Bit of an update (and our first gluten free Thanksgiving)

I'm finally starting to feel almost normal.

While I've been working on feeling better, I've been doing some reading (fuzzy brain just isn't compatible with getting lots done, unfortunately). I read Boneshaker by Cherie Priest, The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, and the four Enchanted Forest books by Patricia Wrede: Dealing with Dragons, Searching for Dragons, Calling on Dragons, Talking to Dragons. I liked the Patricia Wrede books the best, but the others were good, too.

We (Mr. M and I) went and saw New Moon on Monday. I thought it was better than the first movie. Definitely better than I thought it would be- I find the second book very whiny, but the movie managed not to be whiny. And Jacob is quite nice to look at :)

We finished up our Christmas shopping on Wednesday- just have to wrap and ship now.

Wednesday I also made 6 gluten free pie crusts. 2 became pecan pies (one for us, one for the in-laws), the rest were pumpkin, blueberry, apple, and strawberry. Everyone thought the pie crust turned out good- didn't taste different. I used the pie crust recipe from Easy Gluten Free Baking by Elizabeth Barbonne. Love that book!

I managed to successfully have a gluten free Thanksgiving. At the in-laws I couldn't eat the frog eye salad (we need to write to the GF pasta companies to ask them to make acini de pepe), the stuffing, or the rolls, but everything else was good. My mom made a completely gluten free meal, so I could eat everything without any problems.

Yesterday was a really nice day, so we went for a short bike ride, during which we realized both our bikes really need a tune-up. I also spent some time reorganizing the storage container. It really needed it- it had gotten so you could barely walk inside. Now, everything's neatly stacked again, even our bikes and bike trailer, so there's room to walk in and move around a bit. Can't wait till we move and can unpack- we have a lot of stuff, but until we can unpack and sort it all at once, we really can't get rid of any of it. I do plan on downsizing as much as possible though.

I also reorganized the closet in our room as well as our food storage in the basement. It had been moved around when dad was working on the plumbing for the downstairs bathroom, and has been jumbled together for awhile now. It was nice to have the energy to get that much done.

I'm starting to have more energy- I'm not as exhausted as I was, but I'm still fighting the brain fog- I have to force myself to get stuff done. Yesterday was encouraging- I did a lot of physical work without completely dying.