Seriously- look at this:



And this:



Does that not look like a little Vorlon encounter suit? Furthermore, I cannot tell you how many times I come downstairs after the BaldMan, put my mug on the machine, spin the rack with all the different K-cups, pick one, and open the machine to find it is the exact same kind the BaldMan had last! And we usually have 5 or 6 different kinds of coffee available at one time. I tell you, there is a Vorlon in there and he is messing with my mind! And my new dryer sounds like R2D2! I think we're being invaded!

Speaking of the new dryer- Well, the washer gave out last week. Just stopped spinning. It was a number of years old, cheap and we had already spent a bunch repairing it once, so decided to replace. Got one of those fancy frontloading things. Very environmentally friendly- uses a lot less water, and energy efficient. Decided to go for the dryer, too, as they are made to work together. I will admit that I had my doubts about the claims that they would get clothes "cleaner," but they really do. The BaldMan's chili shorts are noticeably cleaner than they were before, and it got some stains out of a few shirts that I thought were there to stay. Very cool, very sexy-looking- all electronic-y and flashy lights, and work better, too. Yay!

Chili- I took 2nd Salsa ($200) at Delaware Valley at the end of April. Not bad for the number of cooks there. 5th Red at the New England Regional at the beginning of this month. No prize there, but it does mean my Red is coming along. At all of the cook offs where there have had to be preliminary and finals tables this season, I have made the finals table. After the NE Regional, I talked to a former World Champion (who had also judged the finals table there) and he gave me some good advice. I made a few tweaks to the recipe, so we will see. Next up is NH State (VERY close to home) on June 7, and a new cook off on June 8, in Lawrence, MA.

Going to babysit Will on Sunday! Kryss has to work and we said we would come down and stay with the baby. The BaldMan is going to make dinner for us all. Probably a bolognese sauce with (hopefully) homemade pasta. Yummmm! The bolognese he makes is awesome! Takes a while to cook, but it is outstanding.

That's about it for now.