THINGS:

1. I made this chicken in the crockpot on Sunday, and now I will always and forever make it this way. It's ridiculously easy and SO doggone good. Last night we had some of the meat with tomato basil pasta and ricotta and mozzarella. Won.der.ful.

2. I woke up yelling and crying at 3:00 AM. I have no idea what I'd been dreaming about, except that I was at camp and Sheldon Cooper (yes, from The Big Bang Theory) was there. Yeah, I don't know either.

3. Today is my papa's 18th birthday in Heaven. In his honor, we're going to go to DiGidio's to have noodles and gravy for dinner.


(an aside - he was about 75 when this picture was taken, and the hair that he had was STILL black. I am hoping for those genes.)

4. We watched a few episodes of Mad Men last night. I always forget how much I like that show. Even if the story lines sometimes don't hold my interest, and I think that, really, Don Draper is pretty much the worst man in the whole world - I could watch the show for hours just to see the clothes, the cars and the furniture. I was born about 20 years too late, I think.

5. I wish Thanksgiving was this week. I could use a trip to Pazzaluna.