Why on earth did I read “Chocolate Chips Beat the Monday Blues?”
I really shouldn’t have read anything about chocolate chips, now
I’m thinking about eating my laptop. We all know what I think about
chocolate! I only wish I still believed that chocolate candy had
gluten in it just so I didn’t get tempted by chocolate.
Okay, the thing that
stopped me about this photo was the wafers (not gluten-free), and the
frozen ice. I had the best desert hummus a few weeks ago from Aldi. I
was going to blog about the brownie batter, but at the time I didn’t
have a phone, and I almost inhaled the brownie batter. Sigh! So here
we are back to the drawing board how about vegetarian and gluten-free
recipes from the internet? I guess that’ll have to do until I can
go grocery shopping this week.
You have a new recipe each the day this week if you want to beat the “Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday Blues”.
1. Chocolate Peanut
butter balls: If you’re as much of peanut butter (or any nut
butter) fanatic as I am, you’d be drooling after you see these
beautiful peanut chocolate peanut butter balls. They look like they
hold up a lot better than a lot of the chocolate recipes I’ve made
in the past.
2. Chocolate chip
cookies: They’re vegan and gluten-free. Would beat my Monday blues,
and feed me throughout the week. They’d make every day of the week
tasty. They're the exact reason why I had to make sure I included that this is one of those everyday things!
3. No bake peanut
butter cheesecake: I grew up in a cheesecake friendly household,
and learned to love cheesecake. My eyes fell upon the peanut butter
cheesecake and all I could think of was my childhood and summer
time. Should I have added this to my bucket list?
4. “The best vegan
brownies”: What’s a list of chocolate deserts without brownies? I
was going to post the previous brownie recipe, but I saw this one,
and the melted chocolate on the top looks delicious and makes Monday
a little bit better.
5. Chocolate
Truffles: I’m new to truffles and admit I never had one, but this
recipe makes everything about chocolate truffles delicious. What I
really like is the option to omit the alcohol if you don’t use
alcohol! I wouldn’t be able to have it if there wasn’t an option
to omit the Kahlua.
6. Pudding Pretzel
Pie: If my grandpa was still alive, this recipe would be one that
would be right after his own heart. He loved pie and he really loved
sharing a dessert with everyone that would visit. I’m almost certain
that this would be one that he’d be sharing with others.
7. No bake chocolate
peanut butter bars: When the first phrase that catches my eyes on
“Healthy GF Family,” is “Indulgent tasting. Yummy and
Satisfying” I knew I was in the right spot. This would be one of
those recipes that would be on my fridge until it falls off or until
I memorized it word for word.
Pet peeves we all have them. I have many of them, and because I did
my fun little game about book adverisements earlier this week, I
thought about my top 5, not so favorite pet peeves when it comes to
reading a book.
Do you have any of
the same pet peeves.
5. Doggy-Earring
books: I get it, sometimes we’re out and about and we lose our bookmark and we’re in the mood to read. It’s rough. Even when it’s
gotten rough and I was out and about, I hadn’t resorted to folding
a page in the book. Once it’s folded, there’s no way to unfold
it. That’s why I usually keep half a sheet of paper in my book in
case I’m out and about.
4. People who put
too many spoilers in reviews on Amazon or Good Reads: Normally don’t
read the reviews on Good Reads or Amazon, if ever. I don’t even
look at the rating. I don’t want to know the whole story, or what
makes the story unreadable. I want to draw my own conclusions. Even
if it is an author whose books I’ve read in the past.
3. The judgmental
glances I get for reading a book in public: I rather read a paper
book, than an e-book any day. I’ve sat on a bench reading a book in
the lobby of Walmart waiting for my husband’s grandpa. Most of the
time I’m reading a book that’s at least 50 years old, or has yet
to come out and it’s an advanced readers copy. I don’t read my
book in public to show off or to get judgmental glances. I’m
reading the book because I want to.
