lesson

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What Melanie learned today. Don't fry okra naked.

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Sheila said…
Bahahahaha!!! I'm sorry, did you burn yourself?! (Geez, laugh first, sympathy second, I'm super nice..)
May 1, 2010 at 11:10 PM
Missy said…
Hey, I was good and didn't post anything on FB about this and then you post it on your blog? Man. It was such a good post, too, that I thought up.
"Sometimes you learn too much about okra and your friends. Right, Mel?"
WOuldn't that have been good? :)
May 2, 2010 at 12:12 AM
Melanie said…
Luckily for all involved there weren't actual burns, just a lot of spattering oil. Missy - I appreciate your restraint. I don't think Denise has found my blog and she would have been merciless! :)
May 2, 2010 at 10:32 AM
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