Vacation all I ever wanted!!!!!!!

I LOVE MY ISLAND!!!!!!!
(this blog is ALL ABOUT MY VACATION IN Puerto Rico)

a place....Full of love....life ..... beautiful people and FOOD!!!! did I mention gluten free food too!

lets just say I ate ALOT OF RICE....RED BEANS....MOFONGO!!!!  Delish!!!

Day 1.
We got to play Tourist for the day (what am I saying for the WHOLE TRIP)

El Morro in San Juan PR

Family



my Brother in law  Photo bombing......lol Robby



At the end of the day the whole family went to dinner. I was the only one Allowed to Eat MOFONGO because Everyone was going on the Mofongo and mojito Tour the next day. (YES THAT'S GLUTEN FREE BABY!!!!)

I didn't go on the tour because my Cousin was getting her black belt and I wanted to see her Kick BUTT!!!

Day 2.

we toured a little of old San Juan ...I left mid day with my Tio (uncle)



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Andrea Hickson's Review:

The History & Culinary Mofongo & Mojito tour was a lot of fun.  We started out the History tour by walking throughout Old San Juan.  Our tour guide was informative and took time to stop and point out interesting facts about the landmarks in Old San Juan as well as the formation of Puerto Rico as a whole.  One of my favorite parts of the tour was walking outside the wall and coming back in through Calle Fortaleza.  The view was breathtaking.

When the waking tour was over, we participated in a cooking class where we learned to make Mofongo stuffed with chicken while enjoying a refreshing Mojito. Mofongo is made of fried, mashed, green plantains.  We each mashed the plantains ourselves with a mortar and pestle or "Pilon" and seasoned it with butter and garlic.  The meal was delicious and it was a perfect way to end our fun tour.

My counsin Geraliz recieved her black belt .after we got back to tio's house....everyone was there waiting for our road trip to RINCON!!!

Day 3. and Day 4.

SPA DAY!!!!! Courtesy of GetshoppedPR! We were pamperd all morning and afternoon.

Nails,feet,massage ! Can we say AMAZING?!

THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN FAMILY.
We took Millions of pictures,we laughed , we sang,we danced and we had one heck of a water fight!
This vacation might as well be my favorite vacation of all time....that's why I am sharing it with you all.
I actually just spoke with my tio over the phone and told him I dream of them all every night since I left.
What a beautiful feeling to be surrounded by amazing people who love you.


Side note: Elsie bought me some gluten free goodies just to make sure that I was taken care of! she's so amazing!




Don't you love me rockin my little Cousins sandals & eating my Gluten free veggie chips! 

I didn't want to leave. I miss my family so much.
until or next vacation.

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"EDUCATE UNTIL YOU TURN GREEN! "

shout out to Celiac and the beast!

My Vacation Blog is in the Works

So for the moment  I'm giving a quick Shout-out to my friend Erica !

she is working on a Book and she needs OUR help :)

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/844349998/gluten-free-lifestyle-book-launch-for-celiac-and-t


Erica's Blog www.Celiacandthebeast.com

She Rocks! please Check her Out and Help her out !

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"EDUCATE UNTIL YOU TURN GREEN! "

Attention Doctros ....Nurses....The world!

I know I said I wouldn't write until after my vacation.....lol I Lied!!!!
You readers are my inspiration.

CELIAC VERSES EVERYTHING/EVERYONE including DOCTORS AND NURSES!

 

No celiac disease is not cancer....but its still very serious .

No there is not a cure . Just a diet for life!

( GLUTEN FREE IS THE WAY TO BE FOR ME)

Sometimes I wish I could shake the people of the world and say hey this matters!!!!! <----
Pay attention to me and  STOP LAUGHING AT ME !

Doctors in testing for Celiac why???why are you such a pain in the booty???
Price shouldn't matter if you want to get tested for celiac you should be able to get tested point blank!
Money shouldn't be a problem (especially if your insured and it covers the blood test)
 it's your life! especially if you have a relative that has CELIAC DISEASE !

why wouldn't you get tested? why would this be denied to you??? DEMAND IT!

If you test negative than good for you but if you're positive you can finally get to the root of your problem.

Doctors tend to say "oh no you don't need to get tested for that" <--- IGNORANCE I am Fed up!

this has happened to many of my friends family members in the Gluten-free community.
                                                                                                                            WE ARE FED UP!

::side note::
(Well Here's some news for you In august when I go for my Annual check up I will be asking my doctor to test me for all types of allergies just like Chrissy from Www.glamwithoutgluten.com
Why Because its my LIFE!)
( I love my doctor tho he will probably expect this from me.)


Doctors tend to overlook celiac disease why?

They think it's everything but Celiac!!

That's why we have so many people walking around without a clue they have Celiac.

That's why I am so passionate to spread awareness
Celiac disease is a "MOTHER" to all types of problems 
And celiac disease has over 300 symptoms !

so if your doctor says you dont have symptoms....THINK AGAIN PAL!!!!!!!

heres a list of a  few thanks to www.glutendude.com

Who'd Have thought and that is only listing A FEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I URGE my family to get tested all the time.
and that's really all I CAN DO.

"EDUCATE UNTIL I TURN GREEN !"
"EDUCATE UNTIL YOU TURN GREEN! "

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Happy birthday to me!!!

Today is my 25th birthday ;)! I feel incredibly blessed...my cousin made me a gluten free vanilla and chocolate cake!
I had dinner with a lot of my close friends who I love so much!!!!!

I'm just so greatful!

I'm still figuring out how to blog pictures this week and next week are going to be busy for me.
I promise when I get back from vacation I will give my blog the TLC it needs so I can continue spearing awareness !

