Eight

Months that is.  Gluten Free of course.  I know, this is getting old.  But seriously, how often can you celebrate 8 months Gluten Free?  It only happens once in a lifetime.  Or at least, I hope it only happens once.  

This past month has been great.  School started, I actually started to get back to a sort of normal routine, and my health hasn't been too too bad.  It's just been up and down with thyroid.  Like really really off.  So crazy it was almost off the charts.  Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating, but not by much.  I'm still feeling funny, but thats just me getting used to the new dose.  It's really annoying.  Very Very annoying.  But this has nothing to do with gluten free.  Anyways, I've been hypothyroid for over a year.  Ugh.  

Anyways, my life as a celiac is great.  It's just the rest of my health thats driving me crazy.  

Oooh!  Also, this month I've actually started exercising.  Both in school and out.  It's wonderful.  I'm finally starting to get back into shape (slowly but surely). 

Thats about it.

xoxo

Lauren

Daring Bakers: Lavash

Finally, I'm back to food.  Best of all, it's with the Daring Bakers.  I really liked this challenge.  I whipped it up one morning, and it was really nice and simple.  Oh, and September was an awesome month for DB.  It was gluten free.  And Vegan.  Awesome, right?  I think so.  The only problem with that is that I'm probably supposed to have an amazing topping.  Sorry.  I went for simple.  By the way, this challenge was Lavash.

Picture time!

Now, get all the ingredients out!

Mix them all together, put it in a bowl, and put the water on to boil.

Get out your favorite tea.  Vanilla Rooibos is mine right now.

Pop the teabag in the cup, and pour the hot water on top.  Then, let steep, and drink!  After all, you've got 90 minutes.

Hmm... did it rise??  I don't think so.  Thats ok, crackers don't have to be tall.

Roll it out.

And peel off the parchment paper.

Spray with water.

Then put on a topping.  I really like sesame seeds.  Yum.

Bake.  Let sit, then find a piece with the all the colours, and take a picture.

The lavash is good.  No fancy topping required.  Hey, we've got tomatoes in the fridge.  I need a topping.  They never said that fresh fruit wasn't allowed.  Tomatoes are good.

Even if I can't take a clear picture of the tomato on the lavash, hehe.

So now, you probably want the recipe.  That sounds good to me.

Lavash

* 1 1/2 cups (6.75 oz) Bette Hagmans Flour Mix

* 1 tsp xanthan gum

* 1/2 tsp (.13 oz) salt


* 1/2 tsp (.055 oz) instant yeast


* 1 Tb (.75 oz) agave syrup or sugar


* 1 Tb (.5 oz) vegetable oil


* 1/3 to 1/2 cup + 2 Tb (3 to 4 oz) water, at room temperature


* Poppy seeds, sesame seeds, paprika, cumin seeds, caraway seeds, or kosher salt for toppings



 

1.  In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour, salt yeast, agave, oil, and just enough water to bring everything together into a ball.  You may not need the full 1/2 cup + 2 Tb of water, but be prepared to use it all if needed.

*I used more.  A lot more* 

2.  For Gluten Free Cracker Dough:  The dough should be firmer than French bread dough, but not quite as firm as bagel dough (what I call medium-firm dough), and slightly tacky. Lightly oil a bowl and transfer the dough to the bowl, rolling it around to coat it with oil.  Cover the bowl with plastic wrap.

 

3. Ferment at room temperature for 90 minutes, or until the dough doubles in size. (You can also retard the dough overnight in the refrigerator immediately after kneading or mixing).
 

4.  For Gluten Free Cracker Dough: Lay out two sheets of parchment paper.  Divide the cracker dough in half and then sandwich the dough between the two sheets of parchment.  Roll out the dough until it is a paper thin sheet about 15 inches by 12 inches.  Slowly peel away the top layer of parchment paper.  Then set the bottom layer of parchment paper with the cracker dough on it onto a baking sheet. 

 

5. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit with the oven rack on the middle shelf.  Mist the top of the dough with water and sprinkle a covering of seeds or spices on the dough (such as alternating rows of poppy seeds, sesame seeds, paprika, cumin seeds, caraway seeds, kosher or pretzel salt, etc.)  Be careful with spices and salt - a little goes a long way. If you want to precut the cracker, use a pizza cutter (rolling blade) and cut diamonds or rectangles in the dough.  You do not need to separate the pieces, as they will snap apart after baking.  If you want to make shards, bake the sheet of dough without cutting it first.


