Getting Fatter & Celiac Group

"Marriage makes you fatter", is the most common bit of wisdom that was given to me before Ben and I got married. I have to be honest - I thought it was an old wives tale. But of course I was proven horribly wrong. I have noticed that Ben and I both have gained weight, not a massive amount or anything, but just enough to notice. My mom keeps telling me that it is a good thing that I gained weight because she said that I looked too skinny for awhile. TOO SKINNY? I was at a weight that I was actually happy with, I didn't think I was TOO SKINNY. Anyway, Ben and I have both noticed and kept saying that we were gonna start walking again (when we were dating all we did was go for 1 hour long walks). But everytime I thought about walking it was too cold (like -35) or Ben didn't feel like it. So I took matters into my own hands, I (key word here is I) started going to aquacise! My friend and I decided to start going and have been doing it for 3 weeks now and to my amazement I love it! I don't think that we get as good of a workout as if we were going to the gym, but hey something is better than nothing and besides aquacise is a lot more fun, plus I don't hate going. The only problem is that it is only 2 days a week, so I am hoping to get Ben off of the couch and lane swimming with me the other nights, so wish me luck!

Celiac Group

After much encouragement, I decided to try and start a group for anybody who has or knows somebody with Celiac Disease or Gluten Intolerance. I booked a room at the library and put up flyers all around town, then told people I knew hoping that word would get around. I really didn't think that anybody would actually show up, so I asked my mom to come as well as my sister in-law, Juniper (who also has a problem with Gluten). So at 6:30 - me, mom, and Juniper headed to the library to set up and get ready for the meeting (which started at 7). We only had to wait a few minutes until someone showed up, then a few minutes later another 3 people, then right at 7 one more person. So we had a total of 8 people show up (including me, mom, and Juniper) and we had 2 people call and say that they really wanted to come but they couldn't make it that night. So once again life has proven me wrong....people are interested. As a group we all decided to keep these meetings going and are going to advertise a little more as we all know more celiac's in town. I am really excited about this cause I can't wait to swap recipes and most of to EAT.