Risk and Rewards: Eating out With Celiac

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There are many things in life that can be a risk even getting in a car each day is a risk.  However, when you are living a gluten free life style due to a diagnosis, the risk is almost never worth it

Energy for 2013

The last prompt for the January NaBloPoMo is "What will you do to energize yourself in 2013?"

This answer is easy.  I am devoting myself to my schoolwork and my family. Since this year is finally graduation time, that helps a lot with the energy levels.  I want to be done with school and out there working and doing what I planned to do.  I am excited for that.  However, for now while I am home I am concentrating on being the best wife, friend, and guardian I can be.

Energy and Persistence

NaBloPoMo Prompt of the day is "Benjamin Franklin said "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Do you agree or disagree?"  

No offense to Mr. Franklin, however, with this I have to disagree I have learned that something cannot be conquered with energy and persistence alone.  In today's society you need to have money as well to make your dreams come true.  My husband and I dream of having a child.  However, without $7000.00+ that

Mental Energy and Money

Today’s NaBloPoMo prompt is "What reoccurring thought uses up a lot of your mental energy?"

I have thoughts that constantly take up my mental energy.  Basically I get nuts about money and our money situation.  I am still in school and almost done, while I am in my last part I am not working.  That leaves my husband as the only income.  We also have two dependents that we take care of.  Not that I would want to ever make them go away but it makes it hard to live on only one income.  It wouldn't be so bad if the house we own stopped giving us issues.

Emotional Waste

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Having had situational depression, I can honestly say that it is probably the biggest waste of my emotional energy.  The only reason that I say this is that it doesn't help anything.  Depression can be an easy state to fall into when something good or bad happens in one’s life.  When one is depressed they lose energy for everything else.  That also means they are not fixing what caused the depression in the first place.  I have gotten depressed over the loss of my pregnancies, over the loss of friends and sometimes even when something great happens if that something great is life changing.  For me depression doesn't last long.  However, currently I am caught between depression and acceptance for my ectopic pregnancy.  Every time I think I am over it something will happen that makes me realize that I have not let it go.  Knowing that nothing I can do will change the situation it leads back to depression. 

How to deal with a long power outage

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Dealing with a short power outage can be fun.  Dealing with a power outage of days or more is not fun.  Being gluten free it will be harder for me than it will be for others since gluten free food has a very short shelf life outside of a freezer.  However, there are steps to help you during a long power outage.  Quite simply we are not prepared at my house for a long haul.  However, I can go without gluten free products and be very careful about what I eat.

To Play in the Dark

When the power goes out and we don't have electronics to play with the first thing we do is go on a scavenger hunt.  One person finds the flashlights, another finds the batteries, a third, finds the candles and the last makes sure where everyone is so we don't bump into each other.

Conserving Energy

We conserve energy in mostly normal ways here at my house, simple ways that almost everyone should do.

Turn the light off when you leave the room

Unplug appliances that are not in use

Energy for the Modern Age

Energy is the topic of the month and you can't talk about energy without wondering what is going to happen when we have used up all the fossil fuels?  Will we move to biofuels? Will our heat come from hydroelectric or wind mills, how about solar power?  All of these are great ideas and while I think cars may be moving to hydrogen engines or electric power, which will lessen the strain on our resources.

Humans and the Environment

Today's prompt is: "What is your biggest concern about the future of the environment?"  My answer is that most humans are my largest concern.  Quite simply we have overpopulated what the earth can easily sustain.  Since humans tend to move in and create an environment that suites us we will "tame" the land around us.  That taming action means that we cut back the natural vegetation, we utilize all the resources, and we keep the animals out.  Quite simply we destroy the natural ecosystem of anywhere we settle.

Super Hero Names? Maybe

If I were to be a super hero my hero name would be Bloodroot.  This is based on the lovely plant with the red roots.  It also is toxic to humans and animals.  This is an easy choice for me since I have been playing online games for a while and it is one of my handles. 

Super Hero or Super Villian?

NaBloPoMo prompt of the day is "How would you start saving the world if you woke up tomorrow with superhuman powers?"  Answer is I probably wouldn't, I might start saving the environment, children and the animals on this planet before I start saving most of the humans.  I think most humans are capable of saving themselves or causing harm to others.  Instead of saving most people, I would concentrate my efforts on making the world a better place as I see it. That is if I do anything to help and don't blend into the background and just live my life.

Gluten is as Kryptonite.

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If I were a super human and I had one weakness or Kryptonite as it were, I would have to say it is Gluten, nothing stops me faster than getting into gluten.

Feed me gluten and I will spend a lot of time in the rest room and unable to perform my super tasks.  Even at places where they have gluten free menus and kitchens they will still mess up.

Paint it Red and Go Super Speed!

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Strangely enough today’s Prompt is asking us if we would rather have extreme strength or extreme speed.  In my case I would wish to have the speed, I could get so much more done in a day.  Want to get my blogs posted.  No issue five seconds and I am ready all I have to do is wait for my computer to catch up.  I have visitors coming over in five minutes?  That will give me enough time to clean the house, and take a shower.  Want to run to the store, only a few seconds. 

To be a Superhero

I am torn on what super powers I would want to have.  I am not sure if I want Super Intelligence, or if I want to be a true shape changer (want to be a wolf, go for it.  Feeling fat today, Lose the weight.)

No Writing Energy, Can't Go On

When I run out of energy and I can't blog anymore, I simply stop for a while. I have no issue saving a draft and coming back to in an hour or two.  I may take a bath or read a book between writing times, something to bring back up my energy level.  Because If I were to push through when I really don't want to blog all that I would put out is garbage. 

Finding the Right Topic

Blogging can sometimes be a chore, sometimes the topics and words come quickly and easily, other times I have an issue.  I try to write things that can connect with the readers.  However, I sometimes have issues knowing exactly what people want to read about.  Most of my blogging energy was in trying to find what my readers want.  This can be an issue without any feedback.  I can see what posts receive the most views, and so I try to plan around some of those.  That took up too much of my energy and I still wasn't getting feedback.  In the end I am doing what I want, since I still don't know what people want.

Being Completely Exhausted

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There have been very few times when I have been completely exhausted, my first day in Fiji, a couple of times on my trip to Germany, a few of my 10 days in Orlando, but I am only talking physically exhausted.  There was only a very few times in my life when I was completely exhausted emotionally, as well as physically and mentally.

To Dream or not to Dream

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The NaBloPoMo question today “If you could be given the option to never sleep and also never be tired, would you take it if it meant you'd also never dream again?”

Music for Energy!

What most people don't know about me is that I am currently going back to school. At my first University I focused in music, to be specific Vocal performance with an Opera Option.  Yep I am a trained Opera singer, papers and everything, I have never used what I have learned and spent so much money on, except for a youtube account that I rarely update.  That experience has given me a finer appreciation of music.  It also leads me to a specific problem.  I don't have a favorite song. That leads us to today’s NaBloPoMo "What is your favorite song that gives you energy?"

For me my musical energy can vary depending on my mood, the day, and what I am doing.  If I am working on school work, blogging, cleaning, ECT...