I love trying new recipes & I love it even more when they require little to no work on my part and taste delicious. Last night I tried Crock Pot Chicken Tacos. They were wonderful- So good that they are now posted to my pinterest (http://pinterest.com/meroesch/)... and well now my blog. They are not my recipe though so I must give credit to Chocolate Therapy. http://www.mychocolatetherapy.com/2012/01/crockpot-chicken-tacos.html Thank you dear girl for making dinner be the only sucessful part of my Thursday.
It started off so promising too. Great drop off at Preschool. AM had a great day at Preschool. I remembered to do all my Mommy Homework for AM's class (score!) which is a feat- Because in my mind I should just drop her off and then reappear in 3 hours refreshed and not actually having to be responsible for anything other then the appropriate drop off time.
During my wondrous three hours- I worked out, watered the plants, fed the fish, bought Mums, planted the Mums, and put together dinner. Awesome for three hours seeing as how I normally don't get through drinking my entire cup of coffee in three hours.
We (kids in tow) went to Wegman's bought a bottle of wine, some lunch- kids took great naps! Sounds ducky so far but thats where it ended. The day turned to shit after that- pardon me-
Kids woke up and I decided to bake a cake to go with the wine and AMAZING tacos. I get half way through pulling ingredients and notice I am out of vanilla, but it was here yesterday...FAIL 1
So I call the usual culprit- the hubs- yep it is at his desk. What may I ask do you need with my vanilla at work?? humph.... Then I realize I am also in no way prepared to make icing. So off to the store we go (kids in tow) Walmart had everything- But I FORGOT the damn Vanilla Extract. FAIL 2<---
I get home and realize my mistake. The entire reason I went there in the first place. WAH. So I decide that I could use something to substitute- something sweet... Karo Syrup jumped out at me. BIG mistake. Why I thought using the most sticky stuff in the world was a good idea I don't know. Continuing on... the cake bakes, the cake smells wonderful... the cake also looks like it has been attacked by my dog by the time I am getting it out of the pan. FAIL 3<---
Fast forward a couple hours. Bedtime... Dad's working late. Mommy is alone- its 2 on 1. We do this at naptime every day should be a piece of cake right? Well I flopped the damn cake - and apparently bedtime too...
Looked something like this... AM starts whining about bedtime.. Okay score it is only 7:30- we can go to bed early tonight... put the dog outside so she isn't in the way. Ryan starts with the fussing. Give them both a bath at the same time. Dry Ryan off... AM comes into the room SOAKING wet from the bath climbs on the Rocking Bear in Ry's room- Falls off rocking bear. Starts crying... meanwhile I hear a large pop come from the front yard and then silence.. then the dog is barking at the back deck making all kinds of racket... AM is still crying... Ry's hungry but I am trying to hold him off. Dry AM coddle her to stop the crying. Get her in bed- Ry comes in too. Read a story. Ry cries all the way through story... which means the relaxing part of the process is shot to hell- say good night to AM- but we start with the excuses... I have to pee, I need water, there's a monster under my bed, yadda yadda yadda, shut door and woke on getting Ry to sleep because someone HAS to freakin SLEEP in this house tonight.
30 minutes later we are done. The natives are quietly resting in their beds. At which point I walk outside and hubs is in the driveway- and my new pumpkin is in the middle of the front yard with the DOG. Stem gone, labbie wagging about her new found treasure for all she is worth. Really?
I need a do over from about 4pm on.
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