My Cornucopia of Chaos!

I woke up this morning in a great mood---well rested and organized with what i was going to accomplish today...well, life had a few other plans for me and decided to start sharing them at about 6:57am!

I put 4 cups of water on to boil and added my steel cut oats---I was really looking forward to having these for breakfast as they are my absolute favorite thing to eat in the morning with frozen wild blueberries, toasted almonds, a sprinkle of brown sugar and cream...AND, i just bought these fast cooking version from TJ's that is done in 8mins so I am psyched to think I can make my breakfast and still be on time for my carpool...So, the pot comes to a boil and I turn it down to simmer and set the timer for 7 mins and walk away to the bathroom...I return in less than 3 mins to a bubbling brew of what looks like vomit all over the top of my stove AND the oats are not even done cooking! UGH! I still need to make lunch for my daughter and leave by 7:15am...this will just have to wait.

Go to the fridge to gather out the salad making stuff and what do i find---------a pool of some leaching liquid that looks like piss but smells like nothing i have ever smelt before. OMG, now i need to pull everything out and have a spontaneous cleaning session of every piece of food inside and all of the drawers and shelves! I have not even had a sip of my coffee...which is sadly lacking in cream....and I am buried in a Cornucopia of Chaos! So, I yell for help from Mr. Sleeper and he offers to drive the carpool while i clean things up!

I learned a couple of new things during this process, here's the first:

Sinks are like men! And, SIZE DOES MATTER! My sink is not the smallest I have seen but for the amount of cooking that goes down in my kitchen it is definitely NOT big enough to satisfy most of my culinary & cleaning tasks----so, now I have a wet floor too. Hey, when you are cleaning at 7am, why not mop the floor too!

Next, I learned something more philosophical...As I was standing there in my kitchen cursing the mess with every explicative I chastise my daughter for saying, I realized that even though I have a supersize mess on my hands, at least I HAVE MY VERY OWN KITCHEN. And, I was moved to great thankfulness! And, even though all of our food looks like an explosion, we are NOT going to go hungry tonight! God Bless the people of Haiti at this great hour of need...

And then I thought for a moment, and decided that when life hands me lemons, I am going to bake a "Lemon Merinque Pie with a Pomegranate Twist! Yes, this is a newly inspired recipe that I am going to experiment with today. Cuz, really, isn't that what "mixin it up" is all about?

So, in addition to the chaos of boiled over steel cut oats, strange ooze all over the inside of my fridge, an impromptu juicing of 25lbs grapefruit, 3lbs of mixed lemons & limes and 1 lone pomegranite, I now have a clean fridge, stove and floor, fresh grapefruit juice, a pie started, and turkey stuffed magical peppers AND veggie delight stuffed peppers with a mushroom duxelle all ready for dinner tonight and I wrote this blog and it's only 9am!!!!!

So, here's my question.........how's your morning going?????

ps...check back in a few hours for my newly created recipes for Lemon Meringue Pie w/a Pomegranite Twist and "Magic Stuffed Peppers."

Have a magical day!
xoxox
mrs. z