sagaciously /adv./ with acute mental discernment or keen practical sense. shrewdly. wisely. sagely. intelligently or keenly. perceptively. prudently. judiciously. cleverly.
[torridly: /adv./ with intense heat, subjecting something to scorching heat. with so much heat as to be parching. very passionately. ardently. zealously.]
sagaciously /adv./ 1. Last week when I posted the new word of the week on my sidebar, I had every intention of spotlighting the word "torridly," but when I went to type in the definition I started having second thoughts and ended up with the word "sagaciously," which is ironic since this was not a wise choice in any way. I lived my entire week "torridly" and not a bit "sagaciously." So in the most sagacious move of the week, I'm going to sneak "torridly" in here as well. This is also ironic since the passionate little "torridly" has never snuck anywhere before.
sagaciously /adv./ 2. I spent lots of hours this week in my kitchen "putting up peaches for winter." (This is how Caleb refers to my canning and I LOVE it.) The big question is always how many boxes to buy. This year I sagaciously bought three for canning and one for eating. This seemed to be about right, as I only really enjoy canning for about three boxes, any more than that and it starts to feel like a chore. My favorite part is the eating though. We've had peaches at every meal since I picked these up. They are so good, and I've been torridly filling bowl after bowl of them for me and my darlings. Yesterday we had them with whipped cream on top of our pancakes. The kids asked what holiday it was. It's peach season, lovelies.
sagaciously /adv./ 3. The lady who sells me Utah peaches also has an in with the tomato farmers up there. She had a couple of boxes of gorgeous beefsteak tomatoes for sale and even though I'm getting three boxes of romas this week, I just couldn't help myself. When I wasn't eating peaches this week, I was torridly eating tomatoes on crusty bread. (September is quickly replacing November as my favorite month.) I canned all the ones we didn't eat and sagaciously decided to make spaghetti sauce with the romas.
sagaciously /adv./ 4. Olivia finished her latest Laura Ingalls Wilder book a couple of weeks ago and has been positively destitute without something to read. I sagaciously pointed out that she has shelves full of books she hasn't read yet, but she is madly in love with Laura and couldn't bear to start something new. I finally took her to the bookstore on Thursday afternoon after her viola lesson and she has been torridly reading ever since. She almost wouldn't let go of the book long enough for the man to ring it up. Every night as I tuck her in she gives me the update. (Mary's on her way to college and Laura's working in town, by the way. They had to sell the calf for Mary to go. I thought Olivia was going to swoon when she told me they were going to buy Mary a trunk. "A trunk, Mom, a trunk! Oh, can you imagine having a trunk?")
sagaciously /adv./ 5. I found out (through sagacious deduction) that our water softener hasn't been working since we moved into the house. We've been here nearly three years, but I'm just discovering this. Anyway, on Saturday I asked David to replace the salt in the softener so that we could turn it on. He did and we ran the cycle and felt quite proud of ourselves. Then the water pressure in the kitchen faucet and the shower went to practically nothing and the water softener, which hadn't run for three years, started leaking all over the garage. I decided I was perfectly fine with "hard water." We spent part of Sunday trying to stop the leaks and fix the pressure, but didn't get it all solved until last night. This is how home improvement projects go at our house. I not-so sagaciously think something will be easy, and it's always a hundred times more work and complication than it's worth. It is only an indication of how torridly David loves me that he agrees to any of these projects in the first place.
sagaciously /adv./ 6. David and I went out to dinner on Saturday night at our favorite restaurant. (I sagaciously ordered the Oscar medallion with blue crab on top, oh my.) And then we stopped by the grocery store on our way home. A good date night always includes a torrid stop for bread and milk. I find David loading the car with groceries among the most romantic of gestures.
sagaciously /adv./ 7. You do not want to know how my gospel doctrine lesson went on Sunday. I stand up there dying a little death with every word that comes out of my mouth. But I have sagaciously formulated a new plan. I told David I need him to get a substitute next time I teach so he can come and hear it. I need his gorgeous, blue eyes looking at me, torridly telling me that no matter what I'm saying he thinks I'm H.O.T. Hot. He said he'd see what he could do.