I've been doing AIP for 21 days now with 2 set backs (the sushi and Manhattan style GF chowder last weekend and I had a single cocktail on Friday night when Justin and I went to dinner). For the most part, I've been doing pretty good. Blowing my nose only once or twice in the mornings or actually even waking up clear headed.
Well this morning was the suck! I had a mound of tissues next to me and my nose didn't stop running until I had been out of bed for 2 hours. I tried really hard to enjoy a Sunday morning in bed with Pi and Justin (Pi was trying to "help" me read 1984 by turning the page on my Kindle. Not very helpful.)
I can't think of anything out of the ordinary I had yesterday, other than apples. I haven't had an apple in a while. I really wanted something dessert-y. I had some AMAZING toasted coconut sorbet at LuLu on Friday, which really made me want dessert. (By the way, the food there is amazing. I had Flat Iron Steak with mashed sweet potatoes and chard with bacon). I had a couple of granny smith apples in the kitchen and made some tasty baked apples last night.
I totally didn't think to photograph the apples, but the recipe was simple.
3 Granny Smith Apples, sliced
2 Tablespoons Honey
1 Cup shredded coconut
1 Tablespoon Cinnamon
1 Teaspoon Cloves
1 Teaspoon Nutmeg
1 Tablespoon Melted Nutiva Organic Coconut Oil Extra-Virgin 29 oz. 218566 (Google Affiliate Ad)
Mix all ingredients together. Bake at 400 until apples are soft and coconut is toasted.
Well, I wasn't really thinking about the fact that Nutmeg isn't AIP (This angers me - I love nutmeg). If it was nutmeg that made me all sneezy, I might cry. It could have been dust as well. We're cleaning and reorganizing the Gnomery and the HEPA filter has apparently been doing it's job. The back intake was covered with dust bunnies. Which then got on the bed. We did our best to brush them off.
One of the more exciting (well, exciting for me anyway) was getting my Brown Bag Company Alpine Mail Bag.
I saw this bag at Cole Fox Hardware and immediately wanted it. I've been waiting for weeks to see if I still wanted it. Well, I did. I have been looking for the perfect messenger style bag for ages. I had a laptop bag that was cute, but my laptop barely fit in it. I started looking at canvas/nylon messenger bags (think Timbuk2). Well, they are $100 + and I've never had anything canvas/nylon last longer than a few years. Plus, I was sort of disheartened at their "designed in SF, made with pride world wide" spin for "Made In China".
Well, the Alpine Mail Bag is made in Incline Village (Tahoe) from American leather (Milwaukee). Apparently this company makes made to last tool bags. This bag appears to be made to last as well! It's heavy duty leather with quality stitching and brass fittings. It has two compartments (one zippered and a main compartment divided into 2) with two pen holders and a business card holder. It does not have a billion places to lose something in (I've had purses with so many pockets I could lose things for years in them. Wallets too for that matter.). I have a 17" laptop which barely fit into laptop bags designed for a 17" laptop. Well, it fits wonderfully in this bag with room to spare. It's more than enough for my commute to work on train days AND it fits my rain boots in it!
I'm excited to finally have a well made bag!
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