Exciting Evening and Burned Bacon

Last night was an interesting night. We met the Cabinet Secretary to the President of the United States. This gentleman met President Obama at Harvard and has worked for him since he came to DC as a senator. To answer your question, the cabinet secretary makes sure that the cabinet members are doing as the President has directed. We also talked about many issues facing the country today and it was interesting to learn that when you are president you own whatever hits you in the face, like the current oil spill in the Gulf. Natural disasters can play havoc with your whole agenda. The reason for the cocktail party was to meet the new president of MacMurray College where Jim went to undergraduate school. This school was traditionally an all female college until 1961. The new President Colleen Hester is the first woman president in the history of the college. Our hostess for the evening, who is Counselor to the Secretary of Transportation, is a MacMurray alumna of the college and a Trustee. It was interesting to hear of and see so many people that came from such a small school that have gone on to great accomplishments. I learned that Eleanor Roosevelt once gave the commencement speech at the college. I believe the new president will do great things for the school. We had planned to go out to dinner, but our hosts were very generous with food, drinks and their time that we did not leave until 9:30 PM and were plenty full.
This morning, I burned the bacon. Not just crisp, but black. It wasn’t cooking and then it was smoking. I had to actually scrub the skillet before I could start again. We had eggs over easy. I also sliced the muffins unevenly and had to clean out the entire toaster after pushing the fat side in when it wouldn’t go down on its own. So much for my cooking skills!
I have had a package of tofu in the refrigerator to make a Martha meal with for two weeks now. Every time it is the last thing left to cook, we get to go out to dinner. It is again the last item to cook and we are going out to dinner tonight. It is going to get him tomorrow.