Amish Country

We went camping last weekend to Amish country and had an excellent time! I knew the weekend would be good when I walked down the steps to see Sarah playing in the dirt of our plant. Just look at the mischevious grin on her face!

Our drive to Amish Country Campsites was memorable. I've included a picture of some of the hills (really, it just looks like a roller coaster - that's about how steep the hills were). Of course, Erik handled the drive with the camper beautifully!

On Friday we went to Heini's Cheese Chalet and spent $40 on cheese and other yummy treats. Now all the cheese is in the freezer along with everything else we buy (someday we'll eat this stuff, really). After that we went to Rolling Ridge Ranch. This was incredible! We were on a wagon while animals came right up to us and snacked on food we held out to them in flimsy plastic buckets. I say flimsy because these animals were BIG! Watch Erik trying to feed some elk! It's a short video but I promise they were crazy :). I snapped some pictures of the elk, the Masts (no they were not part of the animals we were feeding), and some big horned thing that I can't remember what it is - it's big though.

The rest of the camping trip was lots of fun too! I had my obligatory 2 smores a night and the girls spent one night at my parents house. I felt very rested after this trip. Such a fun time! I'm sad camping season will be coming to and end for us. We are taking the camper back in a week. Bummer!

Sarah is now 9 months old. How time flies! She is also 10% in weight at a whopping 17lbs. She's a tiny thing but that doesn't stop her from getting around. Here is a picture of her with the white lamb. She is getting so big!

Jenna has decided that she likes to perform (who switched this child at birth???). Here is Jenna's rendition of "Strong Tower" by Kutless. This is the actual song. I can't tell the difference can you?
Today was an awesome Quiddler day for me. I got 88 points and made the word "lazing".

Renfest!

Last Saturday, we ventured to the Ohio Renaissance Festival to pretend we live in medieval times. It's such a cute little village and I enjoy going every year. This year I was able to dress up unlike last year when I was pregnant. Erik wore a tunic (and period sunglasses - really, they had sunglasses back then!) and chain mail, Jenna and Sarah wore medieval princess dresses, and I wore my blue lady dress which Erik thinks is smokin' hot!

We had excellent fun on the rides, Jenna on a pony ride, and watching the shows including full armored jousting. The food was great and although it was hot - we had a blast. We also captured pictures of our friends: Aaron and Michele, Jon and Michelle, Kristan, and Eric, Justin, and Lily Near. Lily is 4 days younger than Sarah!

In other news we are going camping this weekend to Amish country. I can't wait! Hopefully we will be filled with cheese and goodies when we come back.

I have recently had a hunger to study more about God and am reading Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver, The Organic God by Margaret Feinberg, Battlefield of the Mind (still) by Joyce Meyer, and 12 Reasons why we Overeat by Joyce Meyer. I know why I like to overeat: I like food. The end. That book should be short - really, what else is there?

While reading through fantasy literature sites, I stumbled upon a site listing the 5 greatest fantasy series. They included: Sword of Shannara (very good), Sword of Truth (great), Wheel of Time (excellent), Song of Ice and Fire (rockin'), and Thomas Covenant (huh???). I think I should give Thomas Covenant another shot.

Got 79 in Quiddler today. Terrible showing.

Beautiful Songs

Well the Buckeyes lost horribly this weekend even though the girls were cheering (as you can see Sarah crawling over Jenna). Jenna was also playing "naptime" with Daddy. You can see daddy here taking a nap with a cute pink blanket.

I like to make lists (who doesn't?). I need to update some of them, but one list I've never made is my list of favorite songs. Instead of making a list of favorite songs, I've grouped songs into what I like to listen to when in a certain mood. Also, while I like many different genres, my favorites are classic rock and Christian. Now one can make the argument that books, movies, restaurants, etc can also be grouped in this manner but that takes too much effort - and since I've never made a list of songs, here goes:

