If you like it than you better put a monogram on it.

I have a friend whose teenage daughter ridicules me for monogramming everything that H&D own.  She says they will be social outcasts by middle school.  To which I said, "Ha! Their school is K-8 and thus they won't be attending middle school."  But still she persevered.  "Do their backpacks have their names on them?"  Um...everyone knows you don't put names but only initials on backpacks as to ward off potential child abductors.  So of course they have their initials embroidered on them.

"Swim towels?" she asked.
"Every towel," I replied.

Then she told me I had a problem.  Perhaps I do.

Then my friend, the naysayer's mother, made me hummus.  Although they made fun of the way I said it (they're Palestinian), and apparently it's pronounced "HOMmus"  And I'll be damned if it wasn't the best HOMmus I've ever had.  It took about 2 minutes in a food processor and it was delightful.

HOMmus for a crowd

3 cans garbanzo beans
Juice of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1/4 cup olive oil
3 tablespoons tahini
Salt to taste

Throw it all into a food processor and blend until you can't blend it anymore.  Our boys have been enjoying this for days with dipped veggies.  Toasted pita or pita chips?  Yum.

When I saw this at Target I had to laugh.  And buy two.  Our Easter eggs?  Oh yes they will be monogrammed.  

My friend and I were talking about how good the asparagus has been and I reminded her that it will be on sale this week because asparagus always goes on sale before Easter.  Do I feel guilty that I told her daughter that it was because the Bible says you have to eat asparagus on Easter?  Maybe I will get an L.L. Bean bag embroidered with my answer: No I do not.