Because I Fail at Life...

So. What I am posting today is from yesterday but about something that happened today.  I'll wait a second while you figure that out.

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You good? Okay. We'll move on.

Because of my amazingly advanced procrastinational skills that I've mentioned on several occasions, I didn't post yesterday.  Fourth day into my challenge and I mess it up.

Say it with me, folks, "F to the A to the I to the L."

Anywho.  The slip I drew yesterday was:

I thought I'd tell you about something that happened today but was supposed to be blogged about yesterday, except I wouldn't have known it was going to happen, so we can pretty much just sum up with the fact that this is a blog post from the future. .... Now that we have that cleared up ... Onward!

Today, just a few hours ago, I nearly destroyed our house.

And no.  I'm not exaggerating.  I don't know what you're talking about.  I never exaggerate.

Ever..

See.  I was making these ridiculously amazing, completely delicious things called sopapillas.  They're like cute little Mexican donuts.  And I'd done it before, it wasn't as if this was a new recipe.  All you do is make the dough, roll it out, cut it into little triangles, fry (in hot oil...), coat with cinnamon and sugar and then enjoy! Really, really simple.

Unless, of course, you decide to move the pan and spill cooking oil onto the stove which just happens to be turned on..

The flames were really pretty.  Unfortunately, I was too busy jumping up and down and waving my arms in a totally helpless fashion to grab my camera.  And that is why this post doesn't have any fun pictures.

Anyways, thanks to my level-headed mother who was conveniently close-by, the fire was extinguished.  This story will be archived right next to that one time when I melted plastic on a coffee cake.

You're looking at a culinary genius, right here.

Conclusion:  Fire is hot.  Smoke burns my eyes and makes breathing a little more difficult than usual.  But, we didn't die, the house is still intact, and our stove will still work.

Plus, those sopapillas were still pretty darn delish.

-- RM