Jodi Anderson's Profile

@mschatelaine -- I didn't realize that reading all of the prior comments was required before leaving my own. So, to answer your question... obviously, no.

Sometimes, people make hasty comments that make them seem ignorant, in my case, or rude, in yours.

Emmi, thanks for your clarification! The bit about the antibodies really hits home since I have so many autoimmune issues. I'm going to inquire with my rheumatologist about potentially having this test.

One word, and I hope that my child does not hear me typing it or I'll have to make one: FRITTATA. It's a great way to get in a lot of veggies and it doesn't need carbs or preservatives, and you can keep it fresh by varying the ingredients. Hopefully cheese won't be a problem so that you can eventually re-introduce that as well. Soup can be pretty safe and variable too.

I have a number of autoimmune issues and it is often reported by others that they've seen (felt) results by eliminating gluten. This is something that I would like to give a try. However, these don't have celiac disease, so this intolerance wouldn't show up on a blood test. So, while Emmi is right, passing the test doesn't mean that gluten wouldn't still be an issue.

I live in Wisconsin and I've bought the spicy cheese bread at the farmer's market. I will attest to its deliciousness!

I really appreciate this piece. I have Sjögren's syndrome, which dries me out, so I really need good humidifiers during the cold months. I have one for the bedroom, but I'm on the hunt for a first floor unit. I'm really liking Fred or the Vornado. Fred gets points for looks.

I shut off my alarm. The weather automatically pops up. I usually peek at my email to see if there's anything glaringly awesome waiting for me, like a gig. So, less than two minutes of time with the phone in bed.

My problem lies in the fact that I work from home. I've been trying to force myself to eat breakfast at the dining table with the newspaper or a magazine. I fail at that 99% of the time and eat at my desk with Google Reader. This lack of easing into work seems to wad up the entire morning until noon, when I actually leave my desk to eat.

I need to make that adjustment to eating at the table. It is SO difficult. (First world problems!!)

I find that I spend a lot of time browsing productivity apps.

I was on a mission, as an adult, to learn to like all of the vegetables that I hated as a child, most especially brussel sprouts. I have found that roasting a vegetable almost always cured whatever about it that ailed me.

Oh, eff that lousy lazy susan. (She really is lazy.) I am seriously contemplating if this would work.

I made magnets and then my daughter gifted them to people in dressed-up versions of these tins.

So, that was not the most interesting project. These here are pretty cool and I definitely need to take it up a notch.