why do i take so stinking long to write??!!!!

well, here i am. i think im lazy. nope!!! im pretty sure of it!!! ok. moving on. when last i wrote there was this carb fast thing going on & i pretty much blew at that. i dont think i made 10 days. i did try though. clearly not very hard. again..... moving on!! this was the summer of firsts for me being gluten free. as ive stated in earlier posts im self diagnosed gluten intolerant. by removing these glutens from my diet my love level of my body & life has greatly increased. my husband & i have learned how to cook differently, look at food & boxes differently,& look at our loves together differently. our loves consist of outings, fairs, carnivals, trips, stuff like that. our first was folklife fest @ the seattle center in may. i was quite agitated to say the least. first off, i forgot to take my pills before we left. rained. drove around for ( & im not joking!!!) 1 hr looking for parking. in all the years we've been going up there, we have never had to do that. Praise God we kept a good sense of humor about the whole thing:) finally parked. i was pretty set on not being able to eat a darn thing!! my husband was determined otherwise. he asked what i wanted. & he went from there. we found two places,a thai & an indian place. incredible offerings i must say. can i remember the names??!! of course not!! my hunny does & he will tell me so i can tell you. i cried, i could have something. fast forward....a couple amazing things have happened .ive found some cool places to eat safely, things to buy to eat safely & have learned that some people have the craziest ideas as to what can be or not be done with gluten. a couple cool burger places.... im sure ive told you about "friesenburgers "here in tacoma? the best by far!! oh my goodness!!! to this i add respectfully..." the counter" in ballard. a build your own burger joint for adults. i highly recommend the 50-50 fries. half french fries, half sweet potato fries. shoestring, crispy, yummmy!!!!! a bit pricey to build your own but oh so worth it. you can down load an allergy list from their web site thecounterburger.com. every thing is there for a safe & fun experience. now, the web site for this next place said that nutritionists came in & taught the chefs how to be safe in cooking the gf ways. that , i thought was awesome. everyday the gf menu would change to meet the days offerings. how exciting is that??!!! we went to celebrate my beloveds 40th birthday. the manager, eric, greeted us enthusiastically!! i greeted back the same way. great seats outside on deck,(didnt realize the sun was setting behind trees 10 mins later... we froze) i had my special menu. they had theirs. (hubby & my mom) i ordered the 8oz sirloin with garlic mash taters. thats not what i got. oh, im sure the steak was great but the fries looked nothing like the mashed potatoes i had envisioned.we called the waitress over, she was already a mess ,the poor thing, from dropping the spoon in my hunnies clam chowder, dumping some all over him. the bus boy aleksy had to assure her we didnt hate her. so, here we are calling her back. "i cant have this." " why not?" its been deep fried with the fish & chips, right?" "yes, but it should still be fine." " i cant eat any of this. its all contaminated." " um. i can have the chef take the fries off...." " no, i cant eat any of this." she leaves & comes back with eric, the manager. "so, whats the problem?" "i cant eat any of this. its been deep fried in the same oil as the fish & i need a whole new dinner." " but we get our fryers up to 250 degrees & that kills the gluten." with a straight face he says this. i feel like ferris bueller, looking into the camera with a raised eyebrow. " no, it doesnt" says both me & my husband. " i need a whole new meal" he complies. we look at each other saying what the heck!!! when you dont know, you dont know. eric comes back a moment later , profusely apologising for his error in thinking. it seems the waitress didnt hit the allergy button so the chef put on plate what goes on that plate. had she hit the other button, bells & whistles would have alerted the chef somethings up, need different items. eric also relayed that we were right, gluten doesnt NOT get killed in oil thats heated to 250 degrees. im thinkin if thats the case im so having the fish & chips. it seems the kitchen had the talk & no one else did. the waitress, the manager had no clue. they knew that the disease is getting worse, & they know we arent going away any time soon, they were good with that, they just were not as informed as they should have been. eric said he was gong to go home & do some studying on this. i think it scared him to have given me information that was so far from the truth, that if i had been an uneducated gi or cd, i could have gotten VERY sick. i later told him that i was glad it happened with us. we have a great sense of humor, we have to. we want to teach, not yell. well, i think ive said enough for now. i will be writing more frequently. i have to, ive so much more to say.

