One of the very few snow days this winter
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
GAPS Diet
We have started the Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS Diet) by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride. This diet allows the gut lining to heal, restores the correct balance of intestinal bacteria, and relieves the body of an excessive toxic load which helps to resolve an existing imbalance and prevents further damage. I began reading this book back in November and only finished it at the end of December. It was a little overwhelming at times because it is bringing a lot of changes to way we prepare our food.
Basically the diet is what I like to refer to as "old-school" cooking, the way your Mom or Grandma used to cook. The diet is based around meat and bone stock (from poultry, beef, and fish). For instance I take a whole chicken and cook it in the crock pot. Take the meat off the bone and put the bones back in the crock pot with some fresh water and get some more stock out of it. Another big part of the diet is fermented vegetables. I have my first mason jar of sauerkraut fermenting in the closet. The downside to the new diet is that I had to cut out fruit from Kevin's diet (until we reach a certain stage in the diet) but the upside to the new diet is that Kevin gets to have meat, meat, and more meat...which he loves. So now he can have meat snacks instead of fruit.
So to start out, I had made and frozen Thanksgiving turkey soup before Christmas and got that out of the freezer to have at the beginning of the New Year. Just by adding in the stock to Kevin's diet he had BM's for an entire week (with no suppositories). The following week I added in beef bone marrow. He stopped having BM's and he became lethargic and crabby. I immediately thought that this was due to the beef of the bone marrow because Kevin has not had beef in years. We knew he was sensitive to beef and have been buying bison meat for him for years at a local market. The following weekend I went to the indoor farmers market, where I was able to buy whole stew hens (with feet!) and I also found a bison farmer. I realized that I had been buying this bison farmer's meat for years through the local market and he is able to supply me with bison bones to get the bone marrow. This past weekend we went out to his bison farm (about 30 minutes from our house) and bought our bones and some more meat. We had some snow the night before and the bison looked beautiful against the white snow. He has about 400 acres of land and over 250 bison. He was very friendly and gave us a tour of the farm, although we weren't exactly dressed for the chilly tour around the farm, we enjoyed it.
Basically the diet is what I like to refer to as "old-school" cooking, the way your Mom or Grandma used to cook. The diet is based around meat and bone stock (from poultry, beef, and fish). For instance I take a whole chicken and cook it in the crock pot. Take the meat off the bone and put the bones back in the crock pot with some fresh water and get some more stock out of it. Another big part of the diet is fermented vegetables. I have my first mason jar of sauerkraut fermenting in the closet. The downside to the new diet is that I had to cut out fruit from Kevin's diet (until we reach a certain stage in the diet) but the upside to the new diet is that Kevin gets to have meat, meat, and more meat...which he loves. So now he can have meat snacks instead of fruit.
So to start out, I had made and frozen Thanksgiving turkey soup before Christmas and got that out of the freezer to have at the beginning of the New Year. Just by adding in the stock to Kevin's diet he had BM's for an entire week (with no suppositories). The following week I added in beef bone marrow. He stopped having BM's and he became lethargic and crabby. I immediately thought that this was due to the beef of the bone marrow because Kevin has not had beef in years. We knew he was sensitive to beef and have been buying bison meat for him for years at a local market. The following weekend I went to the indoor farmers market, where I was able to buy whole stew hens (with feet!) and I also found a bison farmer. I realized that I had been buying this bison farmer's meat for years through the local market and he is able to supply me with bison bones to get the bone marrow. This past weekend we went out to his bison farm (about 30 minutes from our house) and bought our bones and some more meat. We had some snow the night before and the bison looked beautiful against the white snow. He has about 400 acres of land and over 250 bison. He was very friendly and gave us a tour of the farm, although we weren't exactly dressed for the chilly tour around the farm, we enjoyed it.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Christmas 2011
BLACK & GOLD Christmas Eve
Christmas morning with Thomas & Mickey
Lionel Train Display at Grandma & Grandpa's
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Merry Christmas & Blessings for the New Year
In 20-ELEVEN
KEVIN turned SEVEN and was a little slice of HEAVEN
Kevin has delighted us with his charm, toothless smiles, and chuckles this year. We each found a way to have a little playtime this year. Jon played in a golf league, Karen discovered a passion for yoga, and Kevin loves anything Thomas the Train. We also took advantage of the extra freedom this year and did some traveling, while Kevin got to spend extra special time with both Grandparents this year. In May, Jon and Karen went to Las Vegas. In July, we all met the Golembiewski's for a family vacation at Salt Fork State Park. We cheered the Steelers on in their first home game this season. In October, Jon and Karen spent a weekend in Hocking Hills to celebrate meeting each other 20 years ago as freshman, Homecoming Weekend at Ohio University. And I guess you could count our six trips to Philly/NJ this year as well.
We hope this year has been good to you too!
All I want is my two front teeth
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