I burnt dinner...

My house smells like burnt hamburger meat and I am mad. I come home after a long day at work, really looking forward to skillet burgers. I am not one to touch raw meat, but I dug in carefully mixing all the ingredients. The skillet is ready to go (or so I thought). Now anyone who knows me well, knows that I have a terrible fear of not cooking meat all the way through. I tend to overcook everything because I am afraid of all the deadly diseases one can catch from raw meat. However, I honestly feel this did not contribute to what happened in my kitchen this evening. I put 3 patties in the skillet and turned around to watch the news. I noticed a little smoke filling the air, but quickly passed it off. The recipe I was following said cook five minutes on each side. But since I am scared to undercook meat, I left it for a little longer. I turn the patties and low and behold the underside is burnt to a crisp. The entire house was full of smoke. I had the vent on, the fan, and opened a few windows and waited for the smoke alarms to go off. Yes, it was that bad. So I had made four patties and ruined 3. I cooked the last one. Honestly, it was a crappy recipe. It either didn't taste good because I was mad or because it flat out wasn't good. Conor had a corn dog, and Craig had a sandwich. Aside from that, here are some pictures from the recent snow and other stuff.

Here is a cool picture of Conor sleeping.

Last but not least, I made a potty chart for Conor. We are having some great sucess with him going potty and I thought this chart would help him understand that working towards a goal pays off.

Long time, no post....

It has been two weeks since I posted something. Shame on me. I guess I have been working so hard on my New Year's commitments that I haven't had time. I have a few commitments and I will share them with you all.

1. Cook meals at home. One of the reasons why I wanted a TV for the kitchen is so I could watch the news while I cooked. It has been working so far. This is middle of week 3 and I am actually enjoying cooking. I use the website Kraftfoods.com It is wonderful if you need some ideas


2. Keep my house picked up. We are all guilty of putting someting down and stepping over it for weeks. Well, at least I am guilty. I have made the decision that my home would be more relaxing if it wasn't so cluttered. Commitment #1 is going better than #2 so far.


3. Save money. #1 and #3 go hand in hand. By cooking at home, we should save a ton of money. So far so good. I am expecting a couple months before we will get into a really good routine.

So, I will end my short blog with a couple of pictures. I don't have much to report.

Conor being silly.

Wierd hair one morning. It was really cute, but by the end of the day it had fallen flat.