burn baby burn!

one of my favorite dinners is homemade corn chowder and baking powder biscuits - weird i know, but i love it! so, i was quite excited yesterday when it was a rainy dreary day in portland and when i went to the grocery store with that dinner on my mind. i got everything i needed and then cooked the bacon and fried up the onion and cut up the potatoes. then, i added the corn and milk and smelled the goodness of all those yummy ingredients combined and was totally salivating! after everything is added together in the pot, you are supposed to bring it to a boil and then quickly remmove it from the burner. well, i swear that's what i did, but no....clearly the smell of burning goodness let me know that i didn't remove it quick enough :( ugh!!! i was soooo sad to taste it and find that it tasted just how it smelled and that all of my hard work and anticipation for one of my favorite dinners was for naught. it was literally heartbreaking to dump it down the sink BUT thankfully i still had my baking powder biscuits in the oven, and they were looking delicious when i checked them before starting the dishes.

so, i'm sure you can guess what happened next. i think i'm a pretty good multi-tasker, but when i get in cleaning mode, i am focused and just like to get it done so that i can relax. dust went to the store to buy a pizza to replace our soup, and i was cleaning the kitchen, and it wasn't until i heard lacey mention my burned soup that i remembered the biscuits in the oven. ugh again!!! i totally burned them too! i think i almost started crying as i pulled out our crispy cakes - so sad! i threw my towel on the ground, gave myself a minute to gather my composure, and then was able to find some humor in the whole burned night and laughed with kristen and lacey about my disgusting soup and hard brown biscuits.

to top off my night, we had the poytress family over for dinner, so they had to wait like an extra hour to eat and had to eat boughten pizza instead of scrumptious homemade soup! oh well.....such is life right?!?! it's something to laugh about, and now i'm just sad i didn't take any pictures to remember my burnful night :) i went out today and bought stuff to make corn chowder and biscuits again tonight, so wish me luck. hopefully, i can keep at least one part of the meal from burning!