Allergy season

Little precious & are are suffering big time with this allergy season. Last night he was itching all over. I gave him medicine & it didn't seem to help. I gave him another type & it didn't seem to help. I felt so helpless. I think I will get him allergy tested when school is out in a few weeks.
I can't figure out what is breaking him out.
I'm having a hard time too this allergy season. The medications I have aren't doing much if anything. UGH!!
G is fighting the pain battle. His new Dr. keeps switching medication but nothing seems to help.
I think G is does well with not being frustrated.

I had a great Mother's Day. I have a beautiful handmade necklace & card. The card is the best.
I'll get a photo uploaded soon.

NSD

I didn't spend national scrapbook day scrapping or anything related. I did spend most of the day Sunday in my scraproom. I rearranged some of my cubes. I labeled drawers, rearranged drawers. I made punches & embossing samples for my board. I have a large framed cork board close to my desk. I'm putting samples of items I want to use more. For example I have an example of my embossing folders & some of my punches. I do have a smaller portable book with these items that I made so I didn't make a double purchase. It is in the car most of the time so I can take a peak or take it into a store. It was fun to be a little creative.

I spent most of Saturday online researching wheat free, soy free recipes & making a shopping list. I have so many allergies; I have to thoroughly find out what is in most items, where they come from, what food family they belong too. Fun stuff. I just wish I was getting better. I'm sure I am, I just don't feel like it. I have to keep hanging in there & going in the right direction.
I'm doing the same thing on my weight loss journey. I do think I'm losing weight because I'm naturally eating less carbs. I skip the bread & gravy always. I haven't found a sandwich place yet that has wf/gf bread. So I'm eating more salads. Hopefully I'm getting healthier. That's the goal anyway.

pay it forward

My car wouldn't start when I came out of the store last night. I was buying a birthday gift.
This month I have 2 birthdays, 2 anniversary, 1 wedding, & 1 house warming gift to buy.
I was trying to be proactive & do something early. I still needed to grocery shop last night.
My car had other plans. I waited on G for almost an hour. He couldn't get it started so we
had to have it towed. We waited on the tow truck guy for almost an hour.
I was shocked that no one offered to help me while I waited on my husband. I stood outside & left the hood up. We were in G's truck, waiting on the tow truck & a woman came to the window
& asked if we were OK. I said yes we are waiting on a tow truck. She said maybe this will help
& tried to hand me money. I said oh Thank you but no thank you & handed it back. She dropped it on my lap & ran off saying just pay it forward. I'm not sure how much the car repairs
will cost but it excited me that a total stranger wanted to help. I'm want to help someone out & pay it forward. I'll be watching out for someone in need. It's funny because I rarely listen to the radio in the evening but the show was talking about paying it forward. The same show was talking about paying it forward last week on 1 of the 2 days I decided to listen. It just made me
smile & warmed my heart.
I've also had community service on my heart & mind often in the last few days. I need to find a way to serve my community. It's something I've desired for years. A few years ago I thought a scrapbook class a church for free. I'm excited to see what I come up with this time.

Birthday cake

I baked my hubby a birthday cake. It smelled so good. I had them both smell the batter. Colin said mmmmm :). I baked me a gluten free cake so I wouldn't feel left out. It was a gluten free zucchini muffin recipe that I tweaked. I rarely cook from a recipe in it's original form. I can't resist, I have to tweak it. It the creativity in my, I have to make it my own.
The gluten free cake turned out pretty good. I'm craving cookies. I'll bake me some tonight.
I'll be sure to bake enough for Colin. He likes the gluten free treats. I think it's good that he likes them & I don't mind sharing.

Gluten Free Apple spice cake recipe to follow. I'm blogging on my lunch hour & have to get back to work. Boo hoo. I spent most of my lunch hour eating outside. The weather is gorgeous!!

Yesterday I took a vacation day. I baked, cleaned.... I cleaned the bay window & surrounding area. I cleaned & rearranged the master bath. I cleaned some of the stuff off the covered patio.
Not an ideal vacation day but it's less I have to do on the weekend. My spring cleaning may last until summer. :)

Layout made from scraps

LO made from scraps

I'm trying to use up some old stash & sb stuff. Here is a LO I made from scraps.
I cropped with Marilyn last weekend. I try to scrap away from home once a month.
I committed to doing it this year to get some me time away from our home & the guys.
Scrapbooking or crafting is one of my favorite ways to spend my time. I look forward to
the day I make a living crafting. I'm a 2 page LO scrapper so this layout doesn't include
the title & etc. It's on the opposing page. This LO is from the cruise scrapbook so there are many other photos from the same place Maragritaville located Montego Bay, Jamaica.

This happened Monday night

I have 2 proud mommy moments. Colin told me yesterday that he got the highest grade in the class on the spelling test. He has also did a back flip in gymnastics last night. A little girl in his class did one & everyone gasp. So he was on a quest to do one. He didn't stop until he did it. He's still not nailing it but I'm sure he will next week.