Last CWK vid of the night, probably ever since she’s returning home from summer break in a couple weeks. I hope you enjoyed them as much as we did. Katie did these just for the Blogathon, she really wanted to do something to help other kids with Celiacs. She even donated every penny she had, all 20 cents, to RAINN all on her own. She’s a good kid. If that doesn’t inspire you to sponsor I don’t know what will. Please at least leave a nice comment. She can’t wait to wake up and see what everyone’s said. Make the kids day, leave her a little note.

1. Because it’s late.

2. Because it makes me happy.

3. Because I can.

Here’s another video with Katie cooking gluten-free yummies.

A very special Cooking With Katie. In this one Blossom confronts Joey about his suspected drug abuse. Ok, I think I’ve finally gone off the deep end. A video about our thon snacks for those of you who’ve made it this far. Nine hours to go. ::cries::

Sorry about the technical issues. If my monitor reads this, whoever you are, contact me. One of my posts disappeared, not sure why. I’m trying to get this figured out though.

Kater’s is back with more yummyness. Watch the vid, leave her a comment, she’ll love you forever.

My abuse, which I can talk about now after many years of silence, was personal. Family, friends of the family, friends of friends, I had a lot of abusers. Most days I cope just fine, I’m a normal well adjusted person, whatever that means. But every now and then it creeps up on me when someone touches me just the wrong way, says something in the wrong tone of voice. Little things. One of my abusers would starve me when I refused to cooperate and would feed me mini marshmallows when I ‘behaved’. Fed me from his hand one at a time, like someone giving treats to a loyal pet. To this day whenever I see mini marshmallows I feel like crying. The point is, that no matter how well you deal with your abuse it’s something that changes you at a really fundamental level. There is a level of trust, innocence and well being that you can’t ever have again. The following video is about those moments when I’m not ok, when it seems like I just can’t take it one more second of being in my body with my brain whispering things to me I don’t want to remember. I’m sharing this because I want people to understand what it’s like for survivors of sexual abuse. Walk a mile in my shoes and understand my fear.

We’re here to support RAINN, I hope you’ll do that. But honestly there is only so much I can read or see about that sort of thing before I start to feel hollow inside. So I’m posting cute stuff. It cheers me up and helps me stay awake. Enjoy.

So, since I’m woefully under prepared this year ( I really thought I’d get more video responses) I’ve decided to share some of my favorite things with you. Here goes.

Another cooking vid from your favorite mini chef.

Once again the angelic (when on camera) Ms. Katie teaches us how to make another yummy gluten-free meal. If you enjoy the video please leave a comment. This is Katie’s first Thon and she is excited beyond words that people are actually watching her vids.