Gluten is the devil

Thank ya'll so much for your input in the Great Camera Strap Vote of 2013! I officially decided on the aqua blue with tiny white polka dots - with Dan's help, of course! So yay for this amazing Etsy shop! Lori from See Lori Sew's Etsy shop is seriously the best, and I haven't even personally corresponded with her, I just think her straps are such good quality (from the pictures I've seen),
and right now they're only $23 with free shipping!!!


On another, more painful note: Dan and I had lunch at the Corner Bakery in Long Beach and apparently as my intestine and stomach have told me: there was gluten in my chili and I had the most hardcore absolute worst gluten attack of my entire life, so I'm not sure if my gluten intolerance is getting worse as I get older, or... nope, that's the only thing I can come up with. So, I was on the toilet (TMI? Go ahead and click out of my blog. I'm pretty detailed and personal here) tearing at my stomach, screaming and moaning in pain, trying to decide whether it was necessary to go to the ER or not to get my stomach pumped. Just when I had told Dan that that's what I had decided, I figured I'd try to throw up one more time - and praise God I did, because four or five more times of up-chucking and I could just lie down and rest it out.

About that up-chucking: for some reason I have a really hard time with my gag reflex so after shoving my toothbrush down my throat to no avail, Dan - out of pure love and selflessness - shoves his finger in my throat to help me throw up and it succeeded! Oh, but it meant that I had to throw up all over his hand, into the toilet... and he did this for me two or three more times!
Seriously, that man, he is my number one Valentine and my best friend ever.

Oh! I also forgot to mention that last week, Dan and I tried to adopt two Yorkie-Pekingese mixes - a brother and a sister - Fred and Ginger (we called her Ginny) but when they came to us, they were much much bigger than we expected and it was just too much for our tiny space, which turned out to be a real bummer, but also has shown Dan and I if we're as ready as we think we are for pups! Which, turns out, we basically are except not as much for two as we are as one. Anyway, they stayed the night and stayed until I came home from work the following day and then I worked it out so they could get picked up that evening. Hoping and praying those two cuties will find a happy and healthy home!

How was your weekend?

PS. Never eating gluten again, ever. I stated with Dan and God as my witnesses that I vow to never ingest gluten on purpose ever again, as long as I live. Girl scout cookies? Sorry, need to make my own so I can guarantee they'll be gluten-free. Pasta? Meh, I don't need those carbs anyway. DONUTS?! Well, I'll miss you, but getting my stomach pumped every time I want to taste you is just. not. worth. it.