Okay, the puppy has been named. She is now officially Chantico. :) Henry can be smug! My knee still hurts. And no. I haven’t taken anything for it. Why are you looking at me like that?

My knees hurt this morning. *sigh* My first guitar class was last night. Um. It was all right, I guess. I think I was the only one in there who wasn’t an elementary school teacher. The woman who was sitting next to me talked like a first grade teacher. *shudder* Everything was *won*derful and how *nice* and spoken in a high soft voice like you would speak to a puppy. *shudder* Speaking of puppies, Ted seems to have decided the puppy’s name is Abby (after Abigail Adams, second First Lady…

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Or how about Chantico? Henry | Chantico: The Aztec goddess of hearth fires and volcanic fires. When she violated the ban on eating paprika on fasting day by eating roasted fish with paprika, she was turned into a dog by the maize-god Tonacatecuhtli. Her name means ‘she who dwells in the house’. Henry says “Point out to Ted that it’s better than ‘Tonacatecuhtli.’” Remy says “Chantico is much easier to pronounce than Tonacatecuhtli.” *giggles*

Well, after an afternoon of using it, Matsutake was deemed too long. Right now, the puppy is being referred to as Cleo. :)