Connie, sounds like you need a stylist familiar with texturizing scissors.

Thanks, y'all. Just noticed - there is a definite dip in my kitchen floor. The fridge and stove lean towards each other noticeably. Hee.

Considering I do a major hair cut only once a year, I really ought to do more than just duck into Great Clips. But I have no clue how to find a good stylist. I don't know anyone locally who worries much about their hair.

Connie, keep your eyes peeled until you see a person with hair of your texture who has a haircut you like. This may take months, but just keep it in the very back of your mind. When you see this person, immediately accost them and ask them where they get their hair cut. They will be happy to tell you (you are, after all, showing respect for their ability to choose a stylist). Then, bob's your uncle.

Then, bob's your uncle.

If it's a bob you want, of course.

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So I' thinking of going mostly gluten free in the house. Who has recs for good gluten free pasta and bread?

Aims, the best gluten-free pasta I've had (and I've had quite a few) is DeBoles' *corn* pasta. (This is important, because DeBoles also makes a quinoa pasta and a rice pasta.) Their corn pasta has a great texture, and the taste is pretty dang good. Most rice pasta is insanely mooshy and gluey.

EXCEPT...Tinkyada's rice lasagna noodles (specifically the lasagna) are awesome and you can make crockpot lasagna with them. The kind where you don't need to pre-cook the noodles.

As for bread, the only one that's worth eating is Udi's. All other gluten-free bread is dense and there's no point to even trying to make a sandwich out of it. Udi's makes bagels too, halle-fricking-lujah.

The lady over at A Year of Slow Cooking does gluten free, and lists a bunch of her favorite foods in various recipes.

Also check out Gluten-Free on a Shoestring. Gluten-free without having to sell a kidney to buy gluten-free products.

Thank you so much! I'm trying to see if going (mostly) gluten free will help with Em's ADHD stuff. She's mostly doing great through meds, and we avoid sugar and red-dye (mostly due to her not liking candy or anything but milk and water), but I'd like to try phasing out gluten.

So, we went to our first ultrasound appointment today, and everything looks fine. Yay! And the baby looks like a baby! Still too early to tell anything about sex, but it started kicking while we were watching, which was just the most satisfying thing.

I somehow made it through 4 hours at work today. 3 more days of this and I get tested for mono.

I will be unhappy if it's mono, as I haven't swapped spit with anyone other than Mal and the DH, and neither of them have it.