speaking of bacon

the handsome man made pancakes and pig for dinner last night. this morning, while tidying up the kitchen, i noticed just how revolting our stove top had become in the 4-1/2 months we've lived in our new house. i've been telling myself that running the burner grates, etc. through the dishwasher was cleaning them, but really all it seems to have done is heat-seal on the grease. 

so i rung in 2008 by scrubbing that sucker with an sos pad for an hour. and then, since i was on a roll, i also scrubbed the counters and cleaned out the fridge and freezer. who has more fun that me? (everyone.) take that, dick clark!

now we could eat off the stove. which could be an option because i don't plan on actually using it to cook after all my slaving. or maybe i'll use the nifty splatter cover my mother-in-law turned me on to, since the nitrate-laden meats are a favorite around here and i don't think i'll be able to enforce a complete moratorium.

speaking of which, here's what thing one consumed for lunch today:  yogurt, cheese, salami, and a hot dog. yes, protein girl/the dairy princess takes after her father's people. thing two's tastes are more in line with mine; she lunched on soy yogurt, cucumbers, and an apple. to paraphrase popeye, we yam who we yam.