In Other News

I've survived a week of being gluten free. It hasn't been terribly difficult, it is certainly helping me cut back on snacks. I've managed to come up with another good menu for this week and then just two more weeks. I can't really say yet that I've seen a big difference. My swollen finger is a little better. On Thursday it was great but then was swollen quite a bit again on Friday and Saturday. My feet are about the same but feeling better because I'm trying to stay off of them more. I plan to continue the gluten free diet for another two weeks to give it a fair try.
I've lost a couple of more pounds. I'm up to 10 now!
The girls and I are reading "Little Town on the Prairie" and the last chapter we read was all about a town spelling bee. Everybody was sitting around in their homes bored so they all decided to go to the school house and then couldn't decide what to do until someone suggested a spelling bee. To hear Laura describe it you would have thought it was the most exciting thing ever. I wish we could get that excited over something so simple. (Pa won of course.)
I found a new great author--Brandilynn Collins. I started a book on Friday and finished it this afternoon. It was very suspenseful and dramatic but a good, clean read. She's written a lot of books so I'm excited to have a new author to read. When I find a good author I quickly read everything he or she has written and then I'm stuck for a while trying to find another good author. Well, Joe is waiting for my computer so I'll wrap this exciting post up, I know you are disappointed. :0)