Favorite Classic Rock Songs
1. The Joker
2. Magic Carpet Ride

Favorite Christian Songs
1. Sometimes by Step
2. When God Ran

Favorite Praise and Worship Songs
1. Before the Throne
2. Arms of Love

Favorite Songs to Sing to Annoy my Husband
1. Pina Colada Song
2. Dancing Queen

Quiddler score = 88

Munch on Lunch

Since Jon is always posting his and Michelle's awesome bento lunches, I thought I'd post my lunch. This is my usual lunch: peanut butter honey toast with bananas on it and yummy yogurt which consists of yogurt topped with craisins and honey. For dessert I eat half a bar of dark chocolate every day - super yum! Then Sarah has a delicious jar of babyfood. Jenna's lunch is a little more unique. I gave her a container of yogurt and she requested a bowl of cheezits. So I gave her that too. She dumped the yogurt in the cheezits then asked for some mixed nuts. She dumped that in the concoction as well. She did eat the whole bowl. Yum?

My mom brought me some green beans from her garden. So I layered them in a casserole with some carmelized onions, cherry tomatoes, and fresh grated parmesan cheese. YUM! (that was an actual yum unlike Jenna's cheezit yogurt yum). Of course, I added a lot more cheese after it baked but it was very yummy.

The big game is tonight and we are all pumped. Go Bucks! I dressed the girls in their cute buckeye cheerleader outfits and Erik and I were all decked out too. I hope we win.

In other news:

1. I've finished this round of rewrites and sent my dissertation off again. I'm hoping I graduate before 2011 as that is when my courses will not count anymore (since it will have been 10 years).
2. I'm reading two books on evolution: "Biology through the Eyes of Faith" by Richard Wright PhD and "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Intelligent Design and Darwinism" by Jonathan Wells PhD. I've been studying evolution for quite some time and my entire research is based on evolutionarily similar proteins, so I want to study this subject so that I can explain my opinion using faith and science. I'll get back to you on it :). I plan on watching Expelled sometime soon too (whenever I get it from the library).
3. I got 67 on Quiddler today.
4. Erik and I have a dream to own a castle bed-and-breakfast one day. We have stayed at Ravenwood and enjoyed it and plan on staying at other castle bed-and-breakfast establishments over time (there aren't that many). However I think it would be incredibly fun to own a bed and breakfast (I love to make food for people and breakfast food is the best!) and Erik wants to live in a castle. Whether or not this dream will come true - who knows?
   
   
   
   

food, food, food!

For our anniversary yesterday we went to the cheesecake factory - yum. I've included a picture of the slice of cheesecake I got. It was heavenly. Jenna wanted to share but I didn't want to, which sparked a discussion about how princesses share and that mommy was not being a princess.

Lately we've been on a creme brulee kick. Erik bought a torch and we've been torching the creme brulee and enjoying its silky creaminess with the hard shell on top. First I scald cream and sugar and mix it with egg yolks and vanilla. Then cook it in a water bath (see photo). After chilling for a few hours, we take it out, sprinkle sugar on it then Erik lights the torch and carmelizes the sugar. It's a fun dessert.

In addition to my creme brulee desserts, I've been playing around with making homemade pasta. Wow - what a difference. I had never made homemade pasta before but everyone does it on iron chef. So much flavor!! It doesn't take that long to make but is so delicious. Since I had some extra heavy cream (from the creme brulee), I heated it with some fresh garlic, butter, and basil to make a cream sauce. Then cooked the fresh pasta (only needs to cook for 2 minutes) tossed it with the cream sauce, more basil, and cherry tomatos from our garden. Fantastic! The picture doesn't do it justice - I promise it was good.

I also had to include this adorable picture of Sarah in the sink. There is a similar picture of my sister Missy in the sink when she was about the same age. There's something about second borns and bathing in the sink :).

57 points on Quiddler today - I lost the Q. It was a terrible showing!!

I have found the one whom my soul loves

Butterflies were dancing in my stomach. I clutched the bouquet of roses and smiled at my father. Before me were the two double doors leading to the sanctuary of the church; the altar at which I would speak my vows of marriage before God. The Wedding March started to play and the doors opened. Every step I took down the aisle brought more faces into view - friends, family, and soon-to-be family. But at the end of the aisle stood my love.

