Adventures in banana bread and random thoughts

Welp. I'm going to attempt to go GF again for a while. Since it was one of the things I cut from my diet a few weeks ago and I felt so much better, I'm going to try another week or so of it. Trial and error. This isn't an "I-think-I'm-allergic-to-wheat" thing. It's an "I-feel-better-when-I-don't-eat-lots-of-wheat" thing. At least I think I do. It doesn't give me stomach problems, it has to do with inflammation and my joints. Last week I still did my yoga religiously and started eating some wheat/dairy/sugar again and still felt semi-crappy. Not nearly as bad as before but still a little crapster. So, I think if I cut down on it, I'll feel better. So this recipe uses oats instead of flour.

Wow. I just bored myself.

Anywho, I got this recipe from my SIL McCall and almost a year later, am finally making it. Since I'm a fancy blogger that gets paid to advertise things on my blog {I wish}, I have to take shots like this before starting the process:

And then since I got fired from my pretend blogging job for making ugly banana bread, I'll post this one:

Overflowed everywhere. Looks like I may have needed to make a mini loaf as well. Of course I timed this when I thought I'd be leaving to pick up Cole from school so I took it out of the oven so I could turn it off, picked up Cole and came home and put it in the microwave. I'm pretty sure you aren't supposed to do that? It worked though.Once it finally cooled off, it was awesome. Very moist but I think I'll add some salt next time.

In other news:

Cole is so close to being able to ride his bike. He has fought us tooth and nail on this but he is alllllmost there. There is a light at the end of this weird, rebellious tunnel.

Caleb has 4 teeth.

His surgery date is looming. Just a couple more weeks. Let's do this thing.

Still waiting on that exciting news I mentioned earlier. Hoping that's not a bad sign...

Update: Just heard back from "the news" and it's a no-go. Dang. 

Thinking, what the hay...Cole only has 3 weeks off track and 2 weeks back on track before he has finished 3rd grade. {Whaaaaat???} Why move now and have to commute him to his last few weeks of school? Who knows though...we might shake things up because our lives are in constant limbo. We might just surprise ourselves. Of course Cole got assigned our first choice for next year at this school: D Track. Not that we'll be here but it's a nice thought that we could have had our ideal track if we were {insert emoticon of  a sobbing face}.

When the neighborhood pool closed last fall, Cole was so bummed but I remember him saying "I can't wait to come back next year!" Since my parents' house was for sale and I thought I KNEW there was no way we'd still be here when the pool opened, I told him, "Sorry bud, we won't be living here when the pool opens again! We'll find another fun pool to go to." The pool opened last weekend. {Insert that emoticon again}

My 5K training is slowing down because my joints {knees and hips} are killing me. Leah told me to listen to my body and that I should probably be doing a bike or elliptical and some strength training before forcing myself to run when it's causing me serious pain. She's a nutrition and fitness expert so I figure she knows what she's talking about. Danny said the exact same thing and he's my husband so he knows everything too. Good thing I have an elliptical machine in my back pocket at all times. I'm looking into cheap gym memberships...this half marathon isn't looking so promising but I don't want to do major damage to my body to save face. It's not worth it. I just gotta be smart. 

I took in 8,000 pounds of baby clothes to Kid-to-Kid {local consignment shop for my out of town friends} and they only took like 15 things because most of my stuff was 0-6 months and that is exactly what they're overstocked on. I got $30 of store credit and picked up some cute rompers and some toys for little C. Now I'm reevaluating what to do with all this stuff. I'm giving some to Amanda to pass on to a friend but most of it is SO cute that I'm suddenly having a hard time parting with it. We just can't store everything. I went to put my bouncy chair in the back of the car as I was preparing to haul everything off and had a feeling I shouldn't take it. Maybe somebody else needs it? Maybe I'll need it? Maybe I fake promptings? I DON'T KNOW. I don't know what to think anymore.

There's lots of pics going around social media of people getting ready to graduate and it makes me think back to how seemingly hard that time of life was. So many decisions about the future. Up until the end of High School life is so mapped out for you and then bam. You have to start making big people decisions. Fast forward 16 years and we're still making those big people decisions and it just gets more and more exciting  and complicated as time passes. Ahh, to be 18 again and to only have a couple major life changing decisions to make, instead of 12. Things will work out but it'd be super cool if they worked out on my timetable. :)

Also, is it just me or is it weird to discuss money with everyone? Like asking how much salary/rent/things cost? In my family we don't really discuss it so it's kind of shocking when other people ask very point blank questions. I would die going up to one of my siblings and asking them how much their annual salary was, or their mortgage payment. Just a thought. Is it just me? If the information is offered-fine. But to just ask? Eeek.