 6.  Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the crackers begin to brown evenly across the top (the time will depend on how thinly and evenly you rolled the dough).



 

7.  When the crackers are baked, remove the pan from the oven and let them cool in the pan for about 10 minutes.  You can then snap them apart or snap off shards and serve.

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So, there you have it.  My fourth Daring Bakers challenge.  I know.  Already??  Well this was fun, and I sure can't wait for the next one.

xoxo

Lauren

PS - My first, second, and third challenges are here.

PPS - You can find more awesome challenges on the Daring Bakers blogroll, thanks to Shel and Natalie for this awesome challenge!

Terry Fox

If you don't know who he is, go find out now.  Okay, ok, I'll give you a little summary.  In his late teens he got bone cancer in his leg.  They had to amputate it.  He had previously been a big athlete, and he decided that with his prosthetic leg, he would run across Canada.  From the Atlantic, to the Pacific (and his home in Vancouver).  He trained for 18 months.  Then, he ran a marathon every day for 143 days.  It was called the Marathon of Hope.  He did it to raise money for cancer research.  Then, his goal became to raise one dollar for every Canadian.  However, his journey was cut short.  You see, he had developed lung cancer in both of his lungs, and he was dying.  Terry Fox was forced to stop his run just outside of Thunder Bay Ontario.  He died the following June (he stopped September 1st), at 22 years old.

So, Terry Fox is a very big part of us as Canadians.  Sometimes, it seems like we over do it, but what he did was amazing.  To date, he has raised over $400 Million dollars.  Yeah, Wow.

Anyways, all across the country, schools are participating in Terry Fox runs.  Both today and yesterday, kids all over the country ran or walked for Terry.  Oh, and we brought in money to support cancer research.

I know that this has nothing to do with food or celiac or my life, but it kind of does.  Terry overcame his illness, and did an unbelievable thing, which raised a ton of awareness and money for his cause.  Yes, he did die, but not before changing millions of lives.  Anything is possible, if we put our minds to it.

xoxo

Lauren

A bit about my stash...

Yes I have a stash.  A nice big one, most of the time.  Now before you get ideas, it's a food stash.  That I keep in my backpack.  And always something in my pencil case.  After all, if my body needs food, it tends to need it right away.  And I tend to feel yucky after not eating for a certain period of time.  Like really yucky.  Not good.  

So... back to the stash.  It's like this big plastic bag of food.  Filled with anything that is not fresh.  Bars of all kinds.  Fruit-to-gos.  Very Berry Enjoy Life Bars.  Think Protein Bars.  Even some chocolate bars.  The small ones.  And there are some other things, but those are the main things that I eat.  

I think that if you are gluten free, a stash is necessary.  The only question is where.  A backpack, a bag, a desk drawer, a purse, anywhere.  Oh, and you want to keep it healthy.  Don't go to junk food, as it will be the only thing that you'll want to eat.

Bars are the best.  They are easy to open, and if unopened, they last for a really long time.  And, best of all, you can eat them with one hand.  This can be really important if you've been touching things that might have touched gluten, as you don't have to touch the food, just put it in your mouth.

So, if you don't have a stash, go make one.  Like now.  I'm serious.  It's best to do this before you forget.

xoxo

Lauren

PS - Another good thing is packages of almonds.  I love those!

Getting Candy

Oh my goodness.  Today I was so excited.  During Math class of all things.  (Note: I actually like math, but that has nothing to do with my story, I just thought that you might like to know...)  Anyways, if we got the answer right, my teacher would give us a candy.  Today she had Werther's Originals.  And I got a question right.  And *as far as I could tell* they were gluten free.  So I had one.  It was awesome.  And thats the end of my story.  

Ok, so that wasn't that exciting, but I was totally prepared to give my candy to a friend, or just decline it all together.  As always.  (Which, by the way, I am totally fine with =D)  Even if I can't enjoy it, someone might as well, right?  I think so.  