"I have found the one whom my soul loves" ~ Song of Solomon 3:4

Each step drew me nearer to him. My love. My best friend. His embrace can fill me with warmth, peace, and comfort. At times just being near to him can run shivers down my spine. Holding each others hands we recited our vows with fervor and anticipation. The priest introduced us for the first time as a married couple - I stepped into my new role as Mrs. Cooper while walking back down the aisle.

Saturday will mark our 11 year anniversary. 11 years married to my love. 11 years of joy that has only gotten better with time. I love you Erik!

I love Sarahs!

This picture of bread is called Mexican bread. It is a standard egg yeast bread but with the addition of orange jucie, coffee, chocolate and cinnamon. I thought with too many flavors it would be overwhelming. The interesting thing about this bread was that they blended together so that you couldn't really pick them all out. I'm going to tweak it and see what I come up with.

Sarah is the smiliest baby I've ever seen. Here she is on her swing (the one in the pink). I've also included a picture of Jenna on the same swing 3 years ago (actually Jenna was 2months older in the shot). They both love swinging! And Sarah loves Scruff. Check out this youtube video.

I try to stay away from politics on this blog, but I'm very excited about Sarah Palin. Erik and I had been discussing possible choices and she is a brilliant choice (not one we were guessing)! A cool link.

Jenna is enjoying school but wishes there were more girls (only one other girl in class). I hope she likes it more.

In a cooking disaster, I made meringue cookies with espresso in them. They were totally flat and did not puff like normal meringue cookies do. I'll have to investigate and see why they did this. My normal experience with meringues is that they are easy and yummy.

No quiddler score today - apparently the site isn't working!!

School

I love school. Who doesn't? I've chosen a career in academia because I love school (and learning!) so much. Even so, I often dream back to the days as a glass design engineer and wish I could go back. But I digress... Jenna started preschool today. I hope she loves learning as much as I do. I've included a picture of her with her backpack on her first day at Newstart Early Learning Center Preschool. Such a big girl! This morning we all prayed about her first day at school and prayed she would make friends. Well, after school she told us that she only wanted Sarah as a friend and no other friends. Apparently she didn't want to make friends with the kids at school. I'm hoping she breaks out of her shell. She is shy and I have NO idea where that came from :) :).

Sarah turned 8 months on Saturday - the day of Susan's wedding. Here is a family picture at the wedding. We all had an excellent time, especially Jenna who discovered Shirley Temples (a drink made with sprite and grenadine topped with a maraschino cherry). Here's a picture of Sarah with the lamb. She was STANDING UP on Sunday. This girl is everywhere :).

In other news:

1. It is finals week for me and I have a stack of grading as thick as this new book Erik is reading.
2. I've finished the Traveler by John Twelve Hawks and loved it. It is a trilogy so I want to read the next part. Very good and thought provoking!
3. I used to think Mayonnaise was better than Miracle Whip but a friend said he liked Miracle Whip better. So I tried it again and was surprised at how awesome Miracle Whip is.
4. I got 73 points today on Quiddler with a max of 71 so only one 5 letter word - a very poor showing.
   
   

Sarah 2012

Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rxfyuw5OUY

Dual cuties, Dual core

I got my new computer! Yea! It is awesome :). Of course, when I went to move my old hard drive to the new computer I realized I hadn't installed a SATA drive yet. I didn't realize how behind the times I have been - so used to fat IDE cables!

We went camping to Buckeye Lake KOA last weekend and had a wonderful time! It was a chocolate themed weekend and we had chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast and dipped fruit and pound cake into a big chocolate fountain. There was also a chocolate slip and slide (with apparently gallons of chocolate pudding) but we skipped that part. The girls had a fabulous time as well! I did leave the campsite to go to Susan's bachelorette party at Buca De Beppo. That was a great time (see pic). We all had pink shirts saying "friend of the bride" and Susan had a white shirt saying "bride". The night was made more interesting by a special dish from Buca that none of us were expecting (picture NOT included).

Jenna starts preschool on Monday. I can't believe it! She is such a big girl. Even so, she has difficulty saying some things such as lasagna. It comes out as "masagna". In addition, she won't let me "eat Sarah" - Sarah is not food of course! Although sometimes you just want to eat her up. She's so darn cute!

