Totally insignificant findings in my study today... maybe not all insignificant

Proverbs 30:15-16

	The horseleech hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
	the grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

How many times did you use your vegetable peeler this week?

What about watches? Is it really important that my watch have all the bells and whistles?

Dinner, was it alright? on time? done? did you have any?

For me, I used it enough that I had to pull out the second one because the first was buried in the stack of clean dishes not yet put away by my kids who never cease to amaze me in their skills used to avoid work. Don't worry, it's a new thing for us... perhaps it'll stick with us.

MM bought me a new watch today. Perhaps the face of this watch won't be decimated or removed as the last few watches I've had. My new watch isn't very big - some might call it feminine. It's supposed to be feminine. If it'd been up to me, I'd have bought the one with the dial on the face that shakes on your wrist at the alarm time. That'd be nice. However, I learned years ago that a gift received is not returned - love it or re-gift it, if you don't you'll never find one when you need it.

Note to MM, please don't ever ever leave me to tend to the smoking fire while you are gone for four hours. Most assuredly the meat will be no where near done as you think it should be and you'll be mad at me. I don't like it when you are mad at me!

I didn't write that for MM, he doesn't read my blog... neither does anyone else, for that matter.

I digress.

The point is this, I had a great day. I got to close the curtains in the house when I wanted to elminate radiant heat from turning my house into an oven. I enjoyed a great evening with my family. I got a new watch that makes me look a little more like a lady...

Now, don't get your hopes up, there's not wardrobe change coming any time soon!

Wanna know what I like?

We'll start with what I don't like - I don't like wet wilted salad.

Now, the good stuff: I like a good salad spinner. Kinda knew that was coming didn't you?

So, I've priced the pricey ones and they are. I checked out the cheapies and they are. Then the clearance rack at W-M caught my eye - $10. There it was the perfect salad spinner. It was exactly what I wanted, for the right price at the right time. Not only that I got a bonus vegetable peeler - blades perpendicular, if you really want to know; I've never owned one like that - and a knife with a sheath (perfect for picnics!). Was any one item worth 10$ or the frustration of learning that it wasn't worth $10 or even $5 alone? No, never; but each of these was worth $3.33 each and they have proven themselves...

From our garden we pick fresh greens and drying them is a pain - we love the spinner!
From the produce departement we buy carrots - the garden hasn't rendered many worth eating - and my kids love the peeler better than my parallel blade zyliss version - therefore they can have carrots for snack... mmm tasty!

Now about this knife. Knives have been the ongoing struggle in our kitchen. We love a sharp knife. We've had our knife set for nearly 9 years now (don't ask me how I know!). We work hard to keep our knives sharp; as everyone knows, a dull knife is a sure ticket to the ER. So when I acquired this bonus item I declared all other hands off as I intend to use it to it's fullest potential. It's not the sharpest knife in the drawer - but it will be soon. Since it has a sheath, it'll be the only knife in the drawer. Which leads me to the question of the day:

How do you store your knives and are they safe?

Now on with the rest of your day... happy blogging!

PS. I'd post a picture but I'm afraid of the giant chain, so here's a link to their picture.

Wanna know how much I like my spinner set? I had to buy two. One to keep and one to send to my DF Clea. Visit her blog and check out the latest snap she took of her firstborn!