"uh...you don't have a toaster?"

about a year ago, i took a telephone survey which ended up being about the brands of my kitchen appliances. i'm pretty sure the survey administrator wasn't supposed to sound so incredulous, but suffice it to say that i don't have that many appliances. several of them were gifts, but i honestly don't have any that i don't use at least once or twice a month, which is pretty good, judging from the multiple pressure cookers and other wacky kitchen gadgets in my grandmother-in-law's basement. still, though, i don't have a toaster. i don't eat toast that often, although i might eat more of it if i had a toaster. for now, i get by with singeing the bread on my george foreman grill.

i indulged today by buying myself a couple of housewarming appliances -- neither of which is a toaster -- but i'm now a proud owner of an ice cream maker. and a blender.

ooh, i can almost taste the blackberry sorbet!

my consolation for the hassle of moving and cleaning. yep. that's my justification.