Musings from the Heart

One of the main struggles with having to eat gluten free is the lack of a decent soft bread.  I finally succumbed to purchasing a bread maker and have been so glad to have it.  There is such a relief in being able to know that your bread will be consistently good and edible!!  I love my Zojirushi bread maker, it has been a life saver.  Here is a picture of plain bread and a picture of raisin bread……mmmm…..delish!

We had the privilege of attending the Calgary Comic Con, the last weekend of August, and hearing Mr. Leonard Nimoy speak.  I have been a Trekkie since the original series first aired and it was so exciting to hear him and see him in person.  What an amazingly humble and intelligent man.  We had to get pics taken with him, of course!!

I tested for my black belt two and a half years ago.  If I look like I was praying, I think I was!  LOL  It was a great day, a stressful day and one that I am glad to have shared with my two youngest daughters who tested with me.  It was an experience I will never forget!

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I loved reorganizing my pantry!!!  I wish now that I had taken a “before” picture but maybe not…..it was a mess, snacks tumbling out unbidden, no area to walk into the pantry because of all of the boxes of juice scattered over the floor.

This was a surprisingly easy task with inspiration taken from www.perfectlyplaced.org.  I had a hard time finding the white holey baskets here in Canada.  My search was successful after many days of dragging my husband around to our department stores and hardware stores.  Rona had them!!!  Yay, Rona!!!  I found my large containers for gluten free flour mixes at Pet Smart, Buddeez which are available online but I didn’t want to wait.  Love it and so far, it has made life a lot easier.  Now to finish off!

My family loves the results too and I believe that it is freeing, knowing where things are and having a place to put them.  I didn’t realize how much time I was wasting, rooting around in the pantry for things I should have been able to put my hands on.  With the majority of our family having to eat gluten free, having a bread mix is a blessing and something that I had put off doing.  It makes throwing together a loaf of bread so easy!!

I was doing my late evening internet surfing on the computer…winding down from a stressful day and I spied the computer clock out of the corner of my eye….it was 11:11…..a time that has been haunting me for the past three months.  It’s there, ready to capture my eyes and thoughts twice a day and I see it, as regular as clockwork.  Recticular activating system??  Do I see it because I EXPECT to see it and my brain and body with built in clock remind me of that time or is there a mystical reason behind it, signalling a time for change in my life??  I’m not sure…..but I like the question!

We finally have spring in Edmonton….the sun is shining and it is a beautiful day.

Sometimes the catalyst for change in our life is a word spoken lightly by a friend, sometimes it is an action or cataclysmic event that we did not see coming.  We can be strolling through the local grocery store and a song from the past catches our ear and we think “What if?”. 

The magic comes when we recognize the change that happens in that millisecond.  It is the moment in time when we change paths…..when we make u-turns, take the road less travelled, or create our own roads.  The change can be as subtle as a whisper in our minds or as heavy handed as being hit by a sledge hammer.