So nice to see you back again. What's a missing PM or two! Gluten Free for a year already, wow! Seems like only yesterday that you were discussing that and now it seems to be working so well, happy it's working for you!

Love the avatar! Keep changing it, I do. Keeps us guessing! Like my new one? Dug this one out of the old Navy locker.

I crochet but never learned how to knit. I used to cross stitch a lot but haven't done any of that in a while, got bored with it. Or burned out, not sure which.

Glad that you checked in with us, don't stay away so long next time. Maybe you can be the surprise call in guest at the next GTG - that will be in June unless someone beats Shelley and I to it!! LOL!

AMN- Life has a way off moving on whether you are looking or not. It really tore me up to read a while back that the monster seemed to pick up its pace with you. I wanted to scream "it's not fair" but a voice from above reminded me that life isn't always fair. I totally agree, MS bites, among other things.

Momma- The knitting class was a ten week gig for DD's homeschool group. That means my payment was sending six more knitters out into the world when the last class was done. It was fun and I have signed up to teach a crochet class there next year. A paying job is in the works for the winter. Woohoo!!!

Wiz- Four pack rats live here so it is pretty bad right now. Kid clothes gets purged twice a year, but other stuff just lingers for years. That needs to change.

FG- Of course I like your Navy avatar. My dad was in the Navy. Yes, hard to believe all my neurological problems seemed to be caused by gluten. Never dreamed that could possibly be the culprit. What a road to answers that was. Met the friendliest bunch of people along the way though. I'll never forget the outpouring of warmth when I first joined a former place. A month later I was putting screen names with live faces and it was great.