the ramblings of a gluten free princess on a carb fast

i am so sorry i havent been on to blog!!no reason except i forgot. how i could forget to talk & use my words is beyond me but there it is. currently in the castle the king & i are on a 21 day carb fast. so just meat & veggies (& popcorn:) day 6 & except for the said corn we are doing pretty bad. day 2 i blew it with gf scones i made at the tea shop. choco orange scones & vanilla scones that a customer wanted. i so forgot & popped a smidge in my mouth to test. yummy by the way. but that wasnt the bad part really. the fact that i shrugged my shoulders & popped another flavor in my mouth, that was bad!! i repented & went forth a forgiven princess. then day 3. my friend rhonda went out of her way to make a choco torte (again at the shop) useing my gf flour mix. yes, i had a bite. yes, it was fabulous!!! i recommend it. days 4&5 were much better except for the popcorn thing. day 6 the king found some gf pound cake we found in a gf store in lacey. by the way, g.f.joes in lacey!! awesome little store that is devoted to the gf lifestyle. thanks joe!!!! anyways, pound cake, yes, it was good!! i also recommend. a bit of an after taste but all in all very good. we talked of strawberries & cream would definetly be called for. we also found a cute little tea room in olympia called the tea lady. nothing like ours. no food but lots of tea & accessories to go with said tea. i bought 2 rooibos tea blends. the first from metropolitan tea co called belgian chocolate rooibos. oh dear!!!! so delish!!!!! i taste a hint of mint. the other one is from the republic of tea called chocolate orange rooibos. tasted just like my scones. another o dear!!!! both are caffine free so i can drink them all day. only bad side affect..... i really gotta go to the bathroom a lot!!!nothing like clean kidneys:) im thinking of featuring these teas at the shop for our date with chocolate tea in july. i think they will be great!! as for the shop.... wonderful. i think my mom would love to go as would a couple of my friends . we tryed some pizza crusts last weekend. these were from kinnikinnick. not bad. not great but not bad. i prefer garlic jims pizza crust better. the store bought crust reminded me of school pizza. i was never thrilled with that. for meat i used a lamb sausage from metropolitan market. oh yeah!!! good stuff. for the sause i used classicos garlic 4 cheeses pasta sauce. its gluten free & it says so on the back. it was the goodest pizza. i say goodest becouse it wasnt the best due to the crust. well,on with the fast. 2 more weeks. i want to do better & im going to. no more popcorn for this princess. i will sit & make pretty jewled things & sip yummy teas & think of popcorn. tata for now.... the gf princess :)

where to go for good gf stuff

oooo!! i love saturdays. especially if i have no plans but to lounge around. my musings today are on the neatest places i can go for good gf stuff. whether its groceries, dinner, you know, stuff. this week was friesenburgers here in tacoma. yummmmy!!!!run by two retired guys. the allergy thing started when a family member had an allergy to shrimp. now, im not too clear how they went from shrimp to gluten but i praise the Lord for it!!!! when hubby took me there for my first time i went straight for the big mamergammer. the gluten free bison friesenburger with fries of course (cose i could) 15.00 for this bad boy of burgers. it was loaded to the gills with a fried egg, tapioca bun, bacon, cheese, lettece, tomatoe, onion, and two 3rd lb bison patties. i suggest splitting this thing with a friend(my hubby helped on this one) yummers all the way. now, not all the burgers are that spendy. just this one. well, this week i had to have another burger so back to friesenburgers we went. this time i went for the regular friesenburger burger. much more reasonably priced @ 9.95. this was also friesenburgered. thats a fried egg, bacon and all the other stuff. the tapioca buns are very nice. he told me how they steam them and everything. oh, this thing was awesome!!! lets see, that was tuesday. last saturday hubby took me to sharis for breakfast. now, i know what your thinking... what in the world is your hubby thinking taking you to sharis?well, we had gone while on our way back from sacramento in feb. we were hungry & i figured how bad could it be? all im doing is sitting in the backseat of a truck so worse comes to worse i can be sick in peace. again, praying before going in, thats the key, praying before going into uncertanty, not after. im not stupid of course saying God, help me to not get sick on this here pancake. now thats just stupid crazy!! no, i pray that my food is taken care of right. i was fine. i ordered an omelet with veggies and stuffed hashbrowns. i told the server ( who had no clue) just make sure no bread comes anywhere near my plate. anyways, i was great afterwards. so this time hubby wanted to take me to breakfast. cool!! i ordered the same thing again from a server with no clue. repeated my last line from cali to her & she got it. was confused about the hashbrowns. i assured her i knew what i was doing. again, i was fine. praying ahead of time, not after when all hell breaks loose in my body. i have been blessed on this jurney of gluten free living. i try to make it fun, adventuresome both for me and my hubby. both of us are foodies & this will be our first summer being gf. im going to miss a lot of foodie opps like folklife fest, taste of tacoma, bite of seattle, garlic fest. i think i feel more bad for my hubby cause hes the "normal" one, but, you know what?! its all part of life & marrage & how we deal with stuff. hes been a huge fan of me and all he wants is whats best and safest for me. he can eat anything pretty much, we are wondering whats giving him the heartburn,and we will still be going on these outings, just not eating the same things that we use to. i guess it wouldnt be so bad if the pain waited till the next day to pop up, that way i could "cheat" so to speak & deal with the consequenses later. nope! if your anything like me, 20 mins after eating "bad" things, im done for. and to have to hike all the way back to the truck sick, tired,weak, and thats just my hunnie carring me back to said truck. no, i think ill just learn how to save more moneys to buy more sarongs. i may be hungry but im gonna look cute doin it!!! be blessed my gffs. and eat safe. the gf princess

