I'm in LOVE!

With my new cast iron pan.



Seriously, I have to thank REAL SIMPLE magazine for their article on these. It is just GREAT!

You can check them out at www.lodgemfg.com

They also have them at Wal-Mart. I got the 10.25" pre-seasoned for only $9.83.

Simple minds = Simple pleasures

I made my mom feel like a 12yo

I wanted to tell my mom some news, but I had already talked to her today, so I said "What the heck. I'll text her." So I text her a short message and about 20 minutes later, she sends me a reply. I barely had time to read it before my phone was ringing. She was so thrilled that she figured it out. She was concerned about her lack of punctuation and I had to explain that skipping the punctuation and not worrying about case and using lots of abbreviations was Uber-cool. Kind of like sending out a modern version of "code."

I'm not working tomorrow (bonus day off for me!) so I get to stay up late watching movies-wheeeee!

Coco-nuts

Have you noticed that people either really really love coconut or they really really hate it? I am definitely one of the latter group-just the slightest taste makes me gag. I always check the ingredients for cookies to make sure they didn't sneak in any coconut.

The same goes for mushrooms; I detest them immensely and I have to scour the labels of soups before I buy them, just in case they are in there. I love Lean Cuisine's Glazed chicken entree, but there are a few mushrooms in it, so I have to pick them out oh so carefully before I can eat it.

My list of food dislikes is VERY long...I think my German-Irish peasant background is to blame. I certainly love potatoes and onions!

For your entertainment

I need to figure out how to post movie clips on here, so in the meantime, enjoy this: