My life has been changed...

2 things have recently changed my life.

For the first, I give all credit to our friends the Akers. They introduced us to the amazing Allegro marinade. It makes the cheapest steak taste almost as good as Outback. I recommend marinating steak 4-8 hours (it tenderizes too, so the cheaper the steak, the longer you want to marinade) and chicken not more than a couple hours. Don't add any salt until you taste it because it is pretty salty (that coming from a salt-aholic.) We are going to try adding it to burger meat the next time we grill burgers! It comes in a skinny bottle and you can find it with barbecue sauce at the grocery store. There are 3 flavors - original, hickory and teriaki. I like the original the best but Rick likes the hickory. I'm sure the rest of the world already knew about this (except for Cristy, and she can testify that this is awesome) but we are usually the last to know about anything anyway, so what else is new!

The other thing is Innertube on cbs.com. We live in the dark ages and don't have cable or dish or anything like that, so if I miss a show, I still actually TAPE it, ON A VIDEO TAPE. Hello. My name is Teresa and still use a video tape. However, last night, I realized with dismay at 8:30 that I had forgotten to tape Survivor, and we were at church in a meeting. But this morning I went to the CBS website and watched the entire episode, free, full-screen on my computer, and clearer than I can get on the TV! And there were only 2 commercials! I am going to watch Shark later today because I was too tired to stay up late last night to watch it! I may even get hoocked on more shows (like I really need that to happen). Did anyone else know you can watch full episodes of network shows online? Hello? When did that start? So, if there happens to be anyone else in the world (besides mom and dad!) who don't have TVo or DVR or whatever, you need to check this out! (I think it would probably be an exercise in frustration if you don't have high speed internet, though.)

Anyway, just thought I'd share my life changing experiences with you? Anyone else have any new and amazing products that I need to know about?