um so yeah

Not doing much on the allergies. There was no way I was going to try to figure this out going into Thanksgiving. Not because of turkey day itself, more for the fact my very cool inlaws were coming into town. Surely they won't mind you say. No they won't, not in the least. It's more for the fact that we eat well. Very well. Too well.

Friday we picked up Red's Mom and started at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma. Where we watched them make the most amazing and huge (36" dia) ornament. Red and I actually watched from above the workshop space. You could feel the heat from the glass and furnaces. I think I found a craft that I won't get cold in.

We split the party after an amazing dinner at the Lobster Shop, where Mom and I headed to Anacortes to check in for the evening. The Mr would be bringing up him and his dad later that evening. Saturday the party woke up bright and squirrelly to catch the daily fairy to Vancouver Island. Yes in Canada.

After an amazingly scenic ferry ride, a quick dropping of our bags at the condo we were staying at, then lunch at Superior Cafe recommended by my brain partner, (seriously the food is divine). Took a we bit of a stroll where we met Sammy the local Harbour Seal. Anytime you'd walk near the smoked salmon shack he'd pop his head out of the water and give you the puppy (okay seal) eyes. It didn't work. I'm immune. But it was a great photo opp. We then decided that the drippy and wet day would be oh so much better with a nap. Yeah nap.

For dinner we took the rents to their first sushi outing. Which meant I was ordering for the table. They had Toro for way cheaper than I've ever seen. Needless to say I ordered some.

Saturday we woke and went for a drive out into the countryside for a few of the Pacific Ocean and the Olympic Mountains. Have I said how much I love this area. I felt at home in the trees and the water.

After our drive we had lunch at the Empress. Followed by us wandering down to the water to buy a few live crabs. Did I say they were live and didn't have their claws bound? We put them to sleep (in the fridge) after we got back to the condo, while Dad and I head to the store for fixings.

Let's just say crabs are exciting to cook. That likely makes me a horrible person. But they are tasty and tasty won in this case.

Okay enough for now - I need sleep.

Food Allergies - wtf man

My allergy report came back. Which is going to have an impact on my diet. We've been trying to nail down why my system is all over the place and I haven't been able to get back to an even keel. These all showed as the “not immediate reaction.”

Right now we're going to tackle the High/Moderate and then perhaps the Low reaction foods (but due to the numbers maybe sooner rather than later). Which means an elimination diet.

Thankfully absent from the list: Dairy, meat/fowl/fish most fruits & veggies, and wheat. So then what’s the list:

Highly Reactive:
Cayenne Pepper
Horseradish
Nutmeg
Pysllium seed
Vanilla

Well with the exception of the pysllium seed I love the other highly reactive foods. Vanilla is in just about everything. And we use nutmeg/cayenne often. Horseradish = wasabi which um hello sushi lover here.

Moderate Reactive
Coffee
Yeast, Bakers
Blueberries
Sesame
Curry
Ginger
Pepper, Black
Aloe Vera
Dong Quai
Licorice
Valerian
Mung Bean Sprouts

So the coffee is no lose as I find it horrible, but the bakers yeast = bread. Then we start seeing the spices. I like spices but it appears we don’t get along.

Low Reactive (but still some reaction, not no reaction)
Eggs (yes both whites and yolks)
Almonds (just barely low)
Cinnamon (just barely low)
Cumin Seed
Paprika
Parsley
Thyme (just barely low)
Astragualus
Chamomile
Dandelion
Ginseng, Siberian (just barely low)
Goldenseal
Gymnemia
Milk Thistle
Saw Palmetto
Spirulina
Wild Yam
Cantaloupe
Chili Pepper
Millet
Navy Bean
Watermelon

See more spices! So here’s where I get to go thru all my vitamins because I know most of those things are in there somewhere. Of course I get to figure what some of those things are.

Grocery shopping and going out to eat should be fun.

Business travel isn't always fun

So despite the nice flight to the the east coast, the rest of the trip was long, hard and I came home sick. Didn't see much of Buffalo itself, but did see Niagara Falls (the US side). I should have gone over to the canadian side but I was the only one in our group who actually brought my passport. Monday I first noticed my sinuses giving me issue. That and my face broke out horribly. Yeah.

Flew back to Newark on Wenesday. Which means no playing in the city for me. Bummer. Sinuses were in full revolt. Thankfully I'd brought sudafed. Which while makes my sinuses empty they make me dehydrated. Friday I get to fly home (which at noon was looking unlikly - but yeah boss man said come home). Flight was only delayed an hourish. By only I do mean only.

But coming home I get loving from Red and from my kitties. I'm happily sitting on the couch, my sinuses all wonky, feeling like crap with both my kitties snuggled up next to me, including fluff the not snuggler is snuggling up next to me. Life is good.

Upgraded

Wohoo - upgraded on the first leg of my business trip! It's also the longest leg of the trip.

Although my phone didn't fall back this morning but the computer and Red's alarm clock did.

less obnoxious, still crappy

Yeah - the yippy dog people moved out. We share an entry way with four apartments. Anytime someone walked into the entry way chewbacca the yippy dog would yip and yip and yip. And since these apartments suck and you can hear pretty much anything we'd hear the dog.

Yesterday I noticed s yippy dog's apartment was empty.

It's almost pleasant. Snerk.

Now if only we could get the people to start parking correctly. Ain't going to happen.

Snore

Mr. Red is feeling sickly so he went to bed way early. I can hear him snoring from the bedroom. Poor guy.

And of course Biscuit - the orange cat, is currently snuggled up half on my lap, half on the couch. Yes he's snoring too.

I'm trying to decided which is more pathetic and cute. The tucked head under paws may just win out over Mr. Red.

woo hoo Business Trip

Sunday I get to fly off to Niagara Falls, NY then midweek back to NJ. Fly home friday. No NYC trip this time. Booo!

Lucky me!

Then I hear the leftover part of Hurricane Noel is supposed to dump lots of rain this weekend in New England/New York, I'm flying thru Newark - crap. And there is a potential for snow in Niagara Falls. Regardless it's going to be cold (well okay cold to me in the 30's). I do not like being cold. Ever. Not my thing.

But hey - King bed all to myself.