Tonight's dinner confirmed it for blue heeler Pepper - she simply doesn't want her carrots or broccoli touching her dry food. She happily gobbled down everything in two stages. When they can't tell you in words they tell you by refusing the food offered and hope you'll figure it out. It was her refusing to eat that had me thinking her teeth might be bothering her, and is the reason she has stitches in her belly now. The fatty tumor that had formed was removed while she was under for teeth cleaning and exam. So I guess something helpful came out of all of this. $500 later. . .

I'm starting a new box of items to take to the group that collects art supplies for area teachers. A friend who taught art in middle school used to send home small samples of paints in Rx bottles when her students were finishing work at home; I'm setting aside those bottles (sans labels) and a few other things that would serve the art classroom. This reminds me that I should see if I can reconnect and see how she's doing these days. She, like me, moved out of the old neighborhood (probably also giving a huge sigh of relief - there were some real busybodies over there) and I'd love to catch up. This reminds me of a couple of other people I should look up . . .

Dorothy, do you use any readers when you work on the computer or read books? You can easily find them made with Blue Blocker lenses and they aren't any more expensive than regular readers. That might help as far as sleep after reading a screen.