2. Misplacing my
book: It’s not as much of a pet peeve as much as it is something
that’s happened, and I kick myself. I don’t know how many times
I’ve misplaced a book, and I don’t even know how on earth I’ve
done so. I’ll search high and low, and low to high. I’ll
eventually find my book in the place I’ve looked over and over
again.
1. Breaking the
binding in: I don’t mind opening a book and allowing a book to show
a little wear and tear, but I hate people who have to break the
binding in. There comes a point that the pages actually fall out! It
makes me sad when books come to that point. I don’t want to have to
retape the pages back in, or even worse throw the book away!
Summer is getting close. It’s already the middle of May, can you
believe it? I can’t believe it! I still remember winter, and I’m
still nervous that we’re going to get another snow storm before
spring ends, I live in Michigan after all, and we have freak
snowstorms in the middle of the fall a lot! But as of right now it
looks like spring has sprung, the dandelions are in bloom, the robins
are chasing after one another and haven’t had to wear my heavy
coats anymore!
Because summer is
near and because I saw one of Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop,
writing prompts that were very befitting for this time of year. It’s
basically a summer bucket list. It’s a list of 30 things that I vow
to do this summer! I hope to be able to actually complete a quarter
of the things, so wish me luck! You’ll see me chick in periodically
about the tasks that I’ve finished. Maybe, if I’m lucky, I’ll
get a few of these done before summer starts.
30
things you vow to do this summer.
1. Take
a trip to the local bookstore and browse their free book section that
they have outside: It’s going to be the start of my summer reading
list with a twist. I’ll explain the twist in the next thing I want
to do. But I really love the book stores free boxes and shelves a
little more than a lot of people do.
2.
Write my summer reading list with a twist: As I said in the previous
thing I want to do. By the end of this month, I should have a list of
books that I can read for my summer reading list. My twist? All my
books have to be free! I can’t spend a dime, not even taxes on the
books. Don’t worry, not all of the books have to be from the book
store. I have used books that I have on the Kindle that I got for free,
books that my kid stepdaughter got from PJ Library, or their preteen
and adult programs, books I found online for free, or even books that
have been gifted to me.
3.
Visit and blog about some local and somewhat local place: There are a
handful of places around my town that I’d love to talk about. Some
gems that someone would find if they visited my town. One of the
places I plan on visiting is a gluten-free place that I have yet to
visit.
4. Get
some pretty pictures of my local park: I want to go to the park a few
times summer only to take photos of stuff. The park is so beautiful,
and one of the photos I took earlier this year of the park next to
the park I’m at because it was so stunning.
5. Go
to Trader Joe’s: Trader Joe’s doesn’t sound like it should be
on the list, but it is for the reason that the closest Trader Joe’s
is over 24 miles (a half hour trip) away! It’s not a place I can
get to as often. I wouldn’t have even put Trader Joe’s on the
list if not for the fact that I’ve seen a handful of people talk
about stuff that makes Trader Joe’s unique.
6.
Learn to penny shop at Dollar General: For those of you that don’t
know about penny shopping at Dollar General, the video below explains
how to penny shop a little bit and what exactly penny shopping is.
But because penny shopping is a lot like a treasure hunt, I need to
learn to penny hunt a little bit better.
7.
Play in the sprinklers: As an adult, I admit it, I don’t do the
things that the kids are doing, like playing in the sprinklers, going
outside and getting wet, and enjoying summer for what it was when I
was younger. I need to be one with summer time again.
8. Sit
outside and stare at the stars: My husband’s grandparent’s place
is secluded enough that the lights from town aren’t a problem and
they don’t block out the stars and the beauty of the night sky.
The summer sky is beautiful, I need to take advantage of the cool
summer nights.
9.
Make vegetarian and gluten-free smores:Being vegetarian and gluten-free doesn’t need to take the fun out of eating smores, I’ve
done it once in the past, but instead of roasting marshmallows, I
used the microwave. This summer, I plan on making some vegetarian
gluten-free smores and actually roast them. Yum!
10.
