About US

Nate, Bethany, David

Nate and I have been married about 3 1/2 years.  We have 2 dogs and a roommate.  David, our roommate, is my little Brother.  Well, maybe he isn't so little.  He's 20 years old, and about a foot taller than I am.  He moved in with us a few months ago, and has been a very fun addition to our household.  He is an aspiring professional juggler (the Oddball Juggler, look him up on YouTube) and street performer, and is one of the most genuinely nice and hilarious guys you have ever met in your life.  He also tolerates our two dogs very well.  Gibbs is our little Schipperke, and Zena is our German Shepherd/Anatolian Shepherd puppy.  They are always full of energy, in to everything, and are each other's best friends.  They are particularly cute dogs, and can always seem to get out of trouble by using their adorable puppy-dog eyes on us. 

Gibbs and Zena

As I briefly discussed in the introduction, Nate has a genetic muscle disease, resulting in his body being unable to burn carbs for energy.  He burns protein for energy, and has to consume 160g of animal protein each day.  Just to put that into perspective, that is about 23oz of meat, or 1.42lbs of meat.  This could also translate into 2 dozen eggs, 23oz of cheese, 184oz of whole milk, etc.   You get the idea.  It's a lot.  A LOT, of food.  He can eat carbs, he just technically shouldn't eat a lot of bad carbs, sugar, bread, etc., but that rule is bendable.

I have a lot of blood sugar problems, which go away when I don't eat sugar, bread, and white rice.  Basically anything that I eat that has sugar or converts to sugar as soon as I eat it, makes me miserable for days on end.  I recently cut gluten out of my diet, which has resulted in more energy, less moodiness, no more stomach aches and headaches, and my hair isn't falling out anymore.  I'm pretty sure I'm not Celiac, however I just feel significantly better if I'm not eating anything with wheat in it. 

Nate and I are both shameless coffee addicts.  Drip coffee with a little bit of whole milk or half and half please, none of those sugary drinks that cost $4.00 at a coffee stand.  Just a cup of good, strong, hot coffee and we are happy.  Please don't stop by on the day we run out of coffee…you won't like us, and we won't like you.  Show up on our doorstep with hot coffee, and we will be best friends forever.