Happy Birthday Silver Bullet!

Last night I was home alone for several hours…which is usually the beginning of trouble. So, I got to thinking (a dangerous pastime, I know) about what to have for dinner. I took some chicken out of the freezer and stuck it in the oven and that’s when the wheels started turning in my head. Hmmm…what could I possibly make to go along with chicken….RICE!!! Okay, for background purposes I must inform you at this point that my experience with rice is limited to microwaved minute rice…of which I’m probably the greatest chef EVER. Well, I decided that I could probably make some kind of interesting rice and I would try making real rice (as opposed to the fake minute rice). After several attempts to make it look like regular rice I have come to the following conclusion: It turns out that I can’t make regular rice. My sister (aka my favorite guinea pig) was kind enough to try it when she got home. Her response was….hum, its kinda mushy and crunchy at the same time (which was a very adept observation even to my biased opinion). Just so everyone doesn’t think that I’m a terrible cook, I want you to know that it tasted pretty good…it just had a pretty funky texture. The chicken turned out D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!! It was so good I had to spell it. It was the result of a different kitchen experiment several months ago which turned out to be a stroke of genius…which we repeat on a fairly consistent basis (I call it Cesar parmesan chicken…or tasty for short).
On a completely unrelated note, today is my car’s second birthday! I can’t believe how fast time goes; it seems just like yesterday that we were still in that new car smell stage. We’ve been through so much…many thousands of miles of fond road trips, a couple of moves, two flat tires, a new side view mirror, and a lobotomy (that’s right a lobotomy…we went though a freak change out of engine computer chip this last summer). It really has been a great ride so far…get it, a great ride…and I look forward to many more great miles and years. So, go out and have a cupcake…to celebrate the Silver Bullet, I know I will!