For the most part I like salsa. Not the type that is fire alarm hot and spicy. This past summer I even used some of the tomatoes from my garden to make my own salsa. When I think of salsa, I think of eating it with tortilla chips. Some people put salsa on their baked potatoes. You can even use it for a marinade if that so strikes you as appetizing. However, Eric has come up with another use for it. Mind you, I'm not recommending it, just making you aware someone has come up with another use. Eric is like me, salsa on the very mild side is a good way to enjoy it. However, I think his mild might be even less spicy than mine. Once again we had game night at our house last night. My cousin Ann and her husband, Gary, were good enough to bring tortillas and salsa. She canned it herself - one quart mild, one quart hot. She asked me which I thought she should open. Of course, the mild. So after supper we started our fun and games. Shortly after that we started in on the snacks. I had made puppy chow (warning: can be very addictive). I also had chocolate chocolate chip cookies and peanut M&M's. Eric went for the tortilla chips and salsa. It started off pretty quiet and then escalated from there. Apparently Ann's version of mild is no where near what Eric's is. We had tears and a lot of accusations from Eric saying he was lied to, it was really the HOT salsa sauce according to him. Shortly after that Eric tried using it for eye wash - this is where I'm introducing you to another use for salsa. The only person I'm aware of that has ever tried it is Eric and because of his reaction I don't recommend it. Not sure how he got the salsa in his eye, just all of a sudden we had complaints of a burning eye. Eric, if it burns the inside of your mouth, chances are good it will also burn when you put it in your eye. Just saying. The players in the salsa fiasco are pictured below.
Despite all of Eric's set backs during the evening, he and Michele ended up the big winners of the night. After last month's big loss for Eric, he really seemed to need a win. We played two games of Outburst, which ended in a tie. To break the tie we played the always popular Apples to Apples. Michele was on fire the first game (not in the salsa sense), and then Eric pulled in out in the next round.
And today we celebrated my godson's birthday. It was really last Wednesday, but hopefully he still enjoyed celebrating it again today. Here he is with his brother making sure there is absolutely nothing else left in the bag.
Here's hoping the deep freeze we're in again moves out of the area SOON! Next on the agenda? Planning Easter dinner and the annual Easter egg hunt. Have a good one!
Jill