Until then feel free to email me !
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Confessions of a Celiac lol

The truth of the matter is I Hate cooking...

(lol this might make me lose some cool points )( OH WELL HONESTY IS KEY!)

I really do.

If I could I'd have a personal live in gluten free chef ....

Over the past couple of years of being gluten free people offer to cook for me. Which I absolutely love them for that. I KNOW I'M SPOILED!!!! 
I've had a lot of gluten free Spaghetti, lasagna, pancakes, French toast, meatloaf,meatballs,Cake,brownies cookies....but most of those things I didn't cook. Actually I'm Just now broadening my Horizons. 

A friend of mine asked me to blog about my favorite recipe and honestly it's super simple ...

Gf spaghetti ,prego traditional sauce and meat  <--- lol
 or 

Rice beans and chicken  <--- super easy

I've  bought recipe books...I lent two out and never asked for them back ..why BECAUSE I hate cooking! Lol I'm a mess.

there are a few recipes I would like to try and I PINKY promise once I Cook them I will post them up
until then...

I'll enjoy my bowl of GF SPAGHETTI

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Outward reactions

Sorry about not posting last week I lost track of time really!!

May has come an Gone But Celiac disease will always stay!!

I just want to say thank you to my celiac family, Y'all did amazing spreading love and educating all last month let's keep it up!!!!!

OUTWARD REACTIONS:

I don't freaking care what non celiac people say...YOU CAN HAVE OUTWARD REACTIONS
 I accidentally bought the wrong bottle of shampoo !!!! And it had Wheat protein in it and me thinking I bought the right shampoo well I  lather my head up...suddenly my head is on "fire" I was like huh???? So I look at the bottle and it says Wheat<---- really Eli you bought the wrong shampoo! (Well that's my dyslexic moment of the day the bottles look exactly the same but say two very different things)
(little fun fact I do have dyslexia so I'm not knocking anyone down I promise)
(this is a bully free zone)  
any way ...I soaked my head under the faucet so fast....my head was still in recovery mode. 

I was so mad at myself ! 

Ughhh!!!!!!!
SO YES OUTWARD REACTIONS DO HAPPEN!!!!!!!! <---- pay attention to the labels

I haven't had a Gluten (FOOD) accident in about 6 months....
ooooohh but the pain is unbearable I feel amazing off of gluten and it irritates me when people say they cheat <---- Why would you put your body threw that on purpose??
i just don't get it...

I'm gonna leave this short and sweet keep educating !!!

love y'all

Do any of you have outward reactions ???
Do you cheat? if yes WHY?????

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NEVER LOSE YOUR PASSION

Never lose your passion<----

Always educate and embrace change.

Originally I was going to direct this blog to food.

My favorite topic !

BUT IN honor of MAY I felt I needed to spread light on celiac awareness. It seems that my passion for spreading awareness has heightened since April. After meeting Chrissy from www.glamwithoutgluten.com ( who in case you didn't know is AMAZING! ) I was diagnosed 4 years ago, but honestly I've always felt so alone on this gluten free journey until Chrissy started a closed Facebook support group. www.facebook.com/groups/glamwithoutglutensupport

 These woman educate me on the daily. I'm so grateful to have them
!They have such PASSION and strength.
To top it off it feels amazing to have friends that feel or have felt exactly how I have felt...and fear what I fear...and get mad about things I get mad about.  

Something happened this last week I'm sure you all herd about it the Disney channel aired an episode on the Jessie show that bullied a kid with celiac disease well this really hurt my fellow gluten free family (we didn't choose to have celiac disease and it's not something we joke about ) the Disney channel respected the feelings of the fellow GF community and removed that episode from airing ... BUT later a comedian Decided to poke fun at us again by talking down at CELIACS around the world and reinacting the scene from the Disney channel .(not cool) A LOT of people still think that it's all in our heads ...or a made up disease ....MADE up....tell that to the years of me throwing up...tell that to the years of being misdiagnosed ....it hurt us WE ARE DIFFERENT BUT WE ARE STILL HUMAN AND HAVE FEELINGS!
 CELIAC DISEASE can be triggered by something emotional that happens to you....Whether that be pregnancy, stress, divorce and whatnot it's life. life happens and you get the celiac disease and you got to keep moving!(that's what we have to do)

 Honestly people are so passionate for breast cancer awareness, HIV awareness ,childhood cancer awareness, diabetes's awareness,autism awareness ,ovarian cancer awareness lets add celiac disease to that list!!!!
I am very passionate about all of those. I feel like we aren't educated enough in all of those and more!!!! Its Ignorance<----- 

Eeekkkk tough subject I know.
My problem is I'd rather be brutally honest with you. like I am with my friends and my family.
I feel like we can all be a little ignorant and also we can lack empathy ! 

 it's so easy for us to forget about other people and situations they go through. Whether they are normal person or celebrity.... I actually had this argument with my best friend the other day it lasted about 30 minutes going back-and-forth back-and-forth And although she still didn't agree with me at the end she respected the fact that I stood by what I believed and understood my point of view and I respected the fact that she stood by what she believed and also understood her point of view... We took into account to what each other's said.

NOW If only the WORLD could do the SAME! Open your eyes, be the change!

if someone tells you they have an allergy to onions,Peanut butter , Fish , cucumber or WHATEVER.....
 ( TAKE THEM SERIOUS)
its there life and THEY MATTER ,Its my life and I MATTER !

Celiac disease isn't a food allergy it's an auto immune disease and it hurts!


I feel like I'm rambling and I'm sure I want to write more.
I'll leave it at that tho.
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