Take a course at the library: Our local library has tons of cool
activities to do all year long. Most of the time they’re free. I
haven’t taken advantage of the type of fun things that the library has
to offer, but I realize I need to take advantage of our local library
for what it’s worth. I may not be able to do this item if the
library is the middle of moving, I’ll just have to actually
schedule around the migration of the library.
11. Try
a new gluten-free meal: I’m still reinventing myself meal wise.
Starting from scratch is pretty scary, and not all gluten-free foods
are what they seem. They’re expensive, and not all of the foods are
as tasty as people make them out to be. Making gluten-free, yet a vegetarian meal is one thing that I hope to do.
12.
Record a Thursday Tag video instead of writing them out: I’m camera
shy, and I really need to get over it. I want to do at least one or
two tags this summer and actually record them. I probably won’t
post them publicly on YouTube, as I feel the dislikes may keep me
from wanting to do videos.
13. Try
making a vegetarian and gluten-free root beer float: I used to love
root beer floats before becoming vegetarian and gluten-free. I want
to be able to enjoy summer without feeling like I’m not allowed to
eat or do things that I used to do. I can do them with a twist.
14. Go
bird watching: One of my favorite things to do when I know I’m
having a panic attack is to listen to and watch birds. I like to
identify the bird I’m listening to or watching. I used to love
watching birds with my grandma when I was a child, now that she’s
passed on, I want to be able to continue doing what she loved and
hopefully pass the love on to my own children.
15. Go
Geocaching: I’ve always wanted to geocache, this year is it, I need
to get a little more active, and I want to enjoy the summer as it’s
meant to be enjoyed. With that said, I want to try geocaching at
least twice.
16. Buy
a sundress: I have been reluctant to buy one the last few years, this
year, now that I’m a little more confident. I’m going to actually
do it. It doesn’t even have to be at a local store, finding the
perfect sundress online is still an option. There are so many places
to check to find me a sundress.
17. Try
growing a plant: I’m not going to start a garden, every time I try
to start one, they fail. My plants die. I’m going to start small
this year and grow a plant. If I can at least grow one plant, I’ll
be content.
18.
Create this strawberry lemonade: I saw the recipe on another summer
bucket list, and it looked good. I want to try to make it. Looks
delicious, doesn’t it? I’m talking about the Lightening StrawberryLavender Lemonade, and not pictures of Thor (Chris Hemsworth).
19.
Make homemade fruit bars: My mom and I used to do this a lot when I
was growing up, they were cheaper and tasted better than most of the
popsicles. that I had growing up. This time around now that I’m
older, and need to have more fruit in my diet, I’ll try to make
some actual fruit pops.
20.
Have a 24-hour tech detox: Sadly, I won’t be posting pictures of
the 24-hour tech detox, it won’t be possible if I’m supposed to
stay away from all technology! This 24 detox could possibly include
reading from my summer reading list or doing some things on my bucket
list that are more private. We’ll just see where it takes me.
21. Do
the 24 hour Aldi challenge: This is the last food-related bucket list
item I promise! Aldi has a great selection of gluten free and
vegetarian foods. I’ve seen a few YouTube folks do the 24-hour meal
challenge, and now I want to try it! If it’s not videotaped I will
be taking photos of all the wonderful foods that I ate during my 24
hour challenge!
22. Go
barefoot all day:This does mean I’ll have to take off my socks. I
love wearing socks, even in the summer. This task sounds a bit scary
to me. I don’t know how well I’ll do without shoes. I may start
panicking somewhere in the middle, but it’s okay. I can do it! No
socks, no shoes, and probably no actual walking around outside of the
apartment. I can do it at the grandparent's house, but not here.
23.
Draw with chalk: Drawing with chalk is one of those things I really
never liked, the sound of chalk on pavement sends shivers down my
spine and the feeling of chalk is a bit weird to me (it comes with
being autistic). I want to get outside of my comfort zone and draw
with chalk.
24.
