A fun activity to do when hungry: Grab a couple of good cookbooks and slowly read them cover to cover, marking the recipes you’d like to make, even if they sound a bit adventurous. I just did this with “Bold Italian” and “Barefoot Contessa at Home.”

My surgery was two months ago today… and today I’m feeling some residual old pain at the site. I’d really like this to be done now.

Took Kona for a walk today in her new prong/pinch collar and retractable leash. For the first time, she walked with a relaxed gait right at my side, instead of constantly pulling and straining at the leash. Amazing. Good dog.

I also went to a rather disappointing consignment/thrift shop in town. They had about ten million shitty awful romance novels (one series was actually called “Marry me, Cowboy!” lolz), but I managed to dig up “The Book of Ruth” and “Waiting” for a buck each.