Wow, looks like October was a hopping month for many of us!

Congrats to Al and Peg on your upcoming anniversary!!

Cara, congrats to your son on his upcoming marriage. It's pretty cool how that has all worked out.

Kim, I'm so sorry about the family glutening. That's so frustrating.

And Kathy, whew, the damage in your house sounds really extensive. At least we were able to stay in our house while they repaired our roof leak last January.

Things have been incredibly hectic here and I got a new dx. Gout. A side effect, apparently, of my kidney disease. So, I'm researching ways to cope with this and trying not to freak out. Mostly I'm hoping it's a one time thing because this attack came on while in the midst of the worst cold I've had in a decade.

Colin is having his regular fall reaction but it does seem to be less intense than previous years. He's doing soooo well otherwise--both physically and behaviorally. I've had several people comment on how laid back he is recently and that's such a laugh to me because before all our dietary changes (GF and Feingold), laid back is the last phrase they would have used to describe him.

Rachel