Heating oil woes....not!

Boy, ever am I glad that I live in Arizona. My heater is electric, so I don't have to worry about this. Right now, it's cool enough that I can open the back door for the kitties sake, and can leave the thermostat off throughout the day.

The only problem with this arrangement is that Adira likes to walk along the porch railing. She tends to make a lot of noise in this process of getting on the railing. I ran out to the patio at 5:00 AM when I heard a loud commotion followed by a quiet meowing. I figured Adira fell off the wrong side of the patio. Never figured out the source of the meowing, but Adria was giving me a "what??" look on the patio.

I grew up just outside Chicago. I don't remember using heating oil then, as far as I remember, it was natural gas that fueled our stove and heater. It'll be interesting to see if anaylsts are right and people run further into debt to heat their homes. Perhaps they won't also spend the money on holiday plane tickets....so there'll be a rush to fill the seats (even cheaply).

Hey, I can hope. I can also hope that I'll win the Powerball tonight.

PLMD is not the same as RLS

In large part because people with celiac suffer from iron deficiencies, sleep can just suck. Falling asleep is never a problem - it's getting restful sleep. I had a sleep study that showed that I do have Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD). In trying to figure out my options, I did some searching on a celiac discussion forum. There's quite a few people that have been told they have Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS).

The problem is RLS is more common knowledge. The problem is that PLMD have RLS, but people with RLS don't have PLMD. Hey, I'm making this stuff up.

People on the forum seem to have trouble with iron. I'm going to try calcium and magnesium first. Here's hoping it'll help.

Fall fun (celiac style)

I only crave certain foods this time of year. Pumpkin pie was one of them, gingerbread cookies are another. I'm going to have to start spending my weekends trying recipes and experimenting. I'll post a great recipe if I find one. If you have one; please share!