I did horribly at Quiddler today. I got to make the word "valor" but I assumed I'd be able to make a word from "b" "l" and "u" however it wouldn't let me. It seems to me that blu is definitely a word!

My Meme

Check out my Meme. I got this idea from a friend. I want to see yours! Here is what you do:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Pick the first image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

The questions and my answers:
1. What is your first name? Gina
2. What is your favorite food? chocolate
3. What high school did you go to? Perry High School
4. What is your favorite color? Blue
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Michael Phelps
6. Favorite drink? Raspberry Mocha
7. Dream vacation? St. Johns
8. Favorite dessert? Cheesecake
9. What you wanted to be when you grow up? Teacher
10. What do you love most in life? Jesus
11. One Word to describe you? Attentive
12. Your flickr name? gina cooper

Farmer in the Dell

The farmer in my dell stopped working yesterday. For the past few weeks I've been getting an error when I booted my dell that my second hard drive wasn't working. But I was fine with that since I don't need to back anything up to it anymore (now that I have the NAS). But last night it wouldn't boot or enter setup. We found a jumper on the motherboard labeled CLR CMOS and that sounded promising. So we reset the jumper and rebooted the machine. We got some pretty messages but nothing beyond that. Bummer.





Erik wanted to buy a new motherboard, but with my powers of persuasion, I convinced him that I needed a new computer. Unfortunately for Erik, my dell was better than his computer and my new one will be better than his too. His parent's computer is better than his computer too. I think he's feeling some computer envy :). Anyway, I am getting a Dell Inspiron Athlon dual core 2.10GHz machine with 2GB RAM (but I've got 2 extra DIMMs that should be compatible to up it to 4GB). I'll need more RAM since I'll have Vista.



We have been watching the Olympics every night and staying up late too. I love the women's gymnastics and was sad we didn't take the gold last night. The gymnasts just amaze me!

I'm currently reading the Traveler by John Twelve Hawks. It's an excellent book whose main story about travelers is just his way of conveying his opinion about RFID, video suveillance, monitoring, databases, and lack of freedom caused by (in his words) "the vast machine". Certainly much to think about.

Got 83 points on quiddler today. Apparently PHT is a word.

Mighty to Save

I listen to two stations on the radio most of the time - the River (contemporary Christian) and talk radio. A new song on the River is "Mighty to Save" by Hillsong. Recently I realized it is from a passage in the Bible: "The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing". Zephaniah 3:17.
What a wonderful verse! Our family has been memorizing verses and I think I'll add this one.

Today I picked up a steno pad from Devry. I did not realize they had steno pads in the supply closet.
I love steno pads. They are small, easy to flip through, and excellent for jotting down notes. I love them almost as much as I love mechanical pencils.

Erik bought a propane kitchen torch. I'm excited to make creme brulee with it. I made creme brulee on Tuesday but used the broiler in my oven to carmelize the sugar on top. So much cooler with a torch.

Some videos of Sarah. In her jumperoo, crawling, and talking.
I love youtube!

84 on Quiddler today - and I made the word Gox!

Women

I am somewhat of a feminist. This term has become miscontrued, its meaning is this "the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men". Women should not be allowed to teach or lead or (as some maintain) be in any leadership role over men in the Christian church. Bullhickey.

God created men and women together as equals (Genesis 1:27: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
and
1 Cor 11:11-12: In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.)

He has gifted both men and women with gifts of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:17 In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.) Who are we to restrict the Holy Spirit?

In the kingdom of God which we pray "your kingdom come" in the Lord's prayer, men and women are equal (Gal 3:28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.) When Jesus returns, there will be no difference - male or female.

For the best position paper I've read on this topic, please read Rich Nathan's essay on women in ministry.

So why the discrepancy? Many verses such as 1 Tim 2:11 -15 cause the discrepancy. These verses basically say women should be quiet and submissive to not disrespect their husbands and hinder the spread of the gospel. From Paul's life and teaching, the spread of the gospel was paramount to him. It is paramount to us. So do not hinder the spread of the gospel, even if you must be quiet. In 21st century America, telling women that they can not be leaders or teachers due to their gender may hinder the spread of the gospel. I know I struggled with this for many years. Rich Nathan discusses the context of these verses in length in his essay (it's a great read!).

