January 4, 2012 and Introducing Dr. JackalopeYikes! I have neglected my blog for the past several weeks. I
think feel a blogging spree coming on. Also, for some reason that blog graphics theme of snow just didn't do it for me this year - much as I am looking forward to hopefully getting some decent snowfalls yet this winter. It has been dreadfully "warm" for Wisconsin this year. I dream about moving to the North Pole, or... at least to Iceland. I would like to photograph some nice snow scenes to publish on this blog to remind my Armed Forces readers of home.
I digress. It is January, and January means that my sleep time dreams are filled with flowers and botanical Latin - much as I am looking forward to having it be winter for a long time yet! I am starved for color, hence the flowery, springlike graphics theme. Last year's flower garden was splendid, but... it was too darned hot and humid for me to spend much time enjoying it. (We CFS/CFIDS patients do not do well in hot weather. For me, it means extra super narsty excursions to a hellish little place called
Planet Migraine, and I know it does for many others).
Briefly of Dr. JackalopeANYWAY, as promised in November, the lifeisapolka.com blog is going to feature
Dr. Jackalope's Story Corner. I am pleased that Dr. Jackalope came home early to Wisconsin from his vacation skiing and mountain biking in the northern Italian Alps (where he lodged at the Hotel Concordia - please see
http://www.lungolivigno.com/en/livigno-hotel-concordia - it's owned and run by my cousins Fabio and Petra) , just to help me and Nurse Maggie bake Christmas cookies. But rascally Dr. Jackalope was true to form and, after we all went to bed at night after long days of baking nice cookies, he stayed up drinking Peppermint Schnapps and baking Garlic Cut Out cookies frosted with garlic icing.
Poor Dr. Jackalope! He is such a handsome specimen of masculine jackalope beauty, and he is not at all humble. Therefore, God hath ordained that he have an insatiable craving for garlicky foods - even right down to staying up all night (using all of the real butter, no less - and not cheap this year by any means) stinking up the house by baking multiple dozens of garlic cookies and loading up the bread machine with garlic-herb bread dough. And... as much as he tried to mask the odor of garlic on his breath each morning by "gargling" (ahem!) with Mohawk Peppermint Schnapps, his halitosis was still dreadfully atrocious. Not to mention, Nurse Maggie and I had to spend loads of time trying to deodorize the cookie sheets so that our Lemon Butter Spritz (and other baked confections) would not bear any signs (taste and smell) of Dr. Jack's Garlic Spree.
Did I mention, Dr. Jackalope is an inconsiderate fellow when he's been "gargling" (ahem!) with Mohawk Peppermint Schnapps, and he falls asleep with a tummy full of Garlic Goodies before he's cleaned up all the mixing bowls and utensils in the kitchen?! On the sofa, he snores blissfully with snorts alternated with belches. He really can be uncouth! But... he really is a good fellow and he has a heart of gold. However, when he has overindulged in Garlic Cut Out Cookies and finds it necessary to "gargle" (ahem!) with extra Mohawk Peppermint Schnapps, he is a bit, shall we say "ornery" in the morning until noon. You dasn't wake up a jackalope before noon! Warning: Do not approach an ornery jackalope before noon. They have extremely sharp, pointy teeth - and they're not afraid of using them on People Who Sing Loudly and Whistle Cheerfully in the Morning.
(In which case, I wonder if there is any way or chance that I could be related to jackalopes...
).
I have pictures to post in this blog entry, but unfortunately, Xanga's Photo Manager is
farting hiccuping again. I'll try later.
Well, it's time for me to fix something simple for dinner. Maybe this will be one of those "breakfast for dinner" nights.
Ta Ta For Now!
- Miss Chris
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