They got my message (I ordered online) and delivered appropriately since I am not home when boxes get delivered. This made me happy because often times these little things get missed or companies don't "go through" with this type of thing.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
another fun box...
I used the gift certificate my friend gave me for The Gluten Free Mall. It was SO much fun to peruse through the website and order some fun items. I posted the list before.
They got my message (I ordered online) and delivered appropriately since I am not home when boxes get delivered. This made me happy because often times these little things get missed or companies don't "go through" with this type of thing.
Here is what I got. I'm not going to tell you how much the gift certificate was for but it was OVER the top. Thanks friend!!! When I looked back at the picture I thought it was silly that it looked like so little for the huge gift that it really is. I am extremely appreciative that I have such nice friends and family who have helped me with all of this when the gluten free foods are so expensive. You don't know how much joy it brought me to come home to that box and how fun it will be to open each new item.
They got my message (I ordered online) and delivered appropriately since I am not home when boxes get delivered. This made me happy because often times these little things get missed or companies don't "go through" with this type of thing.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Waiting for delivery...
Dear Colleen,
Thank you for the:
You are such a good friend.
I hope when I see you next I can share a gf cookie or 2 with you!
Love,
Me
Thank you for the:
- Snyders GF Pretzels x 2
- Dr. Schar vanilla sandwich cookies
- Pastato Panda Potato GF mac n cheese
- Dr. Schar Spaghetti
- Pastariso Lasanga
- Grainless Baker GF Stuffing
- Dr. Schar GF Crispbread (Fancy crackers)
- Glutenfreeda Variety Pack of GF Oatmeal
- Dr. Schar Chocolate Dipped GF Cookies
- Wellaby's Classic Cheese GF Crackers
You are such a good friend.
I hope when I see you next I can share a gf cookie or 2 with you!
Love,
Me
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
All that gluten free stuff...
Hi,
How are you? I am fine.
Love, Raina
That is how I used to start out every snail-mail letter I wrote growing up! I think it's funny that I was always "fine". But just wanting to let you know that tonight I am just fine too. I haven't updated on gluten free stuff so here goes.
Over the weekend I went out to dinner with my parents. Plans changed at the last minute and on the way to the restaurant I announced "I'm doing exactly what the books tell you not to". I went out without researching the restaurant because that is the part that changed. I didn't call ahead or check online to see if they had anything gluten free. I also went out without eating (only a banana). BUT! It went well. The waiter came out to tell me that what I had ordered did in fact contain gluten so we switched my order and wa-la! No sick tummy the next day.
My friend sent me a box of gluten free goodies yesterday. All the way fro MO. What a friend. What a surprise after a 10 hour work day. It had a cookie mix, cake mix, soup, a pancake/baking mix etc etc etc. So special. Thanks Lynne!!!
2 weekends ago I travelled to Minnesota. My sister and mom really did a good job helping me fit right in at all the meals. The hardest part was watching them eat the dinner roll. But other then that-I was made to feel such a priority with my gf-ness. Thanks guys! On the way home we stopped at Subway and I had a salad. It was yummy.
Today I got sick 15 minutes after eating my lunch. At work we had an in-service and lunch was provided and it was gluten free. They said it was gluten free. This has not really happened to me-within 15 minutes I was sick. Strange.
Success with the Tinkyada pasta. But it takes a long time to cook. Last night after my pot of pasta was boiling and Andy/Elis was just getting started...I noticed that the spaghetti sauce said "wheat" on the label. Annoying. If I had a garden year round and it wasn't already verging on 5:30 and Eli needing to be snoozing by 6:30 I would love to have had the energy (after a 10 hour work day) to make my own sauce. RIGHT? Oh well. So I took out another pan and had 2 sauces cookin' too. Then I had to switch out a pan so I could steam the cauliflower. It turned out great. But then I had to do the dishes because our dishwasher is broken. Spaghetti being one of my favorite meals was giggling at me while I cursed all the dirty dishes I had to wash.
Andy, Eli and I went to a new gf store this weekend. It was small but cute. I accidentally picked the wrong frozen pizza crust to try but I already baked one and it tasted delish! Lucked out. While in the store, a mom was helping her (maybe) 12 year old son pick out his gluten free goodies. I wanted to stare and watch like I was at the zoo. She asked "Do you want bagels? What shape pasta do you want? Have you had these before?" and he would quietly reach into the freezer for chicken fingers or something. Wow. Just so interesting to me.
hmmm....what else? I think that's about all for right now. Thanks for listening.
How are you? I am fine.
Love, Raina
That is how I used to start out every snail-mail letter I wrote growing up! I think it's funny that I was always "fine". But just wanting to let you know that tonight I am just fine too. I haven't updated on gluten free stuff so here goes.
Over the weekend I went out to dinner with my parents. Plans changed at the last minute and on the way to the restaurant I announced "I'm doing exactly what the books tell you not to". I went out without researching the restaurant because that is the part that changed. I didn't call ahead or check online to see if they had anything gluten free. I also went out without eating (only a banana). BUT! It went well. The waiter came out to tell me that what I had ordered did in fact contain gluten so we switched my order and wa-la! No sick tummy the next day.
My friend sent me a box of gluten free goodies yesterday. All the way fro MO. What a friend. What a surprise after a 10 hour work day. It had a cookie mix, cake mix, soup, a pancake/baking mix etc etc etc. So special. Thanks Lynne!!!
2 weekends ago I travelled to Minnesota. My sister and mom really did a good job helping me fit right in at all the meals. The hardest part was watching them eat the dinner roll. But other then that-I was made to feel such a priority with my gf-ness. Thanks guys! On the way home we stopped at Subway and I had a salad. It was yummy.
Today I got sick 15 minutes after eating my lunch. At work we had an in-service and lunch was provided and it was gluten free. They said it was gluten free. This has not really happened to me-within 15 minutes I was sick. Strange.
Success with the Tinkyada pasta. But it takes a long time to cook. Last night after my pot of pasta was boiling and Andy/Elis was just getting started...I noticed that the spaghetti sauce said "wheat" on the label. Annoying. If I had a garden year round and it wasn't already verging on 5:30 and Eli needing to be snoozing by 6:30 I would love to have had the energy (after a 10 hour work day) to make my own sauce. RIGHT? Oh well. So I took out another pan and had 2 sauces cookin' too. Then I had to switch out a pan so I could steam the cauliflower. It turned out great. But then I had to do the dishes because our dishwasher is broken. Spaghetti being one of my favorite meals was giggling at me while I cursed all the dirty dishes I had to wash.
Andy, Eli and I went to a new gf store this weekend. It was small but cute. I accidentally picked the wrong frozen pizza crust to try but I already baked one and it tasted delish! Lucked out. While in the store, a mom was helping her (maybe) 12 year old son pick out his gluten free goodies. I wanted to stare and watch like I was at the zoo. She asked "Do you want bagels? What shape pasta do you want? Have you had these before?" and he would quietly reach into the freezer for chicken fingers or something. Wow. Just so interesting to me.
hmmm....what else? I think that's about all for right now. Thanks for listening.
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