I got a new George Forman grill today. Meijer had a one day only coupon for $50 off the G5 grill. Such a deal. It is pretty cool though. Featuring 5 grill plates making it very versatile and easy to clean. Also came with a cookbook with lots of fun recipes. I am hoping that it will encourage me to cook for myself when Dave is at work instead of eating a lean cuisine standing over the sink.

I called Mom and worked out the menu for the picnic coming up. I am going to make Penzeys Peppery Potato Salad. Since I also have Penzeys Ranch Salad Dressing Base, I am going to make some chip dip. I am also going to make a batch of hummus. It will be nice to see everyone since I wasn't at the Christmas get together, being in Cancun and all. I wish Aunt Cindy, Uncle Dave, and Becky could make it but next time we will have to set the date earlier or set a specific weekend and have it that weekend every year like Aunt Cindy suggested. Just not the third weekend in August.

I haven't really had much time to blog. Work has been super busy with the 0% for 72 months. We sold a lot of cars in that week. Here is a picture of Julius and Spike sleeping on the loveseat together. My brother got his new Equinox last weekend. I wish all my deliveries were signed up at Los Cuatro Amigo. Nothing says no credit life like salsa on your finance contract. I got some new kitchen goodies at Marshall Fields yesterday. I went to get a food processor but they were out of the one I wanted so instead I got a new pair of tongs, a citrus squeezer, and a tenderizer. I also got two new cookie sheets and set of 6 new baking pans. I was watching Food TV and Al Roker made fritatas with a guy from the egg council and they looked good so I made cheese, mushroom, and tomato fritatas this morning for breakfast. They came out very good. One of the tips on the show was to use water instead of milk with the egg and I tried that. It was fluffier than when I have used milk. I also motivated and made a huge batch of hummus. Now I have to get started on recipes and a menu for the family picnic in a couple of weeks. I did get my new Penzeys stuff from my aunt and uncle yesterday too so I got to use the vanilla sugar to make strawberry shortcake. The vanilla sugar is a very mild taste and I don't know if the shortcake was the right time to use it or not. It was good but I didn't get as much of a vanilla flavor as I had hoped. Oh well, I still ate it.