pills. friend or foe

according to my facebook page i said that if it were Gods will id be able to blog tonight. it is. but this will be my second blog tonight. you wont be able to see the first one. neither will i for that matter. pills. yes. a big prob especilly if you dont read what your taking very carefully. i didnt. one paper said it was gluten free. right there in black and white. for all the world to see. i bought it. "B" complex. got it home and then read the back. WHEAT!!!! nice. i was lucky on that one. not so on the second one. i also needed natural E. i thought i would try a new one. it had selenium in it. after three days on it i was an absolute mess. focus gone, feeling weird, i felt glutented. hubby checked up on it. he didnt think that it was gluten but maybe it had been contaminated. it didnt matter to me. i was sick & i wanted it to stop. i had prayed about it before i figured it out. ive learned to give stuff like this to the Lord, he cares ,even about my gluten issues. im glad that i have him here with me in this. i cant do this without Him. and learning how to trust Him to take care of me when sometimes me or my hubby cant. its actually an awesome thing this release unto Him. anyway, read those backs on your pills. also look at your every day stuff like shampoo, lotion, face creams. some of you might be getting sick becouse of these things. im thankful its not that bad for me unless i injest it. only one thing i have has it. i just wash my hands after using it. pay attention to what your gtting. check, double check& triple check if you have to. the internet is a fab tool to use to learn all sorts of things. what companies care about us, and what they are doing to help keep us safe. its actually kinda cool. but some companies are only out for the big gluten free bucks. go to glutenfreeville.com and read gluten free moms story. very eye opening. i gotta go before my computer shuts off again. hey!!!! read your products. and be safe. the gluten free princess

i have lots of words & im not afraid to use them

the title pretty much sums me up. i am gluten free & im glad!! i dont spell very well, punctuations are not my friends. for those like my mom & one of my best friends who will most likely be correcting all those things for me, im sorry. i cant say sorry for how i am but ... well, i hope you love me anyways.
a little about me. im almost 43. married 10 yrs to the most wonderful hubby(hes not gluten free but chooses to be this way) i work in a little tea shop. ive been gluten free since sept. im self diagnosed gluten intolerant. im one of the 40 bazillion that doesnt have health insurance but i feel so much better and really thats all that matters!! im certanly NOT a doc. i read mags, find stuff on line, books, other gluten free friends. (GFF's) im excited about this blog becouse im getting the impression that there are gff's out there who are afraid, dont know where to go, what to do. how about that restaurant thing??? well that was a hoot for me & still is sometimes. those following my blog im in the pacific northwest. puyallup, wash to be exact. so the places i recommend will be local unless of course im traveling. hubby loves to cook, im the baker. i have made gluten free scones. & a gluten free cream pie that was pretty darn close to heaven!! oh yeah! we are less then "profesional" foodies but foodies non the less!!! ive done the first holidays(stressed!) going to familys for dinner (brought my own thank God!!) baby steps with restaurants!!! (scary!!!) ive learned a bunch from other bloggers. and people on facebook that have fan pages. theres info out there & i choose to look for it and learn from it. but mostly my hubby looks up stuff for me, i never know where to go or what to look up, BUT im learning. so... lets learn stuff together.