I've seen several bloggers taking part in Grace in Small Things. The idea is to post 5 things you're thankful for each day. I don't post everyday, but certainly I can manage to do that on the days I do post. If you are participating, or plan to participate, please let me know and I may set up a set of links to participants on the sidebar.
So, for today:
1. When I went in to wake up my son, he was sound asleep. I put my head on his bed near his face and watched him sleep, feeling his breath on my face. There aren't many moments of waking stillness and quiet with a four year old, and watching him sleep like that reminded me of when he was a baby. He woke up and squeezed my hand. I probably don't have many years (months) left that I can get away with doing that without him waking up and saying "Mom! You're freaking me out!"
2. The sunrise was beautiful. Blue sky, pink tinged clouds.
3. Today is Friday! We have plans to go to the house of some friends tomorrow night. My son and I are frosting cupcakes tonight to bring with us.
4. Work has been a bit busier this week. Is it possible we will get through this winter without hours being cut?
5. My family is healthy and happy and our house is safe and warm. Who could ask for more than that?
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So about those cupcakes...I go to make the cupcakes, and pull out the canola oil. Normally I am very careful about expiration dates, and I don't use anything that is expired. So imagine my surprise when I see that the oil I've been using, as recently as last week, is expired. Very expired. As in November 2004 expired!!! How does that even happen? I find it hard to believe that I haven't used an entire bottle of oil in the last 4 years. So hubby ran out and got me another bottle (thank you, thank you). It has a date of November 2009. Apparently canola oil doesn't have a very long shelf life. Meanwhile, I've been serving everyone baked goods made with very expired oil. Oops. The good news is, apparently expired oil doesn't make you sick.
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I had no idea that oils had a short shelf life. I better rummage through my pantry and start checking dates.
And I love you 5 thankful things. The first one is the sweetest, and who knows he may surprise you and never tell you that you freak him out.
Very nice post. I also had no idea about the shelf life of canola oil.
I have to wonder if canola oil really goes bad, or if the manufacturer is just a) covering their butt and/or b) trying to get you to buy more oil. ;)
Cool post. Good idea. I'm going to try it - it may help with my one and only resolution to post more this year.
I always choose to see those dates as Sell By dates rather than expiration dates. Because really, does peanut butter ever go bad?
Michelle - I hope you're right about that. :)
GVB - Consider it a public service message. :)
Liz - I don't know, but for a 4 year expiration? I think I'll toss it. We got our $2 worth.
Shannon - I'll look forward to reading them.
NPW - I don't know, but we go through about a container of peanut butter each month, so we won't ever have to find out. :)
I just checked my vegetable oil and it says "best by Jan 2010". Whew! I'm safe. LOL.
I wouldn't have even thought about oil expiring at all! Apparently I'm not very good at kitchen safety.
You too on this Grace in Small Things deal, huh? It's a neat idea, but I think this is one bandwagon I'll let roll by me. :-)
I wouldn't have thought oil expired quickly either (nor that it wouldn't be safe once it was expired). I accidentally used baking soda that was three years expired recently, and that was fine, too!
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