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Jan 2008
And we have another new year.
POO has completely recovered from having to be boarded. One big problem is that he knows I haven't and he demands a lot of attention. Running my life is his job and he is supposed to direct my attention to what I should do and sometimes what I should not do.
For the past month or so he has been trying to get me to take a nap. He does not sleep with me but it is his job to "put me at ease enough to relax and feel drowsy". He goes to the bedroom door and does any and everything he can to get me to follow him. I suppose that he believes he is leading the way because most often I do follow him because I have to go through my bedroom to get to my bathroom. Yes, he can out run me to the bathroom too. He insist on staying with me while I'm in my bathroom no matter my reason for being there unless I turn on the shower. Then he runs and hides. But he is getting fooled some of the times lately as I have a discarded fern setting in my bath tub while I try to keep it alive until spring. You see, I have to keep the fern in the tub and not place it on the floor because POO is a boy dog and he will "hike" on it. The fern and I are not doing so well but POO has become as playful as a kitten.When I come out of the bathroom he gets on my bed and invites me to join him.
This is any time sleep procedure:
When I finally get in the bed he is waiting for me to get under my comforter
-- I try to keep the material between POO's toe nails and my skin as I'm a "bleeder" --
at which time we get up a game of me pushing and generally rough-housing him while he wiggles, rolls, yelps, and has a merry old good time until I get tired and roll over or he needs to go to his papers. I can not say how he determines the difference between me being asleep, deep in thought, or faking. But he knows the difference. If I lay still with my back to him he will body slam me and sometimes we go back and forth body slamming for a while. When I don't respond to that he will walk up along my back and, if necessary, step on my pillow to stretch his neck out across mine. If I say, "I know you're there." He will lay down by my neck if I am really sick or upset, if I'm not, he will move down to the back of my knees and lay there until I start to drift off. Then he gives himself a good shake and hops off to go to his quarters. If I rouse he will hurry back up to my neck and we go through my sleep check out again. He will not leave me if I'm awake. Since my heart attack he has roused me a number of times just as I felt the need for a heart pill.
I finally got a yogurt maker and a Soy Milk maker and we have greatly enjoyed them. Only problem with this brand of soy milk maker is that the beans must be hulled. I soak them and smash the day lights out of them with a potato masher to loosen the hulls. When I have to hand hull some of them I hold the soaked bean between my thumb and forefinger and squeeze and the bean scoots out. Most of the time I can aim it it in the bowl but every now and then the beans will end up across the room, bounced off the POO, or anywhere but in the bowl.
I haven't got the milk part tweaked to where I enjoy drinking it but I made a lot of things with it. POO decided he likes the soy milk and the ground beans and yogurt . Homemade tofu is the best!!!
I had some extra soy milk last night and and decided to use it in place of water to make some plain long grain white rice.
I use 1 part Rice to 2-3/4+ liquid to make stove top rice because I have chewing issues and need my rice to be soft.
Soy Milk Rice
2-3/4 C Soy Milk
1 C Enriched long grain white Rice
Salt
Cow Butter
Use a 2 quart or 3 quart boiler for this as soy milk foams.
Place Soy milk and Salt in boiler and bring to boil on high heat, it will foam.
Remove from heat and sprinkle Rice in Soy milk.
Return boiler to high heat and bring Rice to a Boil.
Reduce heat to Medium, place a Wooden Spoon across the boiler and prop the lid on it.
Set your timer for 18 minutes.
Check at the end of simmering time and if liquid is not apparent remove from heat and put the lid on the boiler without the spoon.
Let sit for 10 minutes and check.
I add 1/2 stick butter+ and stir and check to see if it is salty enough for me.
The Soy milk will make "Rags" when you stir the rice.
I enjoyed the rice prepared this way.
POO really enjoyed it too!