While praying about this several years ago, God spoke this seemingly unrelated verse to me: Romans 14:20 "Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food." To me, it meant a lot. This issue should not hinder my walk with God or the good work he has begun in us.

Thoughts?

My nap was shiny

The mind of a three year old! Sometimes Jenna says things that really don't make sense. How can a nap be shiny? Sometimes she asks good questions (to which I can give her an honest, sensible answer) and other times she asks random questions. For example, today she asked why her middle finger was taller than her thumb. My reply was that "God made your fingers that way". What would I do if I was an athiest? How do they answer questions from three year olds? "billions of years of evolution involving mutations in genetic code and natural selection resulted in the design of your hand". No - that wouldn't fly.

I'm a big fan of lifehack and found this list of 10 skills you need to succeed at almost anything to be a good post. Public speaking is the top of the list. While I'm a teacher, I know I'm terrible at public speaking. I get flustered so easily, even when talking with a few people. This is something I need to overcome. I'm a teacher for goodness sake!

I got the second Mistborn book from the library because I couldn't wait until I saw Jon again to borrow it :). Thinking through this book I realized why I like it so much. I enjoy stories in which the protagonist is a female. This is often lacking in fantasy literature. The Deed of Paksennarion is one of my favorite fantasy novels with a heroine. Also, there is a forbidden love romance (she is poor and he is rich). This is a relationship I like to read in novels or see in movies (like Romeo and Juliet, Pride and Prejudice, and Underworld - a movie I watch often and is very different from Pride and Prejudice!)

56 on Quiddler today!

Grandada

Erik's Grandfather passed away on Sunday. He lived in Colorado Springs and was something of a renaissance man. He was the pastor of a small church for many years, a beekeeper, and he climbed mountains (well into his 70s!). Since he lived far away he had never met the girls and I had only met him a handful of times. Even so, Erik was close to him and will fly out tomorrow to go to the funeral. We will miss him!

Switching gears, I made this blueberry crisp and took a picture of it. Yum. Blueberries are in season and so delicious! We warmed it up with a big of ice cream - fantastic!

I stayed up until 4:30 am on Friday night and 3:30am again last night reading Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. He will be completing the last book of the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and I'm very excited. This book was fun and enjoyable and (obviously) I could not put it down. I highly recommend Mistborn - it's magic system is unique and while not as complex with as many plot turns as a Martin book, it was well written.

Down to my prepregnancy weight! Yea!! Erik has a goal to lose 32 pounds now too. We've all got the fever!

I got 65 on Quiddler today and did not even make any extra point words - bummer :(.

Bountiful Harvest

Check out this massive harvest I got from my garden! Two cherry tomatos and a pepper. We could just skip going to the grocery store now and live off the land - I'm a gardener!!!

Sarah is 7 months old today - she's over the hill. I (of course) got a picture of her with the lamb and one of her outside on her swing. She loves her swing. She's really this happy all the time. I'm so blessed!

We went camping last weekend at Alum Creek State park and had an awesome time! There were nature programs for kids and I learned that a daddy long legs is actually not a spider. Could have fooled me! During camping I worked through several chapters of my Battlefield of the Mind study. It has encouraged me to abide in the Word. And God impressed on my heart to encourage our whole family in this. So I am going to try and have weekly memory verses for our family. Since Jenna has shown her memory ability with the Lord's prayer - I think she can memorize Bible verses too!

Books:
Well I'm about finished with the first Thomas Covenant book but I don't think I'll read the next two in the series. It's like reading a book narrated by Marvin.
Erik bought me New Spring which is the prequel to Wheel of Time. I'm excited to read this one! And I've also started on Mistborn, a book written by Brandon Sanderson - the author who will finish the last Wheel of Time book.
I read part of Michael Pollen's book "In Defense of Food" but couldn't finish it before the time expired - I had downloaded it as an audio book for my mp3 player.