Oh!  Wait!  I have another awesome story.  It's basically as short as the one above.  So, one day, my friends and I were eating, and one friend decided to buy us all Kinder Surprises.  She bought seven Kinder Surprises, which is a whole lot.  And, after reading the lovely foil wrapper, the chocolate *appeared* to be gluten free.  Seeing as Kinder Surprises were one of my favorite treats as a kid, this was awesome.  Oh, and I got a toy.  But I gave that to my friend that bought the Kinder Surprise for me.  I was perfectly fine with just the chocolate.

Oh, but one thing about Kinder Surprises.  Has anyone else noticed that they changed the capsule thingys?  Now they can't pop apart, but it's kinda weird that they're not the same as they've always been.  Now, I'm sure it was because someone choked or something, but still.  

Okay, so thats all I have for exciting candy-receiving stories (from the past few days), but I thought that I should share.  After all, the world is becoming more gluten free, even if most of it doesn't realize it.

xoxo

Lauren

Fall

or Autumn.  Whatever you prefer.  Either way you say it, it's here.  uh huh.  The leaves are changing.  And falling.  And it's getting colder.  

Fall is the time of comfort to me.  I think that fall is when I start to want comfort foods.  Winter, I get more back to normal, but fall is the true time of comfort food for me.  Mac and Cheese.  A good bowl of it.  That is the absolute best comfort food out there.  It's warm, cheesy, not light, and it has pasta in it.  What more could you want?  Maybe a nice tall glass of cold milk.  Or hot chocolate.  

So I guess all my comfort foods are dairy.  I'm a bit of a dairy person.  No, a big one.  Unless I was forced to give up casein, I could never ever get rid of dairy from my diet.  I could easily get rid of meat.  No problem.  But without a doubt, you'd have to fight me to give dairy up.  I think.  

Then again, I probably would have said the same thing about gluten (if I'd known what it was).  

Anyways, I am so ready for fall.  It feels like its actually time for it now.  

What does fall make you think of?  I'd love to know.  It also makes me think of a nice apple crisp.  I'd spend all day in the kitchen if I could have a nice bowl of that this fall.  Yup, sounds like a good plan to me.

xoxo

Lauren

Ooops

Whoa, ok.  So I've been a bad blogger.  I know.  I'm sorry.  I really don't like to do this, but sometimes it just happens.  I missed like a week, then gave you my brother (not that thats a bad thing), but I have just been so out of things lately.  I've been trying to get back into the swing of school, friends, no free time, and still write.  No, I'm not giving this up.  Don't be silly.  I just think that I'm not going to be posting once a day.  

Anyways, I did some baking yesterday.  I can't tell you about it yet, but I am trying to stay in the kitchen.  I really do love to cook and bake and play with food.  It's many things to me.  It is a release, just like this, but it's also really fun, and you (usually) get an awesome outcome.  Oh, and I always learn something.  Even if it's just that it isn't quite sweet enough.  So, with that all said, I completely have no clue where I was going with this, but thats ok.  I basically just wanted to say Sorry.  Not necessarily to you, but mostly to myself, because it really drives me nuts when I ignore this for long periods of time.  So, I'm not going to do that anymore, and all will be good =D.  

Thats about all for this rambling on,

xoxo

Lauren

PS enjoy your last day of summer!

Introducing...

My brother.  No, you don't get to see him.  Or me for that matter.  However, he will be writing a few posts (here and there).  I'm not sure exactly what he will do, but I'm guessing he'll say what it's like to be a gluten eating brother to a sister with celiac.  Oh, and he's lactose intolerant, so from now on, he will be known as the Milkless Brother.  (It would have been Milkless Wonder, but he's my brother)  Oh, in case you've been reading me forever, he is formerly known as red firetruck.  Or my little brother.  I've used both.  

Anyways, without further adieu, here is his first post (ever.  so excuse anything he might say.  he's new at this after all. =D)

...

Hi I am the Milkless Brother I do eat gluten and am sometimes annoyed by all the gluten free stuff (taste, length of time to make etc.). Our house is now almost all gluten free except for a cupboard that only has gluten in it. Anyways... One of these days I was all of a sudden craving some nutella, so we went out and bought a small jar of it. The only difference was that we had to use a spoon instead of a knife(For use on glutinous bread, bagels etc.) due to cross contanimation. So, we quickly finished that jar and the next time we bought nutella we bought two small jars(although I really wanted to buy two big jars) and labelled one gluten free. It turned out to work and we were both satisfied(for now). Soon though, we will want much more.

