• Do I Really Want My Readers To Know This?,  My Sister Has Mad Skillz,  Queen of Denial

    Knife Skills Are Only Helpful When You Use Them

    Where was I? Oh yes, sitting here with a wrapped up finger after my kitchen accident yesterday. Here’s what happened. Not quite six weeks after attending a knife skills class during which we learned to “curl your fingers under when holding whatever you’re cutting, to protect your fingertips from the knife”, I was dicing apples for my very delicious and popular apple bread recipe with the Chef’s Knife I received at that very class (the VERY SHARP Chef’s Knife*) when it happened. *insert elevator music here, instead of the gory details* I didn’t panic; I grabbed a paper towel and started applying pressure immediately, keeping my finger above my head.…

  • Random Thoughts

    Sunday Quickie

    I had a really nice post planned for today about the apple bread I was making earlier, but that all went to hell when I was making said apple bread and cut the tip of my finger off, resulting in my sister taking me to Urgent Care. I love that, when I checked in at the Urgent Care on Facebook, Momo commented “The lengths that Melisa will go for a blog post!” because one of the first thoughts that came to my mind as I was sitting in the waiting room was of course, “I can’t wait to write about this.” I will have to, though, because although I’m going…