Sunday, August 31, 2008

I'm Back!

I'm back from a long summer with a fun vacation that seemed too short.

My husband and I went to Delaware and visited New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The weather was muggy and all the houses looked like they were owned by Martha Stewart. Sights we saw were paper weights at the Wheaten Arts & Cultural Center, flowers at Longwood Gardens, and history in the historical district in Philadelphia. I definitely want to go back and see everything I missed...especially in Philadelphia.

I also got the chance to meet the members of my husband's family that I did not know.




My first Philly Cheese Steak sandwich











Kyle and his new cousin, Maryn. These two were two peas in a pod. Maryn followed Kyle everywhere and wanted to eat all the food on his plate.









Beads and buttons at Wheaten.














Old glass bottles.


















A bowl by Dale Chihuley.












Paper weight at Wheaten.






















Paper weight at Wheaten.















Paper weight at Wheaten.


















At Wheaten.















A food box Grandpa Feehs and I decorated.















One of the three tree houses at Longwood Gardens.
















A chupacabra at Longwood Gardens.





















Kyle at Longwood Gardens.
















Lilly pad and pond garden at Longwood Gardens.



















Lilly pad and pond garden at Longwood Gardens.















Water fountain show at Longwood Gardens.













Orchid display at Longwood Gardens.


















Bonsai display at Longwood Gardens.





















Topiary garden at Longwood Gardens.













One of the two original Liberty Bells in Philadelphia. The other one is at Valley Forge, which was worked on by Kyle's great grandfather.








































Independence Hall, PA.
















Ben Franklin's printing press.


















Demonstration of the press.












Court house in Independence Hall.












Signing room where the Continenal Congress in met Independence Hall. The chair at the head of the room is where George Washington sat.


































A chair Ben. Franklin invente that doubles as a step-ladder.


















"Flame of Freedom" by Dale Chichuly at the Liberty Museum.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

It is TOOOOOO HOT!

It is really, really, really HOT and has been for the last three days. We have been over 100-degrees for those last three days and can't take it anymore. I guess it would be different if I forked out the money to get A/C, but I'm cheap like that.

I really need to stay hydrated better, though, because I made myself sick by just sitting on the couch and not drinking fluids yesterday.

I'm trying to think of free/inexpensive things to do in the area that have air conditioning I can mooch off of. I was thinking of going to the hospital to loiter and watch movies on my computer. Would anyone there care if I did that? They should let me since I just dumped a bunch of money there to pay for my surgery.

I went to a new Asian supermarket that is close to my home: HMart. I love it there and could have spent the entire day there! Everyone there is really nice. The lady giving out dumpling samples showed me her favorite wheat-free foods, including moshi (pronounced "mow-sh") and rice cakes for soups. I bought a rice dumpling with ice cream in it and crystal noodles which are clear noodles made out of beans. I'll get more when I know I'll be able to refrigerate the items soon after purchasing them. Then I got a lot of points for my purchase with my free membership, but I'm not sure what the points are good for.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Panda Dog Video!

Look at this panda dog or "pandog" video! I gotta get me one of those!

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Solving the Mystery

I've done my own elimination diet in hopes that I could find some relief from my migraines and took wheat products away from my mouth. I don't even know how I came to the conclusion that I should try this.

From Sunday to Wednesday of last week, I did not have anything with gluten in it and was practically migraine free. On Wednesday I experimented with the bread basket when I went out to dinner and then had pizza (1 slice) the night after. Guess what happened? I had a horrible migraine on Friday morning and then another on Saturday morning.

Since then, I have not had anything with wheat in it and have been migraine free. I wonder if I am going to have to be gluten free from now on since I get bad migraines only about two times a year for a few weeks. Who knows: maybe the intolerance will get worse.

I miss bread a lot, but am happy to be pain free.