Have I mentioned that Jack requires a lot of attention? He is what you might call needy. Basically, if he was a person, he would have no friends and any prospective girlfriends would dump him after the first date.
When I work from home, this is what he does for approximately six hours a day:
Pathetic
But as if that sad little puppy face isn’t enough, he also uses his chin to press the keys on my keyboard. He is particularly fond of the caps lock button. So, a few times a day, I’ll be working intently on something, only to look up at the screen and see that EVERYTHING I’VE WRITTEN FOR THE PAST TWO MINUTES LOOKS LIKE THIS.
Did you know that you can’t uncap everything all at once? Because you can’t. You can do that with italics, and bold, and even underline. Who the hell uses underlines anyway?! People use caps. But yet if you change your mind and decide that whatever you’ve written isn’t that important after all, or if your dog has some kind of weird capital letter fetish, you have to erase everything and start all over.
It’s annoying. And I’m glad I got that out. I feel much better.
For dinner, I finally figured out how to make a little wine sauce for pasta:
I have been working on this for awhile because I get so sick of tomato sauce and cream sauce, if eaten on a regular basis, has the potential to kill you. Here’s what I finally did tonight that worked:
1 clove minced garlic
1/4 cup white wine
1/4 cup vegetable stock (or chicken, if you want)
1/2 T butter
1 bag baby spinach
5 cremini mushrooms, chopped
Bunch of fresh basil
Salt and pepper
Add the butter to the pan, then the garlic and mushrooms. Cook for about a minute, then add the wine and the broth and let reduce a bit. Stir in spinach until wilted, then add basil and salt/pepper to taste.
It was really easy. It might still need a little work – I didn’t get it quite as thick as I was expecting – but the flavor was good. I put it on some Trader Joe’s mushroom ravioli and made garlic bread for the side.
Your blog is my absolute fave… And tell Jack I’ll be his gf!
He’s adorable! He sounds exactly like my dog.
The pasta looks delicious!
Well hi puppers!
Does he like that size of the computer because that’s where the hot air comes out? That’s where my Henry likes to rest his chip. Then he covers the first few numbers and the Tab key.
Alright, Jack has officially forced me to de-lurk. That is the most precious little face!
Also, I’m definitely going to steal your little recipe for the cream sauce, it sounds like something I need to try!
Aww, Jack!!
your dog is adorable – i have a needy one just like that here and I love it. dinner looks great!
Oh my gosh, Jack is adorable. Also, does the little paintbrush feature not work in de-capitalizing things? I thought it did, but I could be making that up.
Aww, dogs are so needy! But so cute!
that recipe looks awesome. thanks for sharing.
re: changing caps lock into regular normal people type… if you google it with the program you use it should tell you an easy way to do it. I do it all the time since my work involves typing in all caps sometimes, and since I type with two fingers I then switch screens and forget to shut it off. My bro showed me how to use it and now it is a lifesaver
How could you not pay attention to a dog that cute?
I never cook with wine and always think I should. I need to try this and start getting adventurous.
i love little jacky poo. his ears are the best.
Aww . . . cute doggy! I understand the needy dog . . . I have one of my own.
If you want the sauce to thicken, you might want to try adding a bit of all-purpose flour and mixing it in with a whisk. Just a thought
Haha, you’re hilarious. Cute pup!
It looks like you’re using Word so on a pc, you’d just highlight the words you need to convert to lower case and then go to “Format” on top and pick “Change Case…” and go from there. I don’t know if it’s the same on macs but I’m sure there is something similar.
I’m Elina there on the caps problem but how about trying Shift+F3 together. Highlight all and use that.
Jack is a cutie. If I worked at home I would have cats sleeping all over my work and in my lap.
ELINA IS SMART.
aww Jack is cute :] he can be my needy bf!!! hehehe…
Awww, Jack has such a cute face!
I heart <3 jack!!! The food looks yummy