New Year Happiness

I wanted to actually have a direction for this blog and I thought of one: spices. Spice is the variety of life. Spices can delightfully bring life to a bland dish. Case in point: turkey burgers. you can just consume them basically from the packet via a microwave and have a fairly lean 3-4 ounces of protein. Add a little pepper (red or black), some oregano, basil, and maybe a little rosemary - et voila - a tasty, more interesting dining experience. You can travel the world in a spice cabinet. It is so exciting to see what similarities are in each country's or region's use of spices in dishes. I will try to research some things and make this interesting and educational - maybe add some pics. But now I need to make some dinner: new leftovers - yea! But that is another topic.

responsibility and pets

I consider myself considerably more of a dog person than a cat person. However, our needy kitty, Dotti, does get a healthy dose of affection and has provided me with many mental health moments. Now she shows significant signs of aging which is appropriate since she is over 15 years old.

I feel like the little kid who wants that pet so badly as to say what the adults wants to hear - "yes, I will care for the pet - and feed her, and clean up after her, and bathe her." That lasts for a week and then the adult assumes the responsibility. That is what adults do: assume responsibility. I do not like the extra care and cleaning up or special feeding that lies ahead. I do want Dotti's sunset years to be as pleasant as possible and will do whatever is necessary until the little kid in me does not want to assume the responsibility. I really am uncomfortable with that thought since I am the adult. I should just follow my advice I give my kids: suck it up cupcake.

Ok Dotti it is time for your medicine - oh wait I did that already.

One of one

Careful what you wish for . . .

I have thought that having a blog would be fun, but never actually considered creating one. I hadn't given it much thought, but happened to stumble upon this while trying to figure out how to ask a question on another site. At the moment I have an Arianna Huffington like voice chattering in my head - well I am laughing at it. Laughter is always a good thing. As is food, family, and friends. Procrastination is a very bad thing and unfortunately blogging falls under that catagory. Distractions are my bane in life and sadly I have passed that onto my offspring. I wonder which is worse: that character flaw or ample hips. hmmm.