Catching Up

April and May always seems to be a busy time of year for some odd reason.  It is not like we have a lot of usual activities during this time, but a lot seems to happen, never the less.  Plus, while I have been busy with wooly-cotton projects, they are all still in progress, so I haven't any pictures to show as yet.  


So here is catching up from the last few weeks:
In early April, my husband and I made our annual trip to visit his twin sister and her family to celebrate his and her birthday.
  
We attended my daughter-in-law's niece's quinceanera celebration mid-April.  That was a first for me and was a lot of fun.  It was great to spend time with her family. 

After that we were busy preparing for our trip to Germany to visit our daughter.  Long plane flights are no fun, but it was worth it to be able to experience a little of our daughter's world.  What a beautiful country! 

Once we got home, we were back into the usual routine.  The garden is in full swing, so I am working to keep it weeded and harvested.

 
When walking in my neighborhood this past week, I crossed paths with a big tarantula making his way across the sidewalk.  I did not invite him to walk me home!  


One of the biggest events in my life lately is my beginning a gluten free diet.  I have not felt well the past few months, and on rather an impulse I decided to see what would happen if I went wheat-free.  While this has been a difficult change both logistically and emotionally, I am finding that I feel better and better.  I am probably about 80% on the road to gluten free, but hope to get to at least 95% in the next few months.  And as many other have done in making this journey, I decided to start another blog:  http://thegluten-freebaker.blogspot.com/  Since I love to bake bread, I have been challenged with working with alternative flours and hope to come up with some decent simple recipes along the way.


That about covers the latest and greatest.  Hopefully I will soon have more tales of the wooly-cotton variety soon.  There is certain plenty in the works.