Alrighty then!

Alison is visiting this week and next.....Granny and I are very happy she's here. She made us a big pot of vegetable soup--very tasty--which we've been eating the past couple of days. She cooked it in a new Cuisinart Contour Stainless pot which came from a 13-piece set. I've been wanting new cooking pots because I will be doing the cooking since Granny has retired from that function (boo hoo!). I was so tired of all the mismatched, scratched and messed up pots and pans, but I wanted the non-stick kind which were also dishwasher safe--of course it was the expensive stuff--Cephalon Unison. But, when I went to the store, these stupid things were so heavy, I had trouble just lifting them and I knew Granny would never be able to use them if she wanted to. So, Alison noticed these stainless steel ones and they are everything the other was except non-stick. They even have a Lifetime warranty. SO--got new shiny cooking pots & pans to help inspire me to cook! And Alison got me a Misto--a hand pump which you put olive oil into to spray your pans for cooking. Now, I need a good set of cutlery.....still planning for Cutco products, thanks Marc. But will probably be a while unless Alison finds something I will like. Might find something in a restaurant store around here, never know...

And on a side note, I made it through surgery ok yesterday--Alison had to wait around for me all morning, but we made it home by 12:30pm. What surgery you ask? Well, had a discrepancy on a mamogram and following a biopsy, THEY said had to have it removed although it was pre-cancerous. Arm and side are pretty sore, but an ice pack helps a lot--although is pretty wierd to have a bulging pack of ice under the arm which rather sticks out. And doesn't feel so good when I bump into things, so I need to avoid that if at all possible.

I am hoping maybe today (I took off this week for my surgery) or later this week, Alison will go with me to see the movie Avatar--have heard it is good. Oh, and Nico has been behaving fairly well with all the strangers who have been invading her space, although she does believe Alison is a walking treat factory. That should bring everyone back up to date with what has been going on around here so far--alrighty then!