Today when I got home from running errands with my mother I was hoping to help myself to a slice of leftover pizza that was waiting in the refrigerator for me. I had bought a large Pizza Hut meat lover’s pan pizza the night before and only had one slice. That is one of my favorite pizzas – the meat lovers and I don’t eat it very often. I suspect that with all of that meat on it that it cannot possibly be healthy for you. But when I got home someone else had consumed all of the pizza and I ended up eating a peanut butter and honey sandwich instead. That was probably healthier for me to eat, but my taste buds were not as happy. Peanut butter is one of those foods that I eat way too much of when I’m trying to save money. Several years ago I ate peanut butter sandwiches every day for lunch and supper for several months, and I was hoping to never eat peanut butter again. I still don’t consider it a “treat” when someone gives me peanut butter cookies or peanut butter fudge. So I was feeling sorry for myself when I was stuck with a peanut butter sandwich today instead of pizza.
Ever since I’ve been cooking I’ve wanted to have one of the cutting boards that fits into the bowl of stainless steel undermount sinks. Having a cutting board like that helps to maximize counter space, and it helps to minimize any liquid spill-off/drainage messes on the counter of the food item that is being cut up. Having the liquids simply drain into the sink makes cleaning up after eating a lot easier!
Today is one of my younger brother’s birthday! I tried to call him on his cellphone to wish him a happy birthday, but his phone went straight to voice mail. I was more than happy to just leave a short message on there that I just wanted to wish him a happy birthday. Lately it seems that when I call him just to say hello he sounds like he is too busy to talk to me, or he sounds like he is angry with the world. I’ve told him that if he needs to talk to someone, I’m available to listen, but he always acts too macho to need a sympathetic ear. Whatever is going on, I hope that at least for today that he is having a good day with people he enjoys being with.
Lately it seems that everyone I know has a brother or a sister that considers him/herself a professional website creator. Because of that many businesses that should have a website do not have a website because they are waiting for this favored relative to create their website for them. I think that waiting more than a couple of months is plenty of time to wait, and if a business waits any longer than that they are not thinking very clearly about how important it really is to have a website that is well designed and live!
For years my favorite dessert pie has been apple pie. I especially like it when it has been warmed in the microwave for about fifteen seconds, and then service a la mode with a scoop of ice cream on top. Doing that brings back memories of the very first time I ever had apple pie a la mode. My first taste of apple pie a la mode was in a Howard Johnson’s restaurant. The theater troupe of junior high-school students had just finished our dress rehearsal, and we were told that it was a school tradition to walk to the Howard Johnson’s restaurant that was only a couple of blocks away from the school and grab a bite to eat.
Being very inexperienced at going to any restaurant that was not a McDonald’s or a Roy Rogers, I really had no idea what to do, or order! One of my fellow cast-members told me to try the apple pie a la mode. To be honest, I was really quite afraid that I would not like it at all! But I overcame my doubts and ordered it. Boy, what a delicious treat it was! I don’t have it very often anymore, but I will treat myself to it a couple of times a year, and savor the good memories of the camaraderie and laughter at that Howard Johnson’s so many long years ago.