I seem much better at unintentional training than intentional training. Dixie and I are definitely lagging behind the others in our basic obedience class, and I’m certain that’s my doing – not Dixie’s.
Dixie enjoys her purchased dog food and treats. However, I like the option of some more “natural” foods and would love some lower-calorie options than the spreadable cheese and peanut butter I’ve used in her Kong. Here’s a list of fruits/vegetables given to Dixie to try:
Posted in Chi-Town Fur Gang | Tagged Dixie, dog, treats |
I’ve little experience with dogs. I’ve never had a dog of my own. I have friends with dogs, and have had family with dogs, and even briefly had a roommate with two dogs. But I consider myself pretty ignorant when it comes to dogs.
Posted in Chi-Town Fur Gang, Life of the Lintee Bean | Tagged adoption, Dixie, dog, rescue | 3 Comments »
My infatuation with pomegranates continues. Today I was ready to prepare another. Apparently, this is what happens when pomegranate goes “bad”. It looks like a rabbit with a serious digestive problem left gooey bunny turds inside my pomegranate.
Some bunny does not feel well
Posted in Life of the Lintee Bean | Tagged disaster, food, gross, kitchen, plumbing, pomegranate, rabbit turds, rotten |
Unfortunately, my ability to understand my cleaning lady has no relation to the importance of the information she is trying to convey. For example, I struggled to understand that I could reschedule my cleaning or that I forgot to leave her a check once. However, I understood perfectly that her mother is coming from Poland to visit and it will be the first time she’s seen her in ten years.
She gave me a lovely box of chocolates and a card.
Holiday card from my cleaning lady – inside
Holiday card from my cleaning lady – outside
I am going to guess this says something wishing me a happy holiday and new year… or something along those lines. I have no idea.
Last year I got a similar card. I took it to work. I asked a Polish coworker about it. The conversation went something like:
Me: Can you read this? Do you understand what it says?
Coworker (examines card carefully): Yes
Me: Um… can you read it TO ME?
Coworker: Blah-blah-blah in Polish
Me: Um… okay. Can you translate it for me? I mean, can you tell me what it says in English?
Coworker (thinks): Blah-blah birthday of baby Jesus… happiness in year ahead….
Me: Great! Thank you! I basically just wanted to know if it said “I hate you, I hate cleaning for you, you are an evil witch and I hope you rot.”
Coworker: Um… no… it does not say that.
Coworker does not appreciate my twisted sense of humor. That’s okay, many people don’t. I understand this.
Posted in Life of the Lintee Bean | Tagged card, holidays, language | 2 Comments »
The verdicts are in. I have tasted all the interesting things I purchased Friday night in the produce section. (I haven’t yet tasted the frozen breaded okra – but I have tried all the produce, so I’m going to call it.)
Okay, this has nothing to do with the produce I bought. I bought this jar of chili paste a while back. I didn’t know what I’d do with it. In fact, the cashier at Trader Joe’s said she would have no idea what to do with it. I was kind of hoping it’d be some sort of substitute for the curry paste I’d been buying – that had shellfish in it.
Posted in Noms | Tagged food, Prickly pear, trying-new-things |
Last time I went to Trader Joe’s, I decided to try a few new things from the produce aisle, including a pomegranate. I’ve had pomegranate before – pomegranate-flavored Greek yogurt, pomegranante and blueberry breakfast cereal, even pomegranate in a salad. However, I’ve never actually purchased and prepared a pomegranate. A friend had posted this YouTube video on Facebook recently, which made it seem possible for even someone as clumsy as me to prepare one.
So, I gave it a go:
Posted in Noms | Tagged food, pomegranate |
A friend recently chastised me for publishing photos of my food on Facebook. Coincidentally (?) another friend posted a list of “losers” on Facebook – one category of which was the loser that photographs their dinner.
I guess not everyone is interested in food. I am. I’m interested in food ALL THE TIME. I’m especially excited about food when I’m going to the effort of eating “real” food – food that actually has an expiration date and/or is created by nature.
However, given the limited interest my pictures of food seem to generate on Facebook, I’ve decided to put them on my blog! Because, let’s face it, my blog is all about me and what I am interested in!
In that vein, I’ll start with my trip to Tony’s Finer Foods last night. I went late, after work, because I knew snow was in the forecast and I’d be too lazy to shovel the alley so I could get my car out of the garage for a trip this weekend. Plus, I have two new FAVORITE things, one of which seems only available in “fresh” form at Tony’s.
I grew up in small town Nebraska, where my exposure to “produce” seemed limited. On occasion I get adventurous and try various items available in the “big city”. Tony’s has a particularly diverse produce section, due in part to the large Hispanic and Korean population in this area.
To make my post EXTRA fun, we’ll make it a game. How many of these items I bought, rather randomly, can you identify? (Many of these items I have never purchased or eaten before, so this weekend will involve research on “what do I do with this thing?”)
Guess the produce #1 – I’ve never had this before, but could not resist his little grumpy face
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Since neglecting my fitness, I’ve had a lot more time to play with yarn! I’ve even been brave and developed new skills.
I knit my very first pair of socks! They don’t fit particularly well, but they do FIT! Now that I am over my fear of double-pointed needles, my opportunities for knitting have VASTLY expanded. I am no longer restricted to squares (like dishcloths), rectangles (like scarves), and circles that do not get smaller or larger (like cowls/neckwarmers).
My first knit socks
Posted in Knot misbehaving | Tagged crochet knit crafts yarn | 5 Comments »
I’ve been neglecting my blog. However, I have recently cleared my schedule of more trivial activities like Fitocracy (a social media site for fitness tracking, etc), yarn swapping, working out, etc, so I hope to have more time for writing. Perhaps I’ll even start a new category for “random thoughts of the Lintee Bean”. We’ll see.
There have been a lot of advances in television viewing in recent years, at least for me. Rather than plopping in front of the TV and watching whatever happens to be on, no matter how lame, now I can choose from shows recorded on my digital video recorder, shows on NetFlix, Hulu, iTunes, etc. Now, I don’t really “watch” because along with television advances have come Internet advances and other life changes, and I’m usually watching TV while also on the Internet and/or writing and/or playing with yarn.
Posted in Life of the Lintee Bean | Tagged MIA, missing, missing-persons |
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