Making Dinner...

Wow!...
From our bridal shower and wedding, we received two crock pots. So yesterday Caleb said he wanted beef stew. So I went to the grocery store today to get all the things I needed because I bought this cool cook book in Fort Bragg on our honeymoon. It has a whole bunch of recipes you can do in a slow cooker. So I bought some beef strips for the stew. In the directions, I am supposed to cube the meat.....Other than lunch meant and the occasional hot dog link, this is the first time I have touched and fully handled meat in over 8 years...I am completely grossed out. It was so slimy and gooey, and it smelled like blood...duh and something else I can't figure out, YUCK! When I was at the store, I asked the lady who worked there which meat I should use because like I would know, and she suggested meat that had a chunk of bone in it because it gives the stew a better flavor. Well in the process of cutting it up, what ever it is that keeps the meat connected to the bone is really strong and thin and Really slimy and disgusting. Touching the bone was nauseating too. The whole time I was cutting this up, all I could think about is that poor cow. I figured when I get pregnant, I would eat meat because its healthier for the baby, but after doing that, I really don't know if I can bring myself to doing it now... But any how, all the same I hope the stew turns out well. I also hope Caleb never doubts my love for him, because after doing that, I really don't know how I could prove my love for him any better.

Well talk to you all later.
Erin