Play hopscotch: This goes with the last task as well, I want to play
hopscotch with the kids. I want to have fun outdoors. If I’m
already out of my comfort zone with the chalk, why not build a
hopscotch board and actually play hopscotch!
25.
Give me a Dollar Tree inspired pedicure: Dollar Tree really? Yeah
really, they have nail polish, and stuff to give pedicures. I don’t
need to spend tons of money to make my feet look pretty this summer!
26.
Dumpster dive: Could my bucket list get any weirder? I’m sure it
could. I’ve been stalking the dumpster diving SubReddit for some
time now, and I’ve seen some really cool stuff people dumpster dove
for. I checked our local ordinances to find out what’s legal where
I live and what’s not. It’s legal here!
27. Do
at least two random acts of kindness: We all need to be kind to one
another. This summer is no different. If I can help someone or an
animal. I want to do that. Again this is one of those things I will
not be posting much about on my bucket list. I don’t want to do the
random acts of kindness because I’m doing it for a bucket list, I
just need to remember to do them more often.
28.
Play frisbee: I have a few frisbees in my closet and they’re not
being put to good use. Even if it is just a simple game of catch, I’m
ready for the challenge. I’m ready to be outside more often.
29.
Collect rocks, pinecones and other cool pieces of nature for crafts:
To both inspire me to be craftier and to be closer to nature, we will
be collecting rocks, pine cones and whatever else I can find around
town on my nature walks so I can be crafty and one with nature.
30.
Paint and decorate rocks: With some of the rocks from the last task,
I want to turn the whole rock craft into an adult thing. I want to
connect with my childhood self at least a little bit, but at the same
time collab with my childhood self.
Instead
of having both a tag and a blog post this week, I decided that this
list was going to be all that I posted. I’m sorry if you were all
expecting a blog tag! Maybe next week!
Welcome to May! I haven’t mentioned it much but it’s Celiac’s
Awareness Month. I have yet to get a proper diagnosis, but that’s
because my doctor doesn’t want me to get one. She doesn’t want me
to start back to eating gluten, just to see if I test positive. The
symptoms I had when I ate gluten, were the reason why I quit, and
it’s okay if I don’t get a black and white answer. I’m not
hurting anymore. That’s all that matters.
Right?
It’s been 5 months
since I stopped eating gluten. Except for a few times where I
accidentally “glutened” myself, while getting used to
ingredients, and what foods are actually gluten-free, and what ones
are not (Cheerios, Soy Sauce, and some Benadryl are not gluten-free
by the way). I’ve had noticed a few changes, ones that I didn’t
expect to have happened to me. I’m happy to finally have a new lease
on life. S
1. I haven’t been
as hungry: I used to be hungry all the time, and have like zero
energy. I remember eating and falling asleep. It wasn’t even an
hour after eating where, I felt drowsy, but hungry again. So I’d
trudge to the kitchen to find a “healthy” snack, like apples, or
fruit.
2. I’ve lost
weight: The weight loss was the biggest surprise ever. In the past 5
months since I went gluten-free, I have lost 20 pounds. It wasn’t
just myself that noticed the weight loss, my doctor even brought it
up.
3. I stopped
bloating: Some of my weight was bloat, and when I say bloat, it was serious bloat. My stomach was even round and hard a lot like a
pregnancy belly. The days my bloat was bad, I wore maternity pants I
had from my boys years ago just so I could be comfortable. I don’t
need to wear my old maternity pants anymore unless I want to have
one of my comfortable, loose jeans and pants day.
4. My stomach and
intestinal pains stopped: I used to have really bad IBS pains, to the
point I relied on Bentyl to live my day to day life. Bentyl made me
tired, but also gave me really bad panic attacks, both of which took
over my life. Along with my intestinal cramps, I haven’t had the
really bad stomach pains that sent me to the hospital not once but
twice, in fear that I had gallbladder issues.
5. My constipation
left: Sorry for the TMI moment of this blog, but one of my major
symptoms was constipation. I would go up to two weeks at a time without a bowel movement. I haven’t had that problem anymore. In fact
I’m going once a day, or sometimes every other day. But it’s not
like it was before.
