Italian Beef Sandwiches

I love crock pot days. It's so nice to come home to something that smells good and is already cooked.

Right now, I have Italian beef sandwiches in the crock. Well, they're not Italian beef sandwiches yet...they're large chunks of rump roast with seasonings, but they'll be sandwiches tonight.

- 4 lbs. rolled rump roast (or boneless sirloin roast)
- 1 packet Italian dressing mix (0.7 ounces)
- 2 tsp. Italian seasoning, crushed
- crushed red pepper (I omitted because I never use it)
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder (I also added onion powder)

Trim fat off roast and slice it into 2 or 3 inch pieces.

Mix all seasonings together with 1 cup of water. Pour over roast.

Cook on high 5-6 hours or low 10-12 hours.

Remove meat with slotted spoon onto a cutting board. Shred using 2 forks.

Serve meat on hoagie rolls (I'll toast mine and melt some provolone on top). Drizzle juice over meat, if desired.

Poor Reece. She has to be crated up all day, smelling this cooking.

I interrupt this meltdown...

How appropriate that Heath Ledger got the Oscar nomination on the 1st anniversary of his death.

I've been meaning to see The Dark Knight. Just haven't gotten around to it. Maybe now I'll have to give it a go.

Maybe I should watch Casanova tomorrow night. I haven't really watched any of his movies since his death...I watched A Knight's Tale the weekend afterwards, but found it difficult to watch. Parts that were supposed to be a little sentimental just made me sad. I haven't watched anything of his since.

Irony

I laugh to keep from crying.

This is up from last year. Last year, it was 51st place.

I wonder who is filling out these surveys.