I have trouble pronouncing my r’s. Not all the time, but there are just some combinations of sounds I have trouble with. Like when we lived in Salt Lake City, I would drive down Wedwood Woad. Or there’s one of my favourite eateries, Wed Wobin. When I used to watch VHS movies, I was sure to wewind them. And I have a cousin named–horror of horrors–Wowy. You know, like the chick on Gilmore Girls. Wowy. The incomparable Izzybella giggles whenever I reference Wedwood Woad, and Joe laughs when I want to go to Wed Wobin. So at least I’m doing my part to spread sunshine, right?
My little dog, Scout, aka Tenacious Dog, Snoop Dog, Rocket Dog, etc., saw me looking out the bathroom window last night and waving at him. After I’d finished washing my hands, I headed through the house to the backyard, where he was staring at the bathroom window and whining because I’d gone away. So today Joe did the same thing–waved to him from the bathroom window before he, well, proceeded to start his business. He said Scout stared at him for a few moments, then tore through the house to the bathroom, looked at Joe quizzically, then raced back out and stared at the bathroom window. Scout repeated it a few times to make sure he got the connection between the head of someone he loved magically appearing in the window and the inside of the house, where that person was presumably located. Very cute.
More Scout cuteness: he likes to chase squirrels. Kind of a Veruca Salt thing, I suppose, although I don’t think Veruca Salt wanted to eat the squirrels. He hasn’t caught any yet, as far as I know, but he has managed to catch the squirrels in the act of secreting nuts. Being a dog who enjoys digging almost as much as he enjoys eating, Scout digs up the nuts and eats them. I can’t help but feel a little sorry for the squirrels, but Scout’s so dang cute when he walks around with pecans in his mouth. Okay, not so cute when bits of the pecan shell are scattered all over the living room floor, but that’s just the way it goes.
Joe and I went to see Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian on Saturday, courtesy of Pat & Clover. It was a very good show. I liked it so much that I went to see it again Monday. I thought the adaptation was just wonderful. They added in some friction between High King Peter the Magnificent (“You probably could have left that last part off”) and Prince Caspian. While that wasn’t in the book, I think it worked much better than what was in the book. And despite my rodent phobia, I adored Reepicheep as much as I expected I would.
Nature Valley makes some fantastic nut crunch bars. I like the simplicity of the ingredient list. For example, the almond crunch bars contain: almonds, peanuts, sunflower seeds, sugar, corn syrup, salt. And they’re really tasty. I like to break them up into smaller bits, and munch on them for my afternoon snack.
I gave up caffeine this week. Not for Lent or anything, and yeah, I know Lent’s behind us. I’m just sayin’. I realized how much Dr. Pepper I’d been drinking, and how little water, and decided that it was just time. Plus, since I don’t trust that aspartame or sucralose are particularly good for me (like HFCS is?!), I’ve been drinking the regular ones. I assume that has something to do with the weight I gained. So after a last farewell Dr. Pepper on Monday evening, I went cold turkey. (Why is it called cold turkey, anyway?) My headache on Tuesday was agony. The headache on Wednesday, agony upon agony. Today’s headache is more like Tuesday’s. I’m hopeful that the headaches will be over with shortly. I’m getting awfully tired of water, though. I’ve had a cup of chamomile tea in the afternoon, just for a change, and I use stevia (which I do trust. why is that?) to sweeten it with. I briefly debated getting a caffeine-free soda today, but ultimately decided not to. So water it is. I will confess to sleeping a bit better–I still need the Ambien, but am hoping to be able to wean myself off it.
I got another cookbook in the mail today to review. I’m very excited. It’ll take me a bit longer to get the review done, as it’s quite a thick book. Looks great, though. Stay tuned, too, for another book review and a giveaway!
