Gluten Free

How This All Started...........

My blood pressure was elevated.  Off and on over the last few year since my last birthday my blood pressure has been up on a regular basis.  I started working with a health coach and eliminated a lot of food from my diet.  Food like, bread, sandwich meat, chips, crackers, steak.  I added more chicken, salad and fruit.  I noticed major changes right away.  I felt great and my blood pressure went down.  Then I started working on the weight, I added yoga.  I totally love YOGA!!!!!! 

The weight didn't come off, I started having stomach problems and read about gluten free on the Dr. Oz website.  I started adding gluten free food here and there and by December 2012 I had my energy back.

Speed forward to March 2013 - our entire family is going gluten free.  Not kidding.  I have been reading a lot of articles ADHD and gluten intolderance.  Its scary what we are eating and what it is doing to us.    

Chicken update

Our chickens are doing great.  We have learned so much about them, how to take care of them.  We have also learned that they are pretty amazing.

The chickens are in the background, this month they are 1 year old, March 2013. 

We have been having coyote and hawk problems lately so our free range chickens are not getting out of their play yard too much.

Chickens

We added 5 baby chicks to our family in March of 2012.  We ordered them through the mail to make sure that we would receive 5 hens.  When the box arrived at the post office I went to pick them up.  The chicks were very cold and one of the chicks did not seem like she would make it, she was so small.  The other chicks would push her out of the way and not allow her to get any water at first and then later they would not let her get anywhere near the food. 

Our New Home

We are at a stand still on unpacking. We need to paint before we can really do anything else.

The kitchen and part of the dining room have been painted. The kids rooms are painted. Now the rest of the house.

I hope to be done by the Summer.