A great weekend with the boys left the apartment in a mild shambles. I am pleased to report that the Bissell EasyVac above does, in fact, suck. Precisely, it sucked every dustbunny off of my living room carpet, Ah, order.... Next stop: the stains from the chocolate chips....

Unrelated to anything except my general domestic spirit, I offer this recipe for a veggie sandwich:

One green or red bell pepper
One cucumber, medium size
One large tomato
2 or 3 habanero peppers optional, size of a pinball, maybe two-thirds the diameter of a golf ball
Balsamic vinegar
Olive oil, the cheaper the better
Coarse salt
Ground pepper
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic, optional
Four hoagie rolls

Chop the bell pepper, cucumber and tomato into pieces roughly the diameter of a quarter. Mince the habanero, ideally with gloves as the capsacin is remarkable for its persistence on hands. Put ingredients into appropriate sealable storage container and add 1/2 cup olive oil and 1.5 oz of balsamic vinegar. Add pinch of coarse salt, pepper to taste and any garlic into the container and stir, then seal and shake the container and let sit in the fridge for an hour. After the hour, split the hoagie rolls and add 1/4 of the mix to each sandwich. Either serve and eat OR wrap each sandwich tightly in Saran Wrap and refrigerate overnight to allow oil and vinegar to soften roll without ruining it. Serve with a chilled summer wine, ideally Moscato D'Asti, on someone's deck in mid-July after the sun has begun to set and you get sweet relief from the day's muggy stench. Make sure to mince the habaneros very fine, almost to a puree; if not, you will get a harsh thick bite of one and they do not play around. It's also good, though less piquant, without the habaneros.

Now to some sleep.