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Last night ben ordered pizza so I could update my resume and apply for a new job. I only found one worth applying for and I suspect I am overqualified for it.

In noname news, I can't get her to understand that the new backyard is the place to do her business. She thinks it's just a fun place to run around and sniff. For the last couple days, I have refused to take her on walks as a way to force her to start using the yard. Even with that, she's only used it twice. She has to be going somewhere in the house. There's no other explanation. I would have exploded in a puddle of pee already if I was holding it in as long as she has been.

Last night around 1am, she sat near my pillow and cried. I assumed she finally had to go, so I bundled myself up and brought her out. Of course she did nothing again. I'm going to fling that dog against a wall one of these days.

To make matters worse, she has gone into an early heat. So she's really stubborn right now. She has snapped at me several times because I stopped her from doing something she shouldn't have been doing. I hope it's just the stress of the move that caused her to go into heat so early. She shouldn't have been due for that for another month and a half or so. Stupid dog being inconvenient...

Book: On Stranger Tides

I had been looking forward to this book for quite some time because I had been told it was the best pirate fiction novel out there.

It was pretty good!

I enjoyed it quite a bit. The slow parts were a little bit too slow, but the action parts were all really fun and made up for the slow moments. The book had the feel of the first pirates of the caribbean movie. (Not the sequels though. Those were terrible.)

My favorite scene was when the pirate group was rowing through the florida everglades and encountered the whispering mushrooms that vomited up ghosts. Isn't that such a neat image? The jungle was trying to stop them from getting to the fountain of youth.

I would definitely recommend this book. Especially if you are a fan of the potc movies because I read that the fourth movie is based on this book. That makes a lot of sense to me because jack shandy was quite a bit like jack sparrow towards the end.

Today's secret ingredient: SPINACH! Allez cuisine!

I bought way too much spinach the other day. Ridiculous amounts of spinach.

So friendslist, what's your favorite vegetarian recipe that has spinach as an ingredient?