost

every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.

Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent

Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke
unless it's heated above 450?F

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not
the

ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the
ear.

Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean

The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the
hand of man

Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air
density

The University of Alaska spans four time zones

The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.

In ancient Greece , tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional
proposal of marriage.

Catching it meant she accepted.

Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song
Happy Birthday.

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

A comet's tail always points away from the sun

The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the
disease it was intended to prevent

Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is
why it is found in some medicines.

The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when
knights in armor raised their visors to

reveal their identity.

If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you
can see stars, even in the middle of the day.

When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense
lost is sight

In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed

Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside

Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per
hundred grams

The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year

The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust

Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than
15,000 meters

Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy

Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they
could

set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down

Everything weighs one percent less at the equator

For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess
fuel are needed at lift-off

The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the
elements.

And last but not least:

In 2012, December has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays. This
apparently happens once every 823 years!

world relief

 

This picture is of a women in India looking at a quilt.  First Lutheran sends quilts to Lutheran World Relief each year.  I wonder if the gal made her own quilt or is this one of the Lutheran quilts.  It is hard to tell.  We quilt 12 hours a month.  We send anywhere for 60 to 80 quilts a year.  Not  only to World Relief, but we donate quilts to 4 local institutions in Bemidji who help distribute them.  I think that is around 40 quilts to these local institutions. Other quilts that we make goes to heart felt gifts for important people or events.  All the fabrics are donated by our congregation.  We are always in need of sheets for backs to complete these projects.   The knitters also contribute to both causes.  Baby sweaters for world relief are made and afghans for local contributions are made.  This keeps us busy and out of mischief.

Moving Pastor Cory

This Saturday 25 members of the First Lutheran congregation gathered to move our pastor to his newly purchased  home.  We had 7 trucks with trailers.  I brought my truck and there was an extra trailer that was dropped off to be used.  We hooked her up and filled it too.  They have a beautiful home in a subdivision North of Bemidji.  They should be very happy in their new home.  What a blessing to get a pastor that we all can enjoy and relate to.