May is celiac awareness month

may is a very important month to me. Not only is it my muffins birthday but it's also celiac awareness month. Being diagnosed with celiac changed my life. Not only because I have to eat gluten free but because I was sick my whole life. I done remember not being sick or food not making me horribly ill. What a lot of people don't know is that some people don't have any symptoms with celiac and other people like me who don't have just the stomach issues but have a lot of the other issues with skin, memory and many many more. The only treatment for celiac disease is a gluten free diet and not as simple as just not eating bread gluten is hidden in many places from dental floss, make up, sauces and salad dressings to name a few. You have to be careful and read labels of everything. Not even just that you need to worry about cross contamination and one crumb can make someone like me sick for days. Not only that it also causes damage to the body. Untreated celiac disease is actually very serious and getting contaminated or not eating gluten free can lead to a lot more health issues. Please try and be understanding. Its hard enough with out people making fun of us of acting like we are being to dramatic about it. If we say we can't eat it cause it was on a plate with gluten items. We know our body and disease better then anyone else. Don't tell us it will be fine and pressure us to still eat it and make us feel bad. It's hard enough to eat out with the worry of what if we get glutened being embarrassed, having to defend our self or made fun of all adds a lot more stress and anxiety. Please take time to listen and understand. And if you want to be supportive doing research and reading up on a condition a friend or loved one has is one of the best things you can do.

Re reading Harry potter

I decided last month that I wanted to re read Harry Potter so that I could finally get around to reading the last 2 books which I never had a chance to read. Those books have been looking at me for to long. I'm so happy I decided to re read them. I am enjoying them so much and feel like I am at hogwarts her writing definitely builds the world that is so magical and you feel like you are apart of it. I can't put the books down. As soon as I finish one I pick up the next no thought. Another book isn't a choice I need to finish this series.
Have you read Harry Potter? Did you like it? Have you re read it? What series do you love to re read?
I was afraid that I would end up in a reading slump after finishing the series but I haven't. I'm actually on a good reading stretch which is great after being in a reading slump over the winter.

Spring cleaning #2

spring cleaning is still under way at our house. We are doing a huge clean. If we haven't used it in the past year or 2 it's donated or sold. We have sold quite a bit online so far and anything that remains we will have a garage sale if we have a decent amount or we will donate it. It feels so good to do a huge clean sweep. We don't need physical things to make us happy. Holding onto things for the sake of just having things is silly. Someone else could be getting use out of it instead of it sitting in your closet gathering dust. The house has a lot of freed up space. Keep in mind we haven't even filled all our closets and cabinets lol. But it was just getting to be to much. The house is feeling a lot better and more open. Besides the spare room which is holding all the stuff we are selling and donating. Lol that room is a mess you can't sit on the bed and most of the floor is covered. But it's slowly going down as we are selling things off.