Speaking of my mp3 player. I decided to go running last night. When I was in my 20s I weighed less than 110 lbs and used to run all the time. I was in decent shape (not great). Well Jon has inspired me to try and get back in shape. I ran last night and managed 1 1/2 miles even though I haven't run in years!! I'm also having fun tracking my eating habits on the daily plate. Here's my profile.

Hello Sunbeam

I had to capture this picture of Sarah reaching for the sunbeam. This just embodies all that is good and cute in the world. She is always trying to reach and grab for things and how sweet that she is trying to grab the sunbeam. She is definitely more of a mover and a shaker than Jenna.

Jon and Michelle got us two Ravenwood Castle cookbooks - yum! So I had to try this lemon rosemary cake from one of the recipes. It had 4 lemons zested and juiced as well as so much rosemary that my plant looks pitiful now. The flavors melded together nicely. In between layers of cake was a lemon curd that was tart indeed!

So I have a number of videos to share:

Jenna and Mommy saying the Lord's prayer. She knows it entirely but needs some encouragement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgjSzbYa9zc

Jon flipping an egg - this is completely awesome!! He does it with such expertise! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_D7TKyFdw

Two videos of the girls laughing. Jenna was trying to make Sarah laugh and I just had to capture the cuteness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29NRFSSa2A8 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb__kJh5ofg I love how Sarah looks at Jenna like she's crazy :)

Got 58 points on quiddler today but made the word "raisin" pretty cool!

Email? Where did it go?

My birthday was Saturday and it was a great day. Erik and Jenna baked me a cake. First they went to the store and Jenna picked out the cake for Mommy and they both baked it. When they came back Jenna said "we also went to buy a present for Mommy". I said "really?? Where did you go?" She didn't know. Finally I stumbled upon Circuit City and asked her if I would be getting an MP3 player. Yes - that was it! And I can download books on tape from the library - score!! By the way, the cake was very good!

In other news:

1. I am way old and way out of touch. This semester I'm teaching during the day. Day students are significantly different from night students. For one thing, they are all fresh out of high school. As an assignment, I have them email me a file telling me about themselves. Several of them did not have email accounts/addresses. WHAT??? They were even mentioning that email is outdated and nobody uses it anymore. While I am intrigued by text messaging, twitter, and the like, I did not realize that this generation was so "textually active" as to abandon email. Maybe I'm out of the loop. Apparently I'm old. Too bad - the business world still uses it.
2. Sarah puts her hands over her ears whenever she eats. It is so cute I had to post it.
3. Jenna's ballet is beyond cute. You must watch videos here and here.
4. I'm now reading Michael Pollen's book "In Defense of Food" as well as 10 other ones. Hopefully I'll finish them all before the library summer reading program finishes.
5. I got 71 on quiddler today and made the word Daring. I love the ING combination!

Cut, Cut, Cut

Last Saturday I took a knife essentials class at Sur La Table and had a wonderful time! The class went over basic cuts and we practiced with a variety of knives. I was able to try several knives and even tried a $400 ceramic knife. It was so light but cut through everything! While I already have an excellent chef's knife, I purchased another knife. I got the Wusthof Grand Prix 2 Santuko knife. It's sharp (ha!ha!) and I'm finding excuses to cut things with it. While I already had proper technique with knives, I need to practice more to achieve more uniform cuts quickly. While the class was really expensive, I loved it! Erik would love it too - we both like sharp things!

In other news:

1. Giving up Butterscotch has been harder than I thought it would be. He has been locked away and has had a terrible life for the past 3 years, yet I have to fight the urge to call and get him back. He would just go back to living in our bathroom again, so I know he must be happier. I just need to trust God to take care of him.


2. I love lists of books to read. Here is a book list I recently found that labels books by shelf. The top shelf books are speculative fiction that everyone should read (according to the site). I've read 14 out of 35 and many of these are on my list to read.


3. My girls are so cute. That's about all I need to say.


4. My birthday is on Saturday and Erik and Jenna are going to make me a cake. Yea!
5. I got 69 on Quiddler today and made the word "gox". I didn't realize Dr. Seuss words count in Quiddler!! I've just expanded my vocabulary 10 fold!!