Why is it when it rains it pours though, in life not nature.... Once one piece of shit hits the fan its like the rest of the shit decides to jump in turd first and really make a mess. I spent hours last night cleaning out my garage for the upcoming Halloween party I am having and afterwards decided I should make my famous apple pie, and well since I had the little 'homemaker' urge I thought why not some no bake cookies?
I'm a rather good cook, I don't often mess anything up, rarely use a recipe and yet the food I serve has people asking for more pretty much every meal. I set out with my music blaring in my ear, losing myself in slicing apples and preparing the crusts... proudly placed the pie in the oven and decided it was time to attack the no bake cookies, i mean, they ARE the easiest cookie to make (hence the no bake) and so tasty!
I went through every measure to be precise with the cookies, even softly melting the butter in the microwave, forgetting totally that I had used the microwaves timer to remind me to remove the pie. To my surprise i was about two cups of oats short for the recipe and as much as i like gooey chocolate things, i didn't think the family would enjoy eating sugary, runny chocolate as much as I do. I figured, compromise... that solves it all.... right?
I opened up the box of breakfast oatmeal, yes the flavored kind and began mixing them in one package at a time using the entire box and still they were too runny. CUPCAKE papers- so I filled each paper nicely with the mixture and let them stand on the counter, about which time I begin to realize something is not smelling quite right, and BAM... my damn pie! A bit DARK on the outer edges, I pulled it out to cool, setting it next to the 30 little cupcake papers i had filled with the gooey mixture that should have been no bake cookies. Needless to say, I went to bed in utter despair. It wasn't that I had failed at what I am good at per say, but that I failed yet again in one day.
I remember in school, for the yearbooks etc. You would always be asked "what is your greatest fear", well mine was and always will be Failure! I realize it is something we all face, no matter it big or small we all fail and succeed in many things throughout life, it's how you handle it that matters.
So, I got up this morning and decided to have some burnt pie with my coffee... it was good, besides I never the edges of pies anyways, so I made do. By lunch, I really wanted to try a no bake but sure enough they were still gooey, too gooey to eat without the cupcake paper, funny enough though they tasted just as good. Granted, I am pretty sure I ate some of that little yellow paper cup, but in the end it was still just as tasty, maybe more so with the paper :) I guess what I have learned today is, the sun doesn't ALWAYS shine, and for those of us who live to make others smile, make them happy, give and find happiness it isn't always going to be that way, there will be a day, a week or maybe even a month when nothing goes right..... so you just have to eat the paper to get the gooey goodness and go on about your day, burnt crust and all!
I found this picture in our little vacation folder that I thought really speaks volumes. If you ever need to feel loved, you should just look through pictures, comments on your blog, old poems you wrote to someone you loved or perhaps just ask someone if you have a boog and if they look for you and by chance your daughter catches that on camera... well that person must really love you huh?
Peace & Love
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