__TheSalt Lake Tribune UTAH LIVING Sunday, May23, 1999 Now IfOnly | Could IdRemember Where I Left the Ginkoba. . There wasa time whenI madebreak- “Oatmealis supposed to have lumps .” JUDY MAGID fast for my high-school-bound children whosebus picked themup at the end of our country roadat 7 a.m. It was aneffort. It is not that I was not full. Then you took another? straw — “Shredded wheat, Mom” — and Not to worry. “Hydrogen peroxideis used in veterinary medicine. It won't stay with you long,” she said. And it did not. I thought aboutthat last weekend whenonesmall glitch threw my entire morningroutineout of sync. Isleptin until 8 a.m. Walking the dogs was more important than stretching. I forgot to take the calcium before we went. I remembered thecalcium, but you cannoteat, drink or lie down for 30 min- Froot Loops.I still get up early. But if 1 Routine is important. First the yoga stretches,then the calcium followed by the 30-minute dog-walk.After that vita- created, I could not considereating at mins, C and E and Beta Carotene. little MUSINGS that time of morning. Ever. My mother accepted thatfact early on. It took my fa ther longer. At onetimehesaidif I did not eat Wheaties, Breakfast of Champi- Ginkoba. A dash of Ginsana. Variances can be alarming. He couldnoteatit, either. for my youngsters, I stood overa hot “Do you rememberwhenI forgot there was hydrogenperoxidein the glass and I used it to take my vitamins?” I asked a daughter duringa recent telephone call. real creamysmooth. It made a tremendous impression. brushing myteeth and using diluted hydrogen peroxide as a mouth rinse. In the enoughfor meto forgot the vitamins. I a little fizzy. With a secondgulp to get the tine, Mom. Then you might be moreflexible,” someone suggested. Probably the the glass. I started to laugh. My daughter one whoeats Froot Loops. Maybe that anda little more Ginkoba. In contrast, when I madethe occa- sional bow] of Cream of Wheat or oatmeal ons, I could notlistento the radio program “Jack Armstrong, All American whatever.” IT missed old Jack. Anothertime, myfather made Cream of Wheat. Declaring cooked cereals with stovestirring constantly to keep thece Yearslater, my ungratefuloffspringstill talk about school-morning breakfasts. butter and brownsugar to be forsissies, lets trailing down the moundofcereal A pause. “I see. First you took onetablespoon am noton auto-pilot, I am notflying. fast bar. A person for whom brunch was poured milk overit. I still can see rivu- “About 2 tablespoons,” I said in an- swerto Poison Control's question. breakfast these days. When they cometo visit, I have granola bars, shredded angejuice, milk, a coddled egg,toast with butter and jam or honey. I did notjoin the childrenat the break- “Yechhh. Coddled eggs.” “How could you expect us to mix milk andorangejuice togetherin the same stomach?” forming a moat aroundit. “Hello? Poison Control?” AndI thoughtI had them fooled. Thaveno idea whoeats whatfor up and moving. But being an earlyriser does not guarantee immediate and com: plicated mental function. I found one breakfast plan encompassing most of the basic food groups and I stuck to it: or- heset forth a bowlofdrygrits and I laughed harder whenI heard her on the telephone. “Whatwasso badaboutcold cereal?” “Don’t pick on Mom. For a sleepwalker, she did OK.” She did. We were on vacation. I was utes after you takeit, and that was long neverfound the 20 minutesto stretch. middle, 1 remembered I had not taken my vitamins.I reached forthe glass. It tasted “Maybe you need to vary your rou- pills down,I realized it was not water in asked what was funny. It’s Time to Get Down and Dirty With Godzilla the Rototilla Several years ago we did somestructural workto our house,andin the process wipedout mostof the landscaping PARENTHOOD walked behindit holdingonto the handies in back. Butinstead of small blades for cutting grass, it had metal spikes that dug into the groundand churned the along with our savingsaccount. For a long time our back yard consisted of rocksglued together with harddirt, surrounded by a fence. Wesecuredall the doorsleading to the back so the kids couldn't get out and mess with the centerpiece of the yard — a dead thorn bush. On my husbandreturned witha trailer connectedto the backofthe van. The thing insidethe trailer was huge and scary withgiant spikes like monstrous fangs and a mammoth motorthat resembled the rusting steel head of a grotesque back. Oursonshouted thathe had seen a sign oflife below andoffered to tie a bed sheet aroundhis sister and lower her downto check things out. My husband After daysofrelentless nagging, my husbandagreed that we needed a lawn for the kids to playon, but said we would haveto do the work ourselves. I knewit wouldbe fun and wouldgive a chance to get lots of fresh air and exercise, and we would workwell together. I wouldde. sign the master plan and supervise the work, and hewouldbe thegorilla with a alien.It was Godzilla the Rototilla, and I wondered wherehe had foundit, since there wasn't a Sigourney Weaver Rentals JANET KONTTINEN in our area. There was no way one man could controlthis beast. “Our very own rock gar- den, and we're saving a bundle on the water bill!” I looked across the barren wasteland, then over at my husband, and thought, “This is whatit’s like to live on Mars.” We wokeup early the next morning, eagerto findthe rich loamysoilthatlay waiting beneaththeinfertile clay. And most ofall, we wantedtofind the garden- ingtools. But they were nowhere to be found.I scrambledto pull togethera set of makeshift tools so myhusband could get started. I found a screwdriver, a Tupperware lid and a mitten, then hurried off to grab the camerasoI could docu- ment the groundbreaking. When I returned, I found the note my husband left behind saying he went to go rent a roto- He managedto wrestle it out of the mentlike dirt yard. I said, “I think I just heardit growl! Did it comewith instructions on whattodoif it starts to multiply?” gone. I feared if they weren't back soon we would haveto payan extra day's rental charges. But they didn’t get far — just along theside of the house, across the driveway andoverto thetrailer.“It wants to go home,” I said. By the time my husbandpersuaded ittolet go of the trailer and get back into the yard, the sun hadset. It was going to spend the night. I decided to try and makefriends with trailer and onto the middleofour ce- Heignored me. “Shouldn't you soak the ground with waterfirst so the spikes can dig in better?” I asked. Obviously annoyed, he muttered something about how watering was for wimps and continuedpreparing to start it up. it and giveit somethingtoeat, but could only imagine which food groupsit pre- ferred. Metal, meat or mud?I would have offered it the van, but thought the carpets mightbe too spicy, and the dog was way too ripe. That evening I turned on the hoseto let the yard soak overnight, and as I walkedin the house,I looked back and whispered, “Bon appétit.” Free Report Tells Secrets of 100% Financing on Real Estate Loan tiller. Thad seena rototiller before. It was like a lawn mower, in that a person pick ax. tied himself toit. Whenthedust cleared, they were both earth as it moved forward. 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