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A most foul lasagna is made |
Allison
has had this idea to make lasagna for several days now. I am not much of a cook but it sounded
like a good idea to me. So this
morning we went for a long walk and along the way picked up some stuff to put
in the veggie lasagna. Ixnay on the pinachsay since there is no spinach here. We found canned
mushrooms and black olives and we also found Barilla brand spaghetti sauce so
we figured that would work.
What
went wrong? Technically,
nothing. It had the right form.
I think it was the cheese. We used cottage cheese in place of ricotta
and we did have something called “mozzarella” – but it just
tasted off. We each took a few
bites and then almost synchronized our reach for the Pringles can. Ah, well, it
was an ambitious attempt and we decided 1) it tasted better after vodka
cocktails and 2) it now justified our continued existence on Pringles and
PB&J sandwiches. After all, we
tried to eat better… !
Today’s
matinee feature film was Stuck on You. Normally I love the farrelly brother movies and I love Greg Kinnear
but this one, although sweet, just wasn’t very funny. Allison crocheted through it so that
tells you it wasn’t very gripping. But hey, beggars can’t be
choosers and besides, it too had more appeal after the vodka cocktails.
Another great day with annabelly. She is just
such a dream of a kid. She slept
soundly during her nap and played happily when awake. It’s 8:17pm and she went down
right at 8:00 pm sharp.
Oh,
and I have been sleeping on the couch and that’s going very well. I
can’t hear her early morning screeches in the other room so I’m
sleeping right until 7am. I’ve had to wake her up both mornings at 7am
too so I think she’s sleeping better being in the bedroom alone. I
can’t wait to get home where she can be in her own room and me in
mine.
Speaking
of getting home, I signed Annabelle up for an adoption study
at the
No
great pictures today since I forgot my camera when I went to the cottage today
but here are just a couple from this evening.
Day 33_files\Pig in a Blanket.MOV (click for quicktime
movie)
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And
finally, it was 8 weeks ago tonight that Margaret left. It was 3 months ago
today that my McDuff-Duff also left me. Margaret was so wonderful and kind and
sad when McDuff died. I was desolate. She wrote this to me a few weeks later:
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From: |
"Margaret Mericle" <mhm.200x@netzero.net> |
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To: |
bassetpal@aol.com |
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Subject: |
you and your Duffster |
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Date: |
Sat, 4 Mar 2006
01:03:18 -0500 |
I miss calling you and having you scream,
"no, McDuff!!!"
I miss thinking about the Duffster
happily trotting through life, as though it were so easy--once one
has found one's human soulmate (you).
I miss thinking about how Duffy was so evil, yet
never ever harassed any of the kitties, even when there were 4 of them, and
they were nocturnal, and Duffy needed his sleep in order to levitate the next
day.
I miss thinking of you and McDuff,
such a great team of dysfunctionals, the pair of you.
I miss thinking of Murphy lording it over Duffy,
because she had an I.Q. of 1, and he had an I.Q. of "idiot," but with
such personality, that they were pretty evenly matched. I miss the
tussle.
I miss the last time I saw all of you together, you,
Murphy, McDuff, and Morrisey,
at Christmas, because you were all together, and such a wonderful life it was,
and what a wonderful Mom you are to a lost lot, who otherwise would have had no
hope.
I
miss you Sis Sis. Remember to let McDuff
hump your leg once in awhile!
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