Bye Bye, Dairy!

Growing up, my mom told us that my three siblings and I were allergic to dairy.  We didn't drink or eat many dairy products.  As an adult, I pretty much stuck to a fairly dairy-free lifestyle.  With the exception of ice cream and milk with Oreos, I didn't consume much dairy.  In the past few years, it started to creep in a little more into my daily life, and it hurt.  Most dairy made me sick to my stomach...or worse.  Last week I decided to go to the doctor and get an official diagnosis.  I have a great primary care physician who listens really well to my ailments (although I think he gets pretty tired of my many mystery issues.  And he did tell me awhile back not to googleanymore before I come in.  Whoops).  He did tell me that I was lactose intolerant, though he told me to watch my gluten intake as well as many times one can be confused for the other or one can invariably lead to the other.

Knowing that I am lactose intolerant honestly will make few changes in my life.  I know that I have the option of taking Lactaid pills if I want something with dairy.  However, most of the dairy that I want to eat I should probably avoid anyway- ice cream, milk with oreos, milk in my coffee.  I drink almond or soy milk at home and yogurt doesn't bother me, so I honestly think I am going to be okay.  This isn't devastating news for me, and I am glad to know that it is what it is.

We Love Fish Tacos

So by the way, fish tacos are more than just fish sticks on a regular taco.  Wish my sisters and I had thought that out a little better.  Fish tacos are one of my favorite foods, but I've never made them myself.  We should have googled it, because they just were kind of unassuming and boring.  And also, http://www.welovefishtacos.com/ is a website.  For real.




This is not what ours looked like, unfortunately


Wednesdays and Thursdays we watch So You Think You Can Dance together.  It's our favorite (well, behind NCIS).  That show amazes me with the amount of raw talent.  Maybe it's because I only took dance to straighten out my feet and posture (I had to wear braces on my feet when I was little even), or maybe it's because I can't get halfway close to the splits and even touching my toes is hard sometimes, but that show blows my mind.  Not only are the dancers amazing, but the choreographers and the costume designers as well.  I don't have a favorite yet, but my favorite dance of the night was Melanie and Marko. 

I've read a bunch of random books lately.  Most have been boring, but I did enjoy the first novel in the Sookie Stackhouse series.  The Gossip Girl prequel was pretty much the same as the actual show (with a few random changes), The Nine Lives of Chloe King was a teen novel that felt like a teen novel, and Deja Dead (the book on which the tv show Bones is based) was so totally different from the television show that I couldn't even begin to get into it.  And it was set in Canada.  I have The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu to read next.  What are you reading?  Do you have any suggestions? 

If you like to read, you really need to check out http://www.paperbackswap.com/.  Basically the concept of the site is that you post to your "bookshelf" any books you don't want anymore.  Someone requests the book and you send it to them via media mail (about $2.40).  They credit your account, and you are able to request any book on the site, which is then sent to you for free.  You also get two free credits just for posting your first ten books on the site.  I have loved using it so far and have had no problems.  I have received four books from the site and sent one.  (If that seems like bad math to you, it's because it is.  You can also buy three credits for $10).  The only issue I really see with it is that you have to have books people want to request.  Some of the ones I posted are kind of obscure, so it's possible no one will ever request them.  I guess that's where being able to purchase credits come in nicely.  Because $10 for three books is still pretty good.  Sister sites also exist for cds and dvds, though I haven't used them.

Put It All In

Today's post is going to be a little like one of Paula Deen's famous desserts- full of everything.  Hope you enjoy this post as much as a Paula Deen cake (oh, who am I kidding?  This post can't compare to her scrumptiousness.) 

The lovely sis-n-law and me at her wedding shower.  So happy for her!!!

Girls night at Los Cabos on the Rivewalk

Bethany, you are amazing!!!!  Your tan makes my tan look like shredded cocunut.

The softball fields I run around

Just me and the road.  Peace.

I enjoyed watching people fish while I ran around them.

Does this water look scary to you?

My tap water looks yellow.  Really!  Yucky rural water....

Too thirsty to be a chooser (as in "beggars can't be choosers).

All done!

88 degrees!  As the inspiring Lindsay Cotter asked, where did the Spring go?

And then it rained.  Which is good, because I needed a car wash.  :)

Song of the Day- "Tomorrow" by Chris Young

Yes, it is sad.  But I think his voice is good, and I like the sound of the song.  I can understand being with someone who is all wrong for you, or knowing you are all wrong for the person you are with and still loving them.  Been there, done that, then I met my husband.  Well, not so much met as claimed. 

This is Albert Pujols, the first baseman for the St Louis Cardinals.  I watched a really interesting interview with him on 60 Minutes today and he is totally a superstar.  He is a strong Christian, he adopted his wife's daughter who has Downs Sydnrome, and he gives back in a major way to his home cities in the Dominican Republic.  Very cool.  And he is Baptist, which is cool to hear.  (That's a freebie I had to look up on the Internet since CBS would only mention his faith in vague terms.)



And that's it for now, folks.  I'm sure I'll think of something else I want to pass along to you later.  :)  Have a good one.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One

I have to admit that I am a Harry Potter fan.  The stand-in-line at midnight for the newest book and read-it-in-one-sitting-taking-breaks-only-to-pee kind of fan.  I hadn't seen the newest movie yet as I had been waiting to watch it with my siblings.  Tonight we finally got to get together for pizza at Savastano's and then watch the movie.

It was great.  I laughed, I cried, I wished it was parts one and two instead of just one.  It was true to the book, yet also good as a stand alone movie.

Yay.

http://www.savastanospizzeria.com/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0926084/

My sweet siblings waiting for our pizza.

My beautiful sisters.  "Glasses"!

Holla

Chicago-style pizza in Bixby.