Although I am not a celiac(yet) and I do eat gluten, I am becoming more and more gluten free as the days, weeks, months pass. I do have my pet peeves about gluten free eating(see above) I am starting to get more used to the gluten free cuisine. I also enjoy the creations my sister has made for desert especially the chocolate eclairs. I am lactose intolerant and do drink a special milk but, cheese and all that are OK so my sister only has to tweak recipes for here celiac and not my lactose intolerance. As the years have gone by, Our family's menu has changed alot. Going from having bread at every meal and us all being OK to my sister getting sick and having more salt and other stuff and then ending up striving to keep our meals gluten free except for the few things my sister won't eat and having that food not touching her food.

That is all I can think to write today I hope I may be able to do another post about having a sister gluten free and not being completely gluten free(for now). Anyways, that's my segment.

...

Thanks little Milkless Brother.  This was fun.  I hope it happens again.  

xoxo

Lauren (and her Milkless Brother)

Yuck and Normal?

Oh boy, I'm wiped.  This weekend took a lot out of me.  Before this weekend was worse.  I've been dizzy and sick and just yuck.  I have hypothyroidism, and apparently that means that when I get whatever cold/virus that is going around, I get really thrown out of whack.  This time I was getting real dizzy.  Like all the time.  Out of nowhere.  Not from changing positions, nothing.  Just sitting there.  I was getting dizzy lying down.  And 1/2way through my lunch, sitting down.  Oh, and to just add to my luck, I think I'm growing.  Even just a bit.  All combined, I need a new thyroid test.  Now I'm just waiting for the results.  Then I should be dizzy free, and able to grow like a normal teenager.  Yeah... if I'll ever be one with all of this health yuck.  But really, who wants to be normal?  

So, on to the question of normal.  Does it in fact exist?  I really don't think so.  Yes, you can have your own normals, but there is no normal.  Yes, there are limits and whatnot, but really can anyone be normal if we are all unique?  I don't think so.  At least I hope not.  Because then I know that I wouldn't be normal, and whats the point of putting a silly pressure like that on yourself when it's clearly unattainable...  I don't know.  Anyways =D.  

Anyways, can you believe that I went the whole NY Fashion Week without posting about it?  I sure can't.  So expect some of those in the future.  First I have to look through a whole ton of pictures, to find some highlights.  Oh, then back to food.  I should have some reviews soon.  Yes, that would be nice.  But, being September, with school just getting underway, I can't guarantee a thing.  I just know that I will get to it all eventually...  

Thats all for tonight, I'm done my homework, and looking forward to some tea that Mom and Dad are making as I type this.  Ahh...  then I'll relax and prepare for a crazy week back at school.  It'll be great.  But I should really get to it.

xoxo

Lauren

Elections

So, as pretty much every person knows, the States is having a presidential election in November.  So, as a Canadian teen, why-oh-why am I talking about this?  Well, I'm not.  At least, not really.  I just find it funny how different the political systems work in our two countries.  I really couldn't tell you which one (if either) is better.  Anyways, as all Canadians *should* know (especially those of voting age), Stephen Harper called an election.  Our third in 4 years.  

 

What I find funny about this is how much hype the Americans put into elections.  I think that they start campaigning the moment the president is elected.  Also, they know that every 4 years, exactly, they will have an election.  On the other hand, in Canada, the Prime Minister calls an election, basically, whenever they want to, within 4 years of them becoming the PM.  Thats why we've had 2 in the past 4 years (and one will have this year).  

 

The other thing, was that Americans know that once every 4 years, in November, they have an election.  Ours was called on September 7th, and will be held on October 14th.  Yeah, it's a bit faster than 4 years.  Or however long this election has been planned for.  

 

My last odd thing about elections is that in the States, the president may have 2 terms, max.  In Canada, they could have as many as they can last for.  Whether thats 1 or 6, or somewhere in between.  Also, being all ahead of the curve, we've had a female PM.  Yup.  It may have been for a short time, but it still counts.  =D

 

So thats all I have to say about politics.  Oh, that and Vote.  Please do.  If you are of age, then choose a candidate/party/however you want to choose.  If you don't vote, no one can for you.  It's one chance.  And it only takes a few minutes out of your day, once every 4 or 3 or 2 or however many years.  It's not a big deal, unless you don't do it.  

