Doctoring up a pizza!

The excitement is at a fever pitch around our house when I get out a frozen pizza and begin my magical process.

It involves “doctoring” the pizza with additional mozzarella cheese, bacon bits, garlic, tomatoes, a little Elmer’s glue around the edges and, of course, tears of joy.

The tears add a pinch of salt.

Nadia and Rachel feel a sense of wonder as it all comes together in a culinary experience that thrills, inspires and delights the senses on every level. Lucy and Finley feel this sense of wonder, too, but it usually means they just scratch themselves…on every level.

If only you could smell it, even now, through the digital screen. Ahhhh! It is going to be delightful!

Bon appetit! 

 

Jasper And Lucy And The Pizza Delivery Guy

When the pizza delivery guy came earlier this evening he was greeted at the door by Jasper and Lucy.

I told Rachel, “Get the dogs and put them out in the back yard.”

But before Rachel could follow my instructions the delivery guy opened the storm door and Lucy tried to run outside.  Fortunately, I grabbed her and prevented her from going out.  But while I was busy holding Lucy, Jasper tried to run outside.  So, I let go of Lucy to grab Jasper.  This left Lucy free to make her move.  So, I let go of Jasper and literally fell out the front door of the house grabbing Lucy.

All I wanted was a little pizza and I ended up falling out the front door of the house while the delivery guy stood there holding door open.

When I did this Jasper took the opportunity to go ahead and run outside.

The pizza delivery guy looked down at me and said, “Oh no, I’m so sorry.  I guess I shouldn’t have opened the door, huh?”

I looked up from my knees on our front stoop with Lucy in my grasp.

“It’s okay.  We’re alright,” I said.  That wasn’t completely true.  But I wanted to make him feel better because it seemed like he really did feel bad about opening the door.

I picked up Lucy and handed her to Rachel.  “Hold Lucy, Rachel,” I said, “Don’t put her down unless you put her down in the back yard.”

While the delivery guy stood there holding our order I raced to get Jasper.  Fortunately, he didn’t run far—as he’s been known to do on other occasions—he was standing in the driveway looking at me and thinking, “So, you fell down, huh?”

I took Jasper into the house.  Then I stood outside and paid the delivery guy.

Shouldn’t having a little pizza be easier than this?

I recently heard a nutritional expert on TV say, “if you really pay attention while you’re eating junk food—like a Big Mac, or a piece of pizza, or an Oreo—you’ll realize that it doesn’t actually taste very good.”

…He was wrong.