My Constant Companion & Pizza Dough?

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She moved in with me right after the new year began.  I hadn’t seen her since…oh, let me think…at least since last Spring.  The time that separated us was long and so much had transpired that we need time to reacquaint ourselves. 

I was different in Spring.  With each bud that bloomed on the great tree in my front yard, something inside me awakened.  The first flowers opened like fancifully wrapped gifts peeling away to reveal folded layers of ruffled dresses.  Like all things, I was renewed and invigorated. 

I was ready to welcome my companion with outstretched arms and genuine gladness. 

Now, in the cold of winter, a frigidness has engulfed my heart turning the edges into glazed crystal pieces, brittle and unyielding.  I’m doing all I can to muster the smallest mite of hospitality.  My greatest desire is to sit wrapped in folds of fleece with a fire dancing on center stage.  A steaming mug of cocoa can warm one hand as I bask in the aroma of freshly baked cookies.  

Entertaining an almost stranger is not within reason; however, I must.

The cushions lining each side of my waist tell me it is time.  Cellulite on my thighs echos the chorus of her song.  I can no longer keep her at bay.  I will allow her into my home, into my warm fold, and into my stomach. 

She is hunger - my constant and closest companion. 

Rarely is she satisfied.  The morsels I allow her aren’t enough to squelch her squeals and my mind is consumed with what could be had she not come. 

Insult mounts as Feona works tirelessly in my kitchen.  Because I can only sample her great work, I will share a taste with you.

Feona whipped up a double batch of pizza dough and my children (including my niece) created their own pizza wonders.  If you’d like the recipe (I highly recommend getting it), go visit http://r2bcluvs2cook.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/basic-homemade-dough-by-panago

My companion is doing her slow work.  Eventually I will happy she came, but not today.

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