 

So, thats the end of my rant/talk-type thing.  I know this is out of my normal realm, but voting is really important, and I hope that whomever the next Prime Minister and President are, you have a part in getting them there.  Harper, Dion, Obama and McCain, Good luck.  

 

So, I'll get back to my normal, teenage-type posts tomorrow, I just wanted to say this, because after all, 2 of the above names are going to be running our countries for the next 4 (or less...) years.  It's pretty important.  Thats all.

 

xoxo

Lauren

 

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Nutella

is my new favorite thing.  My brother got me hooked, at least for now.  I know it's a phase, but this stuff is really good.  My brother and I ate it so much that we finished a jar in like 2 days.  Now there are 2 in our house.  One gluten free, and one not.  It's just easier that way, especially when we're going through it like crazy.  Yes, I must say that I have eaten it off a spoon, however, I also have an awesome suggestion today.  Yeah, I'm not just informing you about my latest obsession (if thats the right word...), instead, I'm giving you an awesome after-school snack.  

I'll give you a clue.  It has no bread products.  Whatsoever.  (Unless you used the non-GF Nutella jar...)  Also, in my mind, at least, it's healthy for you.  And me.  Oh, and most importantly, it's got hazelnuts and cocoa.  Both, obviously in the Nutella...

Anyways, my likely not-so-genius after school snack invention involving Nutella and no grains is Nutella on Apple.  I just took a delicious looking gala apple from the fridge, cut it up into sections, and got a spoonful of Nutella.  It's my new snack.  And it tastes good.  And, you (or your child) gets to eat an apple.  

I realize that this could be used as a trick to get kids to eat fruit, and I fully support that.  One of my favorite snacks as a kid was those canned pineapple segments, in the juice, with chocolate chips sprinkled on top.  Turns out, it was just a way for mom to get us to eat more fruit.  It sure worked, as I'm still talking about it...

Anyways, I love fruit, and I love nuts, and I love chocolate.  So this is the best of all worlds.  And, pre-diagnoses, I liked those Bueno chocolate bars, and the ferrero rocher balls, so eating Nutella is my way of getting the idea of those, while still staying gluten free!

Thats about all for today,

xoxo

Lauren 

Leftovers

So, in the depths of my family's computers, I have pictures.  Lots of pictures that somehow never made it on to this blog.  Some were because the food didn't turn out very well.  Some were because I just simply forgot or ran out of time to do them.  Anyways, here is the first part of my leftovers.

I made some red velvet cupcakes for Canada Day.  Let's just say that they were too moist (the flours I used didn't work out that well...).  Way too too moist.  However, the brown sugar cream cheese icing was really good.  

One day I wanted a little addition to my pasta, that wasn't tomato sauce.  So, I cut cherry tomatoes in half, then oiled and salted them and then broiled them.  I found them a bit too salty, but I enjoyed them.  If you wanted to make something like that, you should just wing it.  It can't turn out bad, if anything a bit salty or something.

This summer we had a tiny watermelon phase.  It was really good.  Especially at peak season.  I think that each year, my family goes through a week or two where watermelon is our fruit of choice.  Then we're tired of it.  Unless it's in the house.  Then it's gone.

Mmm, I love avocados.  This is one that I used to make guacamole with, one day for a snack/lunch-type thing.  This avocado was a tad bit over ripe, but that never hurt anyone.  =D.  

Thats about all I have for leftovers on this computer, but one day, I'll make it to the other one and share some more leftovers.  

Anyways, have a good day,

xoxo

Lauren

PS - Don't forget to give me your input on my blog, on my 100th post =D, Thanks!

100 - What You Think.

Yes.  Already.  100 posts.  I told you that I'm all about milestones...  I figured that 100 should be something big though, so this post isn't just a milestone.  No, I'm not going to give you all my posts and their categories, I'll save that for later.  No, I wanted to do something special.  But, of course nothing came to mind.  The first week of school tends to erase any thoughts that I've had, so I don't have much to say.  I'm still getting over a bit of a cold-type thing, but I thought of something good.

