Merciful God, You are great in compassion and Your tenderness for us is without measure. We ask You to give us today our daily bread, and also provide for the needs of all of Your hungry children around the world. Through Christ Your Son and Our Lord. Amen.
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a.k.a. Recognizing my limitations
As of 2:59 p.m. the stove has not been delivered. My window was 2:30 to 4:30, but at 1 p.m., I received a call saying they could be up to an hour late.
I called the bakery and asked if they had any cupcakes left. They did. They frosted them and topped them with roses for me. I picked them up at 2 p.m.
I concede that some situations are beyond my control, and that's o.k. I have to believe St. Therese would not mind to bakery cupcakes.
If I had a can of beer (my husband drinks imported bottles) I could make beer can chicken on the grill. Instead I'll have to figure something else to do with my two whole chickens. I'll probably get out my electric roaster. A compromise..
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Yesterday afternoon I was making some oven baked chicken for dinner. The chicken was trimmed and cleaned and almost ready to go in the oven, so I turned my oven on. It started to preheat, but when I opened the door with just a few seconds left in the preheat time, the oven was ice cold. Pooh. I have burned out the igniter two or three times on this oven. I use it a lot and it is 11 years old. Doug walked into the room just seconds after I discovered the cold inside and he knew by the look on my face that something was not right. After our air conditioning went out last week, he said, "Why doesn't everything break at once?" It does seem to go that way doesn't it? When it rains it pours.
We discussed having it fixed again and after thinking on it for a short while, he decided we would probably be better off just buying a new one. Unfortunately, appliances just aren't made to last that long these days. So we went shopping last night and tomorrow, Sears is bringing me one of these:
I'm so excited (is it so sad that a stove excites me?). It has five burners with an extra long burner in the center for using a griddle. And the grate goes all the way across the top to make it easy to move a heavy pot from one spot to another. It also has an extra-high-powered burner (not the technical term Kenmore uses, but that's o.k.) for boiling water super fast. I can't wait! Hopefully it will arrive in time to bake cupcakes and roast chicken tomorrow afternoon.
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Don't you hate it when the gas grill runs out of gas halfway through your Buttermilk Brined Chicken Legs? Argh. It's just not the same cooked in the oven.
But the good news is, I consoled myself (we consoled ourselves) with Graeter's ice cream. Any Grater's fans out there? Raise your hands!
I chose a new flavor -- Elena's Blueberry Pie. Oh my! Real bits of flaky pie crust and whole blueberries. Why, I've never. Honestly. And as if it could get any better, a portion of the proceeds from my scoop (and waffle cone) went to The Cure Starts Now, a foundation established to help fight childhood cancer, which appears to be quite the worthy cause. Kudos to Graeter's.
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