Is the world coming to an end or what?

2008 has been a strange year for me. And yesterday it got even weirder.

At 4:15 pm I found myself huddled in my closet with my children. The weatherman told me to do that because a tornado was coming right for my neighborhood.

Fortunately for us, the “wall cloud” passed over us, turning the sky green, and the funnel went elsewhere, doing damage to outlying buildings.

From what I understand, no one was hurt in this episode (thankfully). But I’ll tell you what, I’ve never hunkered down in my closet before and I never want to do it again.

After it was over, my kids decided they wanted to stay and play in the closet. How fun! So that’s their new spot. Lots of great places to hide Luke Skywalker and the Green Goblin.

And by 6:15 pm I was in the kitchen making dinner. Business as usual. Except that the kids were still in my closet.

I had thawed these babies for a possible turn on the grill . . .

But after seeing the sky turn a color nature never intended I decided to stay in and cook.

I cooked these steakburgers on the stove with a little salt and pepper. That’s it. I did a mix of sweet Vidalia onion and classic steakburgers.

My favorite was the Vidalia onion. Hands down.

It had a sweet oniony taste that was just the right touch. Not overpowering, just a great flavor.

Check it out.

My husband was so excited to see this when he got home that he could hardly contain himself. And he almost forgot his family and his house could have been swept up in a cloud of dirt and debris.

But I digress.

For an afternoon that started out not so great, it ended up turning out pretty well if I do say so myself.

I’m going to go hang out in the closet now. I left my magazine in there.

So, it’s been established that I love steak. And if you’re reading this you probably love it, too.

But what do you like to eat with it?

Certainly you can’t just have a steak and call it a night.

I’ve given you some of my faves, like Bonita’s Potatoes, Oven Sweet Potato Fries, and even the tried-and-true baked potato loaded the way you like it.

Then there are the veggie goodies like asparagus and carrots. I’ve been served steak with a huge cooked carrot on top. That was a new one to me. But it was colorful and quite ingenious, I thought.

Got any other ideas?

What do YOU like with your steak? Let me know!

Okay, folks. It’s time to play everyone’s favorite game — “What’s In My Freezer?”

That’s right. What’s in your freezer says a lot about you. And mine is probably as chaotic (yet organized) and eclectic (yet mundane) as my life.

So here we go . . .

We’ll start at the top. Note the sugar-free Blue Bell popsicles for the kids next to the Bacardi Daquiri mix.

Draw your own conclusion there.

Next, sugar, Kansas City Steaks box and Eggos. Why the heck is my sugar in the freezer?

I’m glad you asked. Someone once told me it keeps it fresh and free from creepy-crawlies. I don’t know about that. All I know is it’s always very cold.

The KC Steaks box contains a mixture of my last two orders: 2 sirloin steaks and some classic steakburgers.

The Eggos speak for themselves.

Then we have chicken nuggets, shrimp, a frozen pizza, burger buns, more chicken nuggets and some Vodka.

Those buns have been in there since 2005. I don’t know why they’re in there cuz I always buy fresh buns on the day I serve steakburgers. So I never break these open. (Note to self: Throw buns away.)

Next, we have coffee and the rest of my Vidalia onion steakburgers. Not many left, but I could make a meal of these and that other KC Steaks box.

What you don’t see are two more Starbucks coffee bags in the bottom door of the freezer.

My husband and I don’t even drink coffee. That’s for the in-laws.

The rest of the freezer includes mini-tacos and some more popsicles shaped like Spider-Man.

Hmmm, you may say. A small freezer for a family of four.

You are correct.

There’s another one in the garage. It’s full of more frozen pizzas and chicken breasts.

We’re a classy bunch.