“But I Wanted a Table on the Patio.”
(A fictional story, although stuff like this happens all the time.) Bob the restaurant manager checked the weather one more time. It was 8:00 a.m. and while Chicago was tricky, he tried his best to predict the temperatures each day. "Warm and sunny. Great!" Bob said...
Dog Owner Now Meaner
Although it was rough at first -- very rough -- I have come to accept and feel affection for our shelter pitbull mix, Ozzie. He's cute and has turned out to be a great learner. Combine this with a woman who tends to be a diligent student and strict master and we've...
Nutrition Is My New Religion
Photo of the last huge bowl of corn masa I'll ever eat. When you open a newspaper or find a new news website, what category is your favorite? What do you like to turn to first? Some say they're most interested in sports or world news or politics. You know what my...
Regina the Food Grinch
This is what I'm studying this weekend: The Dark Side of Wheat. It details evidence that people with celiac's disease, which causes the inability to digest wheat, are not the only ones who are harmed by eating wheat. According to the author, wheat harms everyone...
Benefits of Fasting
The March 2012 issue of Harper's Magazine contains this article "Starving Your Way to Vigor: The Benefits of an Empty Stomach." Since you can't access the online article without paying, I'll summarize. The author, Steve Hendricks speaks from the experience of having...
Not a Lenten Sacrifice
The challenge: from 26 February to 4 March I'm cutting out all wheat and processed sweets. These foods give me stomach aches and keep me awake at night, so I've got to make a change. I think if I could just get a streak going and stop the sugar roller coaster, I might...
I’m Not This Animal’s “Mom”
If I'd known that getting a dog would cause some people to call me its "mom," I would have hesitated even more than I did. If I had wanted to be a "mom" I would have either given birth to or adopted a child. I didn't do either of those things and I prefer not to be...
What Is It Like to be Married?
[Photo taken at L. Woods Tap and Pine Lodge.] It seems to me that married people often hedge when asked what being married is like. They say things like "marriage takes work," and "every marriage is different." When I was single, this answer made me think, "Yeah,...
Lake Geneva with Dog
Photos of our first vacation with our dog (in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin USA). The Brat Stop (pronounced "brawwt stawwp" because "brat" is short for "bratwurst") is a bar, restaurant and cheese shop. It's where Bob and I shared our first meal as husband and wife on our...
Some Vacation
This week (Mon-Wed) Bob and I finally got our getaway "weekend" to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin USA. It was our first ever vacation with our dog, Ozzie. We stayed at Eleven Gables Inn, a wonderful bed and breakfast that's homey and quaint and accepts dogs. We had a lake...
A More Angelic Moment
Ozzie's back at the scene of the crime in this photo, but this time the gate was closed and he was tethered.
My favorite color is PINK
I have a new iPad cover that's bubblegum PINK and it makes me happy. My co-workers were surprised when I told them my favorite color is PINK. I think this is because: 1. They know I like winter, gray skies and avoid sunlight. 2. At work I wear a lot of conservative,...