Mom's Day Out

Today I have the whole day to my self. My boys went off to an overnight scout camp. They left at 7:30 am this morning. After they left I went back to bed and listened to my iPod for about an hour and then decided to take Dakota the wonder dog for a 30 minute walk. I was supposed to go to a Zumba class but my friend cancelled so I got lazy.After that the fun stuff began! First, I went to get a pedicure.

Asters

Kale, lettuce and cabbage

Then I did all my homework that was due on Monday.Yeah me! Then Dakota and I went to Round Rock Gardens and bought 4 veggie plants and 4 mums and asters for my fall garden. That's wonder dog's ball in the shot there.

Then I went to get my hair done:

As usual playtime with Dakota-he wanted me to include a shot of him behind his tree. He is patiently waiting for a ball.

Wonder dog in action

Can I get an O.C.D?

And finally, a sit down to write my blog, drink a glass of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc and of course, play with wonder dog. Oh and read my garden book to plan for my planting of the veggies tomorrow.

Photo Book

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Spelt Muffins

Lunch

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Gardening and Power Tools

Cedar Planks

With both my boys at Scout Camp this weekend, I had a day of work planned in my garden. I am still trying to finish one of my vegetable beds and also decided to build a pyramid bed with some lumber I had sitting around.
I had six 3 ft boards and six 9 foot boards, and I needed to cut them to specific lengths for this bed. Since hubby is gone I knew I had to use the power tools myself and he wouldn't be too keen on that. So, I didn't tell anyone until I finished, including Mother. She worries so. She always remembers when I worked in a deli and cut both my fingers within a week of each other. It wasn't pretty. Neither was the roast beef I was cutting. But I digress...
 So I whipped out the circular saw for the first cuts and realized after getting down to an 11 in cut, I needed a more precise blade-table saw city here I come! It was cool-it has a red laser beam and is VERY precise.
 I am so proud of myself! Anyway, here is the finished product:

Stacked and ready for dirt and plants

Five boxes to make the pyramid

Flowers and Herbs

And after my day of hard manual labor, I sat down and enjoyed a much deserved Belgian beer YUM!

Belgian Beer-my weakness

ALCAT Results

I recently had my DS go to a a Naturopath to try a different approach to helping with his focus in school. We are having to do several diagnostic tests, one of which is the ALCAT (Antigen Leukocyte Cellular Antibody Test). They take 4 vials of blood and test it on 200 foods plus environmental agents, medications and herbs. Well the results are in and he was reactive to several items that were surprising. Wheat, Oranges, Tomatoes,Cottonseed,Broccoli, Green Beans, Lima Beans, Bay Leaves, Cloves, Coriander,Pork, Pears , Mustard, Turmeric, Romaine Lettuce, Eggplant, Grapefruit, Plum and Pistachio. Whew! I know, your thinking "What can he eat?" The good news is he wasn't gluten intolerant so he can still eat Barley, Rye , Spelt and Oats.
Have you ever seen how many things have wheat in them?
Have you priced wheat free breads lately? $5.00 + a loaf!!
 Soooo, I had to haul the old bread machine out of the garage and don my Betty Crocker hat and get down to baking some bread for this boy!! I will be posting some recipes and results to my experiments with my new wheat free cooking. So stay tuned. Till next we meet-happy baking!