Lettuce

I hate buying lettuce. It never gets eaten in time and it always ends up in a mushy pile in the bag that is was purchased in. But I have recently discovered a new trick to keeping it fresh so it isn't a cause to make me go to Smith's and spend $45, when all I needed was lettuce. I usually buy romaine, but it works with others as well. First: cut the end off, and the tips off. (they are usually already a little soft for my taste) Take off all the big huge pieces that you don't like. Second: wash the lettuce and shake it off, don't dry too much. Third: wrap the lettuce in enough paper towel to go around 2 times (the idea is that the paper towel is a little wet) and put it in a gallon size Ziploc bag in the fridge. This has gotten lettuce to usually lasts me a 2-3 weeks and it is crunchy and fresh every time.

While I was enjoying my time at the computer giving all of my friends and loved ones a piece of my wisdom, my darling little boy Milo, drew me a picture. Lots of pictures. One on the door of the fridge, one on the ironing board, one on the wall in the kitchen, and one on the wall in the stairway. Isn't that sweet of him. And the best part of it all is that he used a hot pink marker. Lucky me!!! At least those are parts of the house that haven't been painted yet. Luckily I am in a daze caused by the upcoming birth of my second "soon to be" toddler, and I kindly wiped the pictures off of the walls. Followed by a reminder that if he wants to "drew" me some pictures then he needs to use paper. Good thing I bought some miracle cleaner from a southern door to door salesman this summer....On second thought, maybe the lettuce trick doesn't save me money after all, since I had to spend $40 on a bottle of cleaner to clean up a mess, that was caused by my excitement over lettuce.