In my case it's she. But, I'm not dying, I can't just eat gluten.
6. I haven’t had
bad hair loss: Hair loss is actually a common symptom of Celiac’s
Disease. Now that my diet has changed, I’m not running my hand
through my hair just to get a clump of hair, or finding tons of my
hair in places that my hair shouldn’t have fallen out at.
The things that
haven’t changed as much as I would have wanted them to, were my
migraines, they’re not as bad, but they’re still there. Same goes
with my fibromyalgia and muscular pain, the pain and flairs aren’t
as bad but they’re still here. I’m at least able to have less
pain than I did in the past. Hopefully, as time goes on I’ll see
more changes, even bigger changes.
Today I made an alien robot friend, took a ride in a space ship, and played some games, The game is called Zap Zap Math, and it’s meant for kids from kindergarten to 6th grade. I was probably the most fun I’ve had playing an educational game in what seems like centuries. This is coming from the woman who loves classic educational and computer games and is still known to play games that aren’t specifically meant for children. I actually played the old DOS game, Number Munchers recently, and this game is in a league of its own.
What the game is about:
Zap Zap Math is more than just a ton of math equations, your kids get to create an avatar, a cute one-eyed alien, play games to earn points to buy outfits for your alien, or to buy items decorate your apartment and garage.
Like a lot of adult apps, logging in every day and playing a game gives you the chance to earn coins. If there’s something your kids haven’t learned yet for one grade level, there’s an option to download the app, and sign in with the same e-mail address and password and play the games on another one of the apps! Giving your child the ability to learn and earn coins.
What makes a subscription different than the free option and is it worth it?
Like most apps, there’s a free version and a there’s a paid version. The paid version is only $19.95 a year (roughly 0.60/month), With the paid version, you get more games and videos. Just recently I watched a video about prepositions (yes an English lesson!).
My suggestions and final words about the app:
If you’re a parent and want an app subscription that grows with your kid is easily affordable, engaging and easy to play, Zap Zap Math just happens to be one of those games. Kids enjoy it and I enjoy it. The game has the perfect amount of challenge that keeps a kid entertained, but doesn’t lose their attention after a period of time.
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I read on Book
Brushes website, that it can replace Canva, but in my opinion, I
think it works great as a compliment to Canva, especially with
seasoned writers. You don’t exactly get the option to create your
own book cover, if you were to write one yourself on Book Brush, but
you get the option of creating some eye-popping ways to promote your
book as an author.
When I get the
chance to create a cover and want to advertise about my book that I’m
writing. There’s no doubt that Book Brush will be one of my top
choices. They have many images and templates to aid me in making my
book a reality. It takes very little time to create a work of art,
like the images you’re seeing right now.
It took me a matter
of minutes to create my works of art, and because of the ease of
using this site, I know I’ll be back just in time to do another
Try it for yourself:
If you’re curious
about book Brush and want to practice your skills, I have a
completely novel (no pun intended), way to try out Book Brush and
learn how to use it yourself!
Remember that ‘game’
they had for creative folks on Tumblr? The create your own CD cover
game? I have a somewhat new game. This time you’re not creating a
CD cover, you’re creating a book cover, with the use of four
websites, Reedsy, Canva, Unsplash and Book Brush.
The four easy
steps:
1. Pick a book title
from Reedsy you can’t regenerate the title, it must be the first
title you’ve chosen.
2. Find a stock
photo from Unsplash with a word in the title of your book as the
cover. It could be anything
I didn’t purposely mean to be MIA for nearly a whole month and both
my Facebook and Twitter page seemed very vague about my little break.
I don’t really need to explain what’s been going on, but I felt
I’d explain what’s been going on so that it’s not like I just
fell off the face of the earth as a blogger.
