I *finally* went to sleep, after tossing/turning for an hour followed by spooning, which calmed me down... aaahhh... there's nothing like human contact for the needy...
Award time (although not related to my taming the Zs) here it is:
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This is truly the last entry for... until I sleep.
Anyway, following the entry about the Cultured Dairy Snack, I remember when my niece and nephew were visiting from Argentina, where the cats are just cats (I'm really going somewhere with this).
At the time we had 4 dogs and a cat. I'd never been known to my family as a cat person so both my niece and nephew were a little surprised when they saw Zihua gliding by. One of them asked if I was worried about the dogs living with a cat, so I told them no because I felt confident about how the dogs treated that very sweet kitty. Then they asked if the scratching wasn't a problem, given that we had leather sofas and wood furniture. Well again I said no, because she'd been declawed. Then they asked if I wasn't worried about her getting pregnant, given that's something cats do (by the way, find "Cats and Dogs" written sometime after Feb.) and they do quite often. One more time I said no because she'd been fixed.
Then came a long pause. No questions, no comments, just silence.
One of them finally broke the quiet and with a sly smile said "So, if she one day starts meowing incessantly, will you have her vocal cords removed?" and we all laughed uncontrolablly at how ridiculous it all seemed... But while I laughed, I remembered there was a time when I didn't know about these "advancements" and a cat was just a cat and they scratched you if you annoyed them.
The answer to their vocal cord question? Maybe.
Then if I did, could say I have a "cultured" cat?
Ok, I shall try to sleep now. I hope the sun doesn't come up until 3pm.
I hope the phone doesn't ring, the dogs don't bark ever again and I hope the kids will go upstairs to the studio and self-homeschool themselves all the way to 12th grade in one day.
I also hope I can fall asleep when I lie down.
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What time is it anyway?
In our silly attempts to not only control the universe, but to also eat whatever we want without actually ingesting it, we somehow gave the good folks at Dannon the brilliant idea that their new "Carb Control" yogurt could be a good thing to put out on the supermarket shelves.
I tried this whatever it was only because I started using coupons (I figured out you can actually get free stuff) and this was one of those free items. Yes I know, "now we know why it was free." But seriously? It tasted nothing remotely like any yogurt I ever had anywhere, ever. As a matter of fact, as soon as the spoon went in my mouth I panicked on how the new medicine must be altering my mind as I clearly recall getting a yogurt out of the fridge and this was not yogurt. It was whipped Ivory liquid soap with artificial berry extracts and a topped off with a bag of aspartame. I then looked at the container, it read: "Dannon (R) Light'n Fit Carb Control Strawberries 'N Cream NATURALLY AND ARTIFICIALLY FLAVORED. 80% less sugar and 1/3 fewer calories than regular lowfat yogurt. Keep refrigerated..." blah, blah, blah... and THEN... in the smallest of print...
"Cultured Dairy Snack"
So there you have it. I was right it was not yogurt. They compared it to yogurt, but they never stated it was yogurt. Be proud, you're actually eating a "Cultured" dairy snack as opposed to an "uncultured"(?) one I guess? Because we put our culture all over it... ahaha... yessiree... it is cultured and it was free. Whew.
