Another use for Vodka

I love to make anything that you might normally take for granted and pick up at the local supermarket.  and this is one of them.  This just has to be the easiest project I've ever found.  Homemade vanilla.  Do you wanna make it?  Go get yourself a bottle of vodka.  A bottle around 750ml.  The cheaper the better.  You don't need the fancy, expensive stuff for this project.  Then get yourself some vanilla pods.  They are long, brown, and skinny like green beans.  And the smell is, well, ahhhhhh.  So yummy.  So look around, because the fresher the better.  I have found them at  Whole Foods, vitamin shops, health food stores, and the oddest, a pharmacy.  Don't ask.  I didn't.  And they had the freshest ones.  If they are fresh, they will be soft, and maybe a little sticky, but if not, stiff and dry.  You only a couple.  Maybe three if you have small ones.  But if you bought a package with more than you need, you can wrap them up and freeze them.  Now take your vanilla pods and cut them down the center and scrap out the center.  DON'T THROW THIS AWAY! These are tiny little seeds.  Scoop them up and drop them into your vodka bottle along with the vanilla pods. Shake the bottle well.  Label the bottle with the date, and what it is (you don't want your husband accidentally turning this into a martini).  And put it in a dark spot at the back of your pantry.  Shake it occasionally.  Come back in nine months to a year.  By then it will have changed color, and smell divine.  Use it in any recipe that calls for vanilla.  And when you get about halfway through the bottle, start the whole process all over.  What do you think?