Benefits of a Recipe War

Today, Jerry and I ate with my grandmother who is visiting from Germany at On The Border for lunch. If you're anything like we are, you can make a full meal out of the chips and salsa alone, much less the entree! Mmmmmmm.... But since we're speaking about entrees, let me tell you, we had good ones! Did you click on the "On The Border" link above? No! Well you really need to. Go ahead. Did you see the ad for the all new entree they are serving? That's right, Grilled Enchiladas. Are you drooling yet? We were - before we even got to the restaurant. That's because last week we saw a commercial for this new entree. Jerry was so excited, he actually rewound the TV to see it again. No joke. What can I say? We really like our Mexican food. Especially if it is TexMex. Especially if it is TexMex from On The Border. Anyway, I digress. Since we gorged ourselves, errr, I mean enjoyed a delightful amount of chips, salsa, and grilled enchiladas at lunch, neither of us was really hungry enough for a real dinner. So I heated up some leftover mac & cheese for the boys, and we scrounged the fridge for something to eat. ::here's the part that has to do with the recipe war:: Guess what I had for dinner? Leftover baked beans and corn casserole! Mmmmm.... And you thought that side dishes had to go on the side of something!

My sad Kitchen

My stocked pantry is in such a sad state. You know how I know this??? We don't even own a drop of soy sauce. I know... cause I have looked since lately I have been craving fried rice.... and an essential ingredient in fried rice is well soy sauce.

So then I thought, well, how is it made??? The wikpedia says that it is fermented soy beans and other stuff, well sorry, if I am out of soy sauce I am surely out of soy beans especially the fermented kind.

Too Funny!

So my pastor made a really funny sewing faux pas in church this week, and I thought you all might get a kick out of it! Our church adopted a local elementary school last year. We have done things with the children, provided Christmas gifts for some of the kids, and hold a Good News Club after school for the kids who stay for it. Anyway, we decided that over the summer we would remodel their teacher's lounge. During the announcements, there was a Power Point slide with the information for the "Extreme Makeover: School Edition" and there was listed on one part all the different skills that were needed. Because he didn't want to exclude any potential males who were handy with a sewing machine, rather than putting "seamstresses" were needed, his idea was to say "sew-ers" but without the hyphen, that just says, "sewers." Now we were wondering if we were working on the teacher's lounge or the bathroom! What exactly do we need sewers for??? Too funny. And how many men in the real world that you know will sign up for sewing over carpentry work?