Two Tales of Woe...and Chicken Stew-ish Stuff

Let's just say that today has not been the hottest day, in more than one sense. First of all, it's still frigid (I'm currently wearing my snazzy blue striped winter hat indoors)! Secondly, I made many blunders today and am in need of some venting. A blog is a great way to vent! Another great way to relieve ventation (yes I just made that word up), is to watch Cops on Hulu and remind myself that no matter how many blunders I make, I'm not as dumb as those people! "Do you have any weapons on you?" "None that I know of." ~~~~ "I was not driving!" "What were you doing on this side of town?" "I was driving my friend home."

First Tale of Woe

I locked myself and my son out of the house in the great, freezing outdoors! I had a spare key in my wallet but guess whether or not it worked. NO!! Of course not! There was supposed to be a spare key for the car but guess whether or not it was there. NO!! Of course not! I tried to call my landlord but guess whether or not I had his number in my new phone. NO!! Of course not! I do have a truly heroic husband, though, and he came to our rescue! Luckily one of the car doors was unlocked so we were able to sit in the car with blankets while we waited for him to get there.

Second Tale of Woe

I recently bought these rather hideous looking stove burner covers from Goodwill and so far they have been a delightful addition to our home. However, they don't do any good if you forget to cover the burners all the way! I turned on the wrong burner (a common occurrence in this house, for some reason) when trying to cook some rice for dinner and melted part of the lid of one of my nice plastic storage bowls. The lid shouldn't have been anywhere near the burner, but the one time I don't nudge the cover back into its rightful place, I melt something!

Ah, I feel better just getting that out there. As you will come to learn about me, I am very accident prone. It's probably due to my lack of observation skills, which I definitely need to work on. All righty, now that I have embarrassed myself for life, let me tell you about my second new meal this week. At least I didn't burn any of it.

Chicken Stew-ish Stuff

I have no real name for it because I don't really know what to call it.

3 carrots, chopped into rounded slices

1/2 onion, chopped

1 can low sodium cream of chicken soup

2 cans of water (I just used the soup can)

Lemon & Pepper seasoning

Pepper

Garlic powder

1 chicken leg and thigh

I added all of the ingredients in a crock pot and cooked on high for 3 hours. After 3 hours, I took the chicken out and pulled all the meat off the bones then placed the meat back into the crock pot and let it cook on low for an hour. I don't think the last part was necessary but that's what I did anyway. I served the chicken on brown rice and poured the stew-ish stuff on the rice as well. I also made broccoli & cauliflower and bread.

So tell me, what are some of your recent blunders?