Impulse buy

I've decided I want to own a meat thermometer. I had a 30% off coupon to Kohls, so I went there tonight to buy one. I didn't buy one. Instead I bought this little beauty:


I was so excited about it, I didn't even have time to take a picture of it between the time I bought it and the time I started using it. I have a regular sized food processor that I love, but decided that having something smaller would be great for smaller jobs. (Like the mini-batch of pesto that I made tonight.) (Which was delicious, by the way.)

Not exactly a meat thermometer, but I still got to use my coupon. (And the coupon is still valid for another couple days, so I could potentially still use it. But I might shop around first.)

I'm open to other suggestions of things I can make.

My New Food Blog

I like to cook. In the last several months I've noticed that I've been taking pictures of a lot of the food that I make. I'm not exactly sure why, but I do. They're not particularly artistic photos or anything. Yet I don't have anything to do with these pictures for now. (Until I make more progress on this recipe book I'm planning on making.) And what's the internet good for if not to post random things out into the black hole of cyberspace to pretend like people care about everything you do or say? So I decided to start a second blog, just to post these totally random pictures of the food I make. It's not a recipe blog, as I don't really plan to post the recipes. (I'll still post occasional recipes here, or on the joint blog with my old BYU roommates.) (Which I need to post more on...) I really just plan on posting these pictures I take of my food. I know it sounds kind of random, but oh well. It'll also help me remember what I've made for when I actually do attempt to put that recipe book together. (Or maybe it'll give you some dinner ideas. If you do want any of the recipes, just let me know.)

Tonight I updated my new blog, posting an intro/explanatory post, and then cleaning out my files with pictures I've taken of some of the food I've made sometime in the last year or something. There are a lot. (Well, like 20 or something.) Looking through it makes me hungry!

I imagine that not everyone will find this terribly interesting, but just in case you are (or want to passively follow it by adding it to your Google reader), here's the address:

http://foodelizabethmakes.blogspot.com/

And of course I still love/thrive on comments. Here or there. And don't worry. This is still my primary blog. I might even get better at posting on it soon.

Because I need more excitement this summer

Wednesday night, this happened:

I was at a small 4th of July gathering at a friend's house, who lives out in the country. My car was parked with the other cars on the lawn, and I wasn't even around when it happened. I'm not terribly upset about it; my car still works fine (no internal damage), and it was an accident (it was pretty dark). And the Church is still true, even when a missionary hits your car. The Church has great insurance, so I know it'll get taken care of. I'm not worried.

Still waiting for the ball to get rolling on the repairs (so many forms to file with the mission), but I'm crossing my fingers that I'll get a rental car for a few days that has AC. Mine is totally broken (will cost upwards of $1000 to fix it, so I'm not fixing it) and it's HOT here!