Rants, Recipes, and Running

So there I was, curled up on a couch with a heating pad to my stomach, calamine lotion caked on my legs, elbows, and arms.....feeling extraordinarily grumpy. I was taking 3 different pills for my stomach daily, and popping benedryl every night so I don't itch my skin bloody. Several family members have been mentioning, "do you think you have a gluten intolerance?" (it seems to run in our family). I blew them off. " I've been eating gluten my whole life, why would it all of a sudden cause a flare-up ", was my response. All it took was a little research, and my husband to finally say, "Abby, just give it a try for me." So here I am, week 2 of no gluten! I've had ongoing stomach & skin issues. I can't even count how many "date-nights" or evenings out I've ruined due to stomach aches. It's just not fun or worth it! When I went to a doctor a few weeks ago, she just told me I'm eating a poor diet. Which I reall...

Yes, I am well aware it is Wednesday today. But yesterday when I got home at 8:30 pm, I just didn't feel like running around taking pictures of random things & blogging! 1. A picture of your favorite piece of furniture in your home. The couch is especially a favorite of mine when it's cold out for the whole month in Tucson that it gets cold - and we can run our gas fireplace. 2. Your favorite thing on your wall. Hi, I'm lazy! I don't feel like going around taking alll new pictures -- since my camera is super slow on uploading. So I'm using pictures from when I took pics of our house back in December. I tried zooming in, but that was ineffective as well. But this Last Supper picture is my favorite. It's gorgeous. We bought it in Mexico a few years ago. 3. Your bed as it looks right now. I am one of these, like my sister said he her blog, who HAS to make the bed every day. I wonder if it has to do with the house we grew up in? And our Mom who had us d...

Let me just start out by saying that last night may have been the worst night of sleep I've ever gotten. What was Abby doing at 3am? Sitting in the living room, crying, and googling eye issues. My allergies are in crazy-mode right now. And I woke up to find myself itching my eyes, unfortunately. When I looked in the mirror, I found that the sclera (whites of my eyes) were sticking out further than the iris (colored part). Also, there was a giant growth/bump on my eyeball! ...I freaked out a little. I worried I had cough some crazy infectious disease...being all my patients this weekend were fighting weird parasites, infections, MRSA, etc. (...and I work on a cardiac floor? Weird, huh) Anyways.. Turns it, my eyes are just really fricking irritated & pist off at Palo Verde trees & Dust. So now my eyeballs have bumps on them. Going to the Optometrist on Wedensday. So I"m going to focus on "happy". Growth. Yesterday marks 3 years of growth. 3 years ago...

Yep...I'm creative! I'm stealing this idea from several bloggers! But it's cute!! And I have many things to drink wine over, and many things to love --So here it goes! What makes me pour a glass of wine right now: My 50 hour work weeks lately. And constantly striving to please all. It drains me. Sometimes I don't feel like a very "fun" person to be around anymore! The fact that I feel like I'm pulled in way too many directions. If I make a mistake? It could be life-or-death. Some nights I drive home from work, and dont even remember my drive because I'm in such a daze of being totally "shell-shocked". The other day a person hinted that I look pregnant Why don't they just tell me, "Wow! Are you gaining weight?" What do I love right now? My husband and how flexible & great he is! I've recently gone gluten free due to a (about) 3 year issue with stomach problems, and now rashes all over my legs/arms. (I've bee...