Hello, everyone!! What a hot day in Georgia! You can fry an egg on the sidewalk; well, a friend tried and it did not exactly fry. But, you get the picture.

I think Owen & Will have reached summer boredom, and we have a long time to go. Owen is becoming a "teenager". Now, that can be a good and bad thing. Good in that he is getting closer to doing things other kids his age are doing. Bad in that those things are not always good. For instance, Owen has never cared about using the regular phone. He loves his cell phone, but could care less about the home phone. He has now decided to use both.

Both boys are doing their summer chores. They are mainly responsible for watering the pots on the deck, so they will live. You see, I have a black thumb; it is not green! I can grow plants in the ground, but put them in a planter, and they will die. We will buy a plant, and Will says "Well, how long before that one dies, Mama?"

Owen's diet seems to be going well. We are all adjusting. We found some sandwich bread that is actually edible. It is called Udi bread. They also make delicious muffins. Also found some vegan cheese that actually melts!!! We will finally get to have pizza for the first time in 6 months.
We thought we could eventually get off of the diet, but the doctor wants us to even go stricter, removing carbs and going organic. Baby steps, please. Please don't take away our potatoes and rice....we will die!

The supplements we are giving him are working well. He is actually so much happier and more himself. It finally hit me yesterday that here I have been reading everything I can on nutrition and counting out about 30 differenct supplements for Owen to get better, and he is. It is amazing! I need to do the same thing. I know the things that make my IBS go crazy! Why do I continue to eat them? I know the supplements will make me better, but I am so busy with his, the store, the house, etc. that I do not take time for me. I vow to do for me and Will what I do for Owen. Anthony has the perfect GI system and needs no help. He could eat nails and be fine. So I pledge to the cyberworld that I will juice for me, take my supplements, and Will's supplements. You all must make sure I do this. My health is depending on it!

Until later,
Janna the juicer