Although I've been a little "this is my blog and ...", I would love to know what you think.  Any of you.  Whether commenting on this post, or emailing me at [email protected] I'd love to know what you think.  I may not follow your suggestions, but I would love to hear some.  I like input, especially on something like this.  Something that makes me part of an amazing community, while allowing me to be an individual.  I want to know what you think.  Whether it's about my blog, my outlook, my opinion, my advice, anything.  I'll answer your questions or anything like that.  If I don't have an answer, then I'll find one, or point you in a direction to get one.  

So, Tell me what you think.  Anything.  

As long as you're not rude, I'm fine if you don't like a certain aspect of my blog.  This is what I want to know.  So, please leave a comment or email me.  Even a short sentence will do =D.

Thanks,

xoxo

Lauren

School and Life

So, school has started.  I'm wiped after this first week.  And, with my oh-so-strong immune system, by about the second day, I caught something.  I know, lucky me...  It started as a sore throat (that sentence always haunts me, as that's how my pneumonia, and this mountain of health problems started.  I worry, at least a little bit, every time I get a sore throat), but now I'm just all congested and stuff.  I haven't had the best sleeps the past few nights, as I've been up to blow my nose multiple times.  The weird thing has been that I've actually woken up awake, not tired.  That was odd to be, but in no way am I sad about it.  

Anyways, I hope sometime soon to be into a good, normal routine.  One that includes cooking, daring baking, regular baking, blogging, school, homework (ugh), and most importantly, time for me and my friends.  That would be nice.  Yes.  Very nice.  

Cough.  Cough.  Cough.  I should go take something.  Or eat something.  I don't know.  Anyways, I hope that everyone has been (will be?) enjoying this school year.  Remember, it's a fresh start.  Sometimes they start with a bang, others with a push, and some, with a cough.  Once everything gets going, it'll be great.  But right now, I should relax.  After all, what are weekends for?

xoxo

Lauren

I love...

My new cookbook.  It's by Roben Ryberg, and it's called You Won't Believe It's Gluten Free.  The whole book (or at least what we've made from it) has been wonderful.  

Roben has a completely different philosophy than any other GF cookbook author I know.  She does whatever she can to make food with only one type of GF grain.  Or two, if she has to.  Then she gives a whole ton of variations of the same recipe each using a different flour.  Personally, I don't have any allergies *that I know of* so it's not a big deal for me.  However, if you do, I can see this book being a lifesaver.  It's just so simple.  Another thing that I really enjoyed about her book is that she tries to make the recipes as simple as possible.  

Another thing thats really cool about this book is that she does a lot more than just baked goods.  Roben realized something that may be very true for some people.  This may be your first time learning how to cook.  It's just made that much harder by being gluten free.  With that said, she decided to include some real basics about cooking.  Ones that can really help if you're just starting cooking (or never quite figured certain foods out), like Asparagus, or Boiled chicken.  Yes, they are not that hard to get, but it's good to have a recipe for them, especially since many cookbook authors just know how to make them, and always have, therefore leaving them out.  

So far, my Mom and I have made Salmon, Mac & Cheese (2 ways), Bagels, and about a minute ago, Mom pulled her pie crust out of the oven.  (*You should know that my Mom has never been able to make a good pie crust - she won't get mad at me for saying that, it's true, and she says it herself - and this one turned out looking like a real wheat pie crust).  

Anyways, I highly reccomend this cookbook.  I may have only had it for a few weeks, but it has been a great book, and I'm like 99.9% sure that it is our new staple cookbook.  It's got so many great recipes, and all of them are so simple (as much as they can be).  And if I don't stop know, I'm not likely to stop any time soon...

xoxo

Lauren

PS - Go buy it.  Like now.  Shoo.  Go.

Hello September!

Man.  September already?  I thought that August just started.  I guess it's over.  But this is not about endings.  It is about beginnings.  Endings are things we dwell on.  Beginnings are exciting and nerve-wracking and joyful.  They kick us in the butt and get us going.  At least September does.  For me...

September is... Well what is September?

I think shorts and jeans.  Sweaters and tank tops.  Weather that isn't one way or another.  Not quite summer, but not quite fall and changing leaves.  It's the beginning of a new school year.  We get to be a new person every September.  Or at least something changes each one.  September is smiles and "I missed you"s.  September is Oh my Goodness, what's going on?  September is Change.  A great beautiful happy reunion excited nervous and amazing month.  

At least, thats what September is to me.  The only question now, is what is September to you?

It could be anything.  I'd like to know =D.

xoxo 

Lauren