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[Pax]

I tried to plant my herb garden today but the soil was mostly clumps of mud. I hope the three more dry days we're supposed to have actually happen, maybe the soil will dry enough give it a go.

[Tuckervill]

I spent all day relocating 110 yo bricks that were once a walkway to the old smokehouse. They are now forming a border on the left front of my house, guarding the azaleas. Hopefully, I can keep the dogs from digging under there again. The bricks look great and will look much better after the sand sifts its way in.

Karen

[Lise]

Great birth stories! I love the one about frantic flying down the road and screaming in the elevator and .... the baby wasn't born until hours later. I see a lot of my job as just calming every one down during labor and birth. The nurses know that I won't tolerate yelling during birth--no counting to 10 at the top of their lungs, etc. I was at a labor recently where 4 women (mom, mom-in-law, and two friends) were in the room and all fussing at each other. They all had to leave the room while my lady was getting an epidural, and when she was comfy, I said, "Who do you want to be in the room with you?" She was too afraid of pissing anyone off to tell me to kick anybody out. So I went out in the hall and held a confab. I said, "All of you are welcome to be at the birth if you can all be quiet, peaceful, and gentle." They agreed, and it went well.

When I was born, all babies were "held" (hostage?) in the nursery for 24 hr after birth, and kept "NPO" (nothing by mouth). I feel this seriously damaged my brain (going 24 hr without food when you're a newborn? I don't go more that 2 hr without food now! ) I'm planning to sue the hospital. It's now owned by the same health care conglomerate which employs me, so this may not be the best plan...but maybe evidence of brain damage...

[OakLeaf]

Glucose is a sugar, not a wheat product. Gluten comes from grains such as wheat, corn, rice.

But medical grade glucose usually comes from corn and may have trace corn proteins. Which is as likely as wheat to sensitize an infant.

(And neither corn nor rice has gluten... )

[crazycanuck]

I love singletrack in the mornings ahhhh. Better yet, getting the lines right on bits that i've mucked up on before.

Ahhhh

My dear will be home tonight

[Zen]

Ah, SNL with JT and Sandler..."this is the second best idea that we've ever had"

[crazycanuck]

Here's a website you may or may not wish to visit..

http://hospitalfood.tumblr.com/

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

But medical grade glucose usually comes from corn and may have trace corn proteins. Which is as likely as wheat to sensitize an infant.

(And neither corn nor rice has gluten... )

I was tryin gto find where they make glucose from. I thought glucose was an end product sugar from digesting things like starches and grains?

How come some of my cat foods have 'rice gluten' and 'corn gluten' listed in the ingredients?

[OakLeaf]

I was tryin gto find where they make glucose from. I thought glucose was an end product sugar from digesting things like starches and grains?

True, but the refining process still leaves trace proteins. Not a problem for most people, but if you have a corn allergy and you're administered glucose when you're weak from major trauma or illness, it could be a problem. At least according to my allergist.

How come some of my cat foods have 'rice gluten' and 'corn gluten' listed in the ingredients?

From Wikipedia:

Gluten is a composite of the proteins gliadin and glutenin. These exist, conjoined with starch, in the endosperms of some grass-related grains, notably wheat, rye, and barley. Gliadin and glutenin compose about 80% of the protein contained in wheat seed....

The seeds of most flowering plants have endosperms with stored protein to nourish embryonic plants during germination, but true gluten, with gliadin and glutenin, is limited to certain members of the grass family. The stored proteins of maize and rice are sometimes called glutens, but their proteins differ from wheat gluten by lacking gliadin.

When someone describes herself as being "gluten intolerant," that's what she's referring to. "Gluten-free" grain products are typically made with corn and/or rice.

I didn't know corn gluten had any application besides being a weed killer though...

[Lise]

This has been a verrry long quiet spell for TD...

Do any of you use Bach flower remedies? I've started using them more and more, and invested some $$ this week, increasing my # of remedies...I don't know if it's worthwhile, or just indulging my tendency to magical thinking. If I put two drops of "I Will Remain Calm Though You're Driving Me Nuts" in my water bottle, then I can get through the staff meeting...

Anybody else use 'em?

[crazycanuck]

Lise, if you contact LBTC she might. I hope The lovely T will come back.

I have a new crankset & think i may have just found some muscles that haven't been used in many moons...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I saw a fox standing at the end of our driveway tonight, long and low...bathed in light from the street lamp. He walked a few steps....beautiful. I turned my head for one second to quietly call DH over to the window....and like a phantom, he was gone.

[NbyNW]

I am in Portland (OR) for a "Bike Boulevard Fundamentals" class. We found a dog-friendly hotel so that DH and new doggy (Gordy!) can join me tomorrow night. This is my first dog, so I had no idea that hotels did this kind of thing: they have set up a little bed for him, food and water bowls, bottled water, treats, a new toy, a copy of Fido magazine, and a little menu of meals and local pet services they can set up for him.

I had assumed we would need to bring all his own stuff, like people have to pack up when they have small children.

I can't wait until tomorrow night! It will be Gordy's first night away from home since he's been with us, about 2.5 weeks. I hope he likes the setup.

[Crankin]

I am done with my first year of my 3 year master's program! So happy to have the summer off, with nothing more to do other than think about what kind of exercise I am going to each day.
I have learned so much. And worked so much harder than when I got my first master's, in the late seventies.

[NbyNW]

Congrats, Crankin! Enjoy your break.