This and That

I have been really keeping up with my healthy eating for quite awhile now. I got pissed off earlier this week when I forgot to check off that I'd had my daily fruits and veggies on my Small Starts app. When I went to check it the next day I had to start over again.

Now for the not-so-healthy eating! I am super proud of myself for making a lasagna from scratch. It took over 3 hours of simmering sauce, mixing, and baking. I even got the noodles you have to boil, instead of the ones you put right into the oven. Noodles are very tricky to get out of the boiling water. But I managed. This was a fabulous lasagna! The recipe is from Taste of Home, so you can google it if you want to give it a go. The only thing I changed is that I added fresh mushrooms to the sauce.

We saw Madeleine at the airport this weekend. The team flew into Chattanooga from Florida and then took a bus up to Knoxville. She had a very successful weekend, stroking the 3rd varsity 8.

We went out to the Terminal for Valentine's dinner. Caleb said he was trying  to match his dad's expression so he gave me this look. Don't ask me what the guy behind them is doing. Oh, and while we were there, a Pedals and Pints (the bike thing you ride around and drink beer on) group came in. They were so rowdy the bartender refused them service and they left. Ha! Then we were left to enjoy our Oatmeal Stout in peace.

I'm about three quarters of the way through with three different books right now. I started Voltaire's Treatise on Tolerance shortly after the Charlie Hebdo shootings. Voltaire cracks me up. I wish he lived next door because I think we would be good friends. He made quite a few serious points in his essay that I had never considered before too. Especially regarding the true source of most conflicts, which is very rarely religion but rather power, money, land, and the fact that some people just annoy the hell out of you and you want to smack the shit out of them (or bomb them, etc.). But you really shouldn't resort to that sort of thing. However, if you offend people you should expect them to respond in this manner, so don't do it. I'm also getting toward the end of Turkey: A Short History. They are a complicated people with a long, meandering history. And I've been working on The Works of Hugo for a long time now. I finished The Hunchback of Notre Dame last year, but there are several short essays also included in the book that are interesting.

School's cancelled for tomorrow and I finished planning today. So just a lazy day to look forward to.