Two bags of cough drops later...

I'm mostly okay now, except for an annoying, tickly cough that isn't fading quickly enough for me. If I never have to taste another strawberry menthol Halls again, that would be fine with me. On the other hand, this meant I finally had the time to watch The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies, which was a disappointment. It's not like I was expecting a whole lot (the first two movies cured my high expectations) but damn, that was a mess. Poor pacing, way too much time spent on that Alfrid character (seriously, WHY), too many ridiculous Legolas fighting stunts and just... I don't know. An overall poor balance of stuff from the books and overblown action sequences. I suspected this might be the case, which is why I wasn't in a big hurry to see it. But even so it seems to me that the Hobbit trilogy cost twice as much to make as LOTR and was half as pretty. What a shame. :-/

It's spring storm and tornado season here. Fortunately, my tomatoes were all planted a couple weeks ago, but I'm sneaking in two cubanelle pepper plants this week. Sliced cubanelles sauteed with garlic, onions and Italian sausage is a beautiful thing in summertime. I'm also trying to grow arugula in a window box, but something --squirrels, maybe-- keeps digging around in the dirt and the seedlings are not loving this AT ALL.

And ooh, Pineapple Ice Cream has gone on my list of recipes to try.