Thanks, Kat. That reads much better than what I had.

Can you have deathmatches of project plans?

Oh, god, I wish. I inherited so many, and I can't work out why. The one that scares me the most, that might be authoritative, has 750 lines, and I'm not sure what they mean. But today I will crack the bastard.

you challenged me ?!?!?

You called Riley a golden retriever. I thought that was too kind. Colin was a golden retriever. I stand by my position.

Okay, I've been at the coffee shop for three hours and my battery is dying, but I don't want to go home. My MIL is there and while she's been a really easy guest, I really like to be left alone when I'm working from home. But it feels rude to go upstairs and shut the door or otherwise ignore her.

As I recall, this is the problem with going off a lot of types of foods, and the risk of any kind of elimination diet.

I thought I heard/read that it's suspected that could be part of the problem with so many more children being diagnosed with food allergies. That things routinely fed to them years ago aren't now, until they're a few years old.

No idea if that's true. The only thing we ever waited on was eggs and peanut butter, until they passed the year mark.

Speaking of food, I never have recipes to share, but I do today. we broke in our new gas grill (DH's birthday present) last night. Bro-in-law, who's a chef, made a great side dish. He grilled red peppers, red onions and mushrooms and then chopped them up and mixed them with cous cous he'd already made and added fresh rosemary into the mix. OMG so good and so simple. The rosemary made all the diff and it's not a spice I would think of for that kind of mixture. And there were leftovers I can have tonight!

I do not think of Colin as a golden retriever, but then I have never met him, so I am basing that off of performances only. It is too kind of a description for Riley though, so you were half right.

Colin used to be a golden retriever. Thankfully he's grown out of it now, but he still knows how to turn it on to work a crowd.

And, yeah, totally right about Riley. HALLOO.

Huh. Sophia just delurked. And I still don't know how a deathmatch works. Hmmph. Let me get my project plan off the printer.

ABC upfronts: [link]

And my Dad never had problems with lactose until he went off milk when he was on Atkins.

I drank heavy cream when I was on Atkins, did he give up milk products entirely?

You might be victim to that thing (ask bon for details) where when you get off gluten, gluten is mean to you when you try it again. It's why I'm never going off

Maybe. But it's not the gluten that causes the bloated feeling. I get it with potatos and rice too.

It makes sense, because staples are staples because they were high calorie (like carbs) and because they make you feel full. But it's not that long term agreeable.

Now cheese? Never giving that up even though I know that it too makes me feel bloated. But cheese is worth it.