mmmmmm.... Bacon

There is nothing like the smell of fresh bacon in the morning.  Unless it is fresh bacon that someone else made for you.  Right now my house smells  like bacon... Unlucky for me,  I am the one who had to make it because everyone else is asleep.

Since moving to Georgia I have become pretty good at making bacon.  I used to hate it.  Grease all over your pan that splatters all over you and burns you.  And I could never make it flat.. It always curled up on me.  And the grease starts to burn so instead of the yummy smell at the beginning you have a gross burned bacon smell.  Then I learned how to make it in the oven.  I had oven cooked bacon before at other peoples houses but it was always chewy.  Bacon should be crispy, not chewy.

So how to I make perfect bacon???  Put the bacon on the cookie sheet (cover in foil so it is easy to clean up) and place in a COLD oven.  Then turn the oven on to 400° and cook until done.  It is perfect every time.

But, enough about bacon...

If you didn't see my post from last night about Jackson getting his WWE Hell In The Cell tickets, you should check it out.  It is hilarious.

Jackson turned 13 yesterday.  13?!?!  Where has the time gone?  I remember watching him enter this world and now he is a teenager??  That makes me feel old.  I remember turning 13.. In fact, I found my birthday card from my 13th birthday in a box of things my mom saved when I went to college.  It is the only card I have from my childhood (I am not sentimental with cards, I throw them away).

This is what my dad wrote.  Wasn't he sweet?

I am glad Megan and Jackson are here for Jackson's birthday weekend.  (Talia didn't come because she will be here in 3 weeks for an early birthday Twilight Marathon.)  I miss having my sister and her kids around.  I miss all my family, but I was used to seeing Megan and the kids all the time.  For 4 years we lived across or down the street from each other.  That makes 3,000 miles seem a lot longer.

Having them in the house is so natural.  Megan mentioned that to me last night.  That immediately it feels like she is at my house like a normal Friday night... She just has to fly for 6 hours instead of walking 2 minutes.  I am looking forward to the weekend and all the fun we are going to have.

Starting with the bacon I just made.  Nom, Nom, Nom.