(I figure I'd have to use a window cause both doors are so busy with people coming and going, I'd never get to my car without someone seeing me and catching on.) Once there, I'd order room service, watch a movie that isn't animated, and get completely blissed out from all the silence...
Getting to the point, I've been working crazy hours for the last two months, as has my husband (when he isn't traveling), and to top it off, everyone in the family (other than me) has a birthday in Oct or Nov. Envision Halloween three weeks ago (yes, we truly did get 249 kids) followed by balloons, screaming kids, and migraines from birthday parties.Taking all that into consideration, I had a blond moment last night. I decided to make dinner and pulled out our fancy-dancy electric wok. Yawning, I set it on the stove. I dumped some oil in, cut up chicken and veggies, turned on the burner... and walked away to answer the doorbell.
Moments later, while fishing through my wallet for money to buy chocolate covered almonds none of us will ever eat from a cute six-year-old, my son tugged on my arm and asked if the wok was supposed to be smoking like that.
Note to self: an electric wok probably won't be covered under warranty when melted on a gas stove.
I hope all you folks in the U.S. have a great Thanksgiving weekend!
16 comments:
Ouch, that woulda been a big mess now wouldn't it?!
I'm still thinking about all those halloweeners!
oh yeah...
See now this is why I never cook...
Um...I did that once with an electric kettle...
And this is how come I mostly eat out. No need for the wok or the warranty!
Feet up, wine in hand, and munch on those chocolate covered almonds!!
And I can't cook, either...
Ha! Ha! Yer hot!
In a stove-sort-of-way.
Guess you missed dinner, huh?
This is a good example
of why one must have lots of
house insurance to cover days when we're distracted!!
Very funny!
LOL, way too funny!
Gee, I wish I could laugh really hard and say, "I've never done anything like that." Well, not exactly like that, but close enough.
You've got to put that incident in a book somewhere.
Like Heidi, I did that once with an electric kettle. Maybe I have blonde roots LOL
Ack! Poor Holly! Poor wok!
Hahahaha!
I'm not the cook in my family - my husband is. This is indeed a good thing! ;-)
Ramona -- it was a big mess, but what can you do, huh?
Orion - I wish I didn't HAVE to cook, trust me.
Heidi -- Whew! Good to hear I'm not alone in my stupidity.
Adam -- Lucky you. I couldn't afford to eat all with my kids all the time. Way to costly for a family vs. a single person. Lucky lucky you, though.
Zany -- I was tempted to crawl straight into a bottle of wine that night, forget the glass.
Wordman17 -- Nope, dinner did get made. Can't starve my children and all that yah know?!
Victoria -- I shiver when I think what might have happened. And thank God we are insured!
Janet -- If I put half of the stuff that happens in this house into one of my novels, no one would believe it, I'm sure.
Wendy -- No! I really think this is a writer's affliction of some sort, don't you think?
Katie -- it had a good life, though!
Melissa -- mine does the dishes all the time, but he doesn't like to cook (groan)
Uh oh! Wok a mess! Glad the house didn't burn down. Happy American TG!
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