About a month ago I
went to the hospital having a headache and trouble speaking. They
yelled at me for being there, because it’s not really a reason to
go to the hospital (in their opinion), then was given tests (CT and
bloodwork) to rule out something like a stroke and told me if my the headache didn’t go away that they’d transfer me to another
hospital.
The medication they gave me sort of worked and
they ruled out a stroke, told me I a bit of swelling on my brain and
to go home and make an appointment with my doctor. Even if I had
trouble speaking which then turned into a nonstop migraine for a week
and extreme stuttering. There was no way I could blog with my head
pulsating like it was, I don’t think I could have possibly strung
two words together.
So I went to my
doctor for her to rule to send me to get an MRI because she said she
wasn’t willing to treat my headaches unless she knew what she was
working with.
My results
I
already deal with hemiplegic migraine, cluster headaches, occipital
migraines, silent migraines, and regular migraines a lot. So when I
was sent for my MRI, I was nervous, I anticipated the worst. My
head’s almost always spinning and a sometimes, not all the times my hemiplegic migraine migraines and regular migraines come without an aura. I’m
one of those people who would prefer an aura before the storm hits.
At least I have a warning and my migraine doesn’t just hit. The one
I had when I couldn’t talk hit without an aura and hit pretty
hard.
It was
unfortunately, the only thing that my MRI concluded was that I had
lesions consistent with migraines. Because I’m already on Maxalt
and have tried both Propopenool and on Atenonol already, there wasn’t
anything my doctor could do for me and I’m still waiting to hear
from my neurologist.
Where I stand
I’m left
without many options as of right now migraine wise, and started
taking Sinol nasal spray for Migraines, Tension Headaches, Cluster
Headaches, and Sinus headaches. It’s worked for the most part a far
as far as my migraines and sinus headaches go. I still have the
occasional dizziness, and the other symptoms that come along with my
migraines, but until I see my doctor I’m trying to work my way
around things.
On Wednesday, I was at Barnes & Noble when a book caught my eye.
It was in the “Exceptional Value” section, and it begged me to
buy it. The book was “Every Day Gratitude: A Guided Journal” by
Jennifer Leight. It has inspirational quotes by famous celebrities
and questions and writing prompts to help you appreciate the world
around us.
Instead of using
this book as a guided journal, and writing in the pages, I’m
keeping this book unmarked for times when I’m going through a panic
or anxiety attack, to sidetrack me and hopefully allow myself to see
all of the amazing things that are in my life.
I picked five
exercises that I want to practice every day for a week, on my own of
course to see if possibly it helps with my panic and anxiety. If it
doesn’t work, I’m just happy for learning to see gratitude in a
different light than I already have.
1. What
areas of your life could you let your heart lead a little
more?
Reflecting on times when I should have let my
heart out, will hopefully remind me the next day. I don’t mean to
put my heart on the back burner, it can lead more. I need to let it
lead.
2. How
will you live out your gratitude today?
Every morning,
life starts over new. With every new day, is a new shot at gratitude,
with a new day, I should think about how I should live out my
gratitude every day. I need to pick something and follow through with
it. It doesn’t have to be anything major, just the little things to
remember to show my gratitude.
3. Have I
missed any chances to show gratitude today?
Just because I’m
feeling gratitude lately, doesn’t mean that other’s are. Wouldn’t
it be nice to know that someone shows you their gratitude I think
gratitude may very well be contagious. It can change someone’s day
for the better.
4. What
problems are burdening me?
Talking about my problems
doesn’t really sound like gratitude, but in all honesty, it is.
Getting rid of these problems, and writing them down, cleans the
slate, and causes me to restart anew. I can write down these problems
and delete them and/or throw them away, and it’ll all be over.
5. What
songs, poems or verses isnpire graitutde in you?
I
don’t need to hear a song or read a poem every day to remember it
inspires gratitude, but having a list is a great idea! Every day this
week during this week of gratitude I’m going to write this list,
and by next Friday, I can actually share this activity with everyone,
for my Favorite 5 Friday’s. Just so everyone else can write their
own list, or find some inspiration in my list.
