My musings on our homeschool, coop, figuring out what my educational philosophy is anyway, and will I ever make curtains for the rest of the appartment?
I’ve been thinking about how to teach K how to eat gluten free, advocate for herself (She says, “Don’t worry Mama, I’m more extroverted than you are, it’s fine.”) and find resources for other families about gluten, because keeping my Continue reading Some Gluten Links
Some Notes: Cross contamination does not only mean raw chicken on a cutting board. In this case it means gluten getting into things that used to be gluten free. If a piece of bread is held over a plate of Continue reading How to have a person with Celiac Disease over for dinner.
Lettuce? Check K’s garden fresh tomato? Check Enough sturdy rectangularly shaped pieces of gf bread to toast? Nope. Just a pile of large crumbs. When it comes to structure, I really, really miss gluten. Also price. TV cooks to the Continue reading BLT salad
The one based on meringue. Definitely that one. Didn’t taste exactly like a malt ball (as far as I can remember) but it did have the milk flavor, which turns out to be important. Today I’m making the anise liquorice Continue reading Which gf “malt” ball?
It’s been 5 years since my Celiac diagnosis. This week Ben bought me some York Peppermint Patties because I forgot to buy myself Easter Candy, and hadn’t been able to share any of the kids (yes, chocolate is naturally gf, Continue reading GF snacks “For Science”
I went to Market Basket at rush hour the night before a storm (with the cool classification of bomb cyclone!) for the first time ever in New England. Local legend has it that ever since the blizzard of ’78 people Continue reading Snow Day
A few weeks ago I asked Leslie at the Sit and Knit what she charged for photography, and her jaw dropped. Then she asked me if I could model my samples and my jaw dropped. Because, I sort of thought Continue reading Makeup
Pretty My new cousin Denise, and the cake Liz from church made them.Mom and Aunt Jody organized a big picnic so the folks (like us) who didn’t make it to the wedding in Brazil could celebrate Ben and Denise. What Continue reading {p,f,h,r} Visiting Relatives
June is often a tricky month for me, Dad died in June, I get sad and confused. It’s also when the district would like all the end of the year paperwork assessing the kids’ homeschool experience, even though no particular Continue reading Late June Status Update and how to store the gf flour
Picnics are important – especially to homeschoolers – you can go to interesting places, not spend a fortune on cafes (Unless you want to – and can eat what they serve. Surprisingly, there are some things I can eat when Continue reading GF Picnics
When we started homeschool, one of my simplify or lose my mind announcements was that lunch was always going to be PB&J or leftovers – forever or until the kids enrolled in another school – where I would probably pack Continue reading What do we eat for lunch – with no more whole wheat PB&J?
I e-mailed my paperwork to the school system this year – another experiment in lazy convenience, I wonder if they will loose it? There are new personnel in all the ages I report, so the pattern I’m used to is Continue reading Fragments