Stephen and I decided it was time for a date night...especially after the crazy week that we had. So, we preordered one of those 'redbox' movies to pick up, and decided to have a 'dinner and a movie' night.
I was attempting to make these pork filets wrapped in bacon and then of course we had to have rice (becuase stephen LOVES rice) and vegetables (because according to me, there must be a vegetable in every meal)
Ok, so being profficient, tried to get my oven set on broil (since that's what i was supposed to do) and got out the pan put the filet's in to broil.
At this point, i am feeling pretty proud of myself....balancing the rice, and vegetables, and broiling our pork filets (which looked DELICIOUS).
Then, the chaos started. I open up the oven, to flip them over, and out comes a cloud of smoke! I yell for Stephen and we open the front door, and start fanning. We also bring the fan in from our bedroom, and try to direct some of the smoke out of the apartment.
At this point, though, i can't just STOP broiling the food, because its almost done!(and i'm HUNGRY) So at this point, Stephen and i are in tears...not because of the situation...but more so because the smoke is KILLING our eyes. The apartment is pretty much in a gray fog and i have to squint to even see anything. Finally everything is done, and we turn the oven off. It took a while to get ALL the smoke out, but the meal was worth it! it was great, despite the smoke....maybe that just enhanced the 'smoky' flavor?haha
I was reading an article today, that just really hit home. Its actually from the September 07 Ensign called 'the power of laughter'. It just made me really thankful for my life: for the parents i have, who created and continue to create a positive, humourous spin on any situation, for the sisters i have who consistently make me laugh, for the nieces and nephews i have who are so witty, and adorable, i can't help but love them, and definately not least, my husband, who always can make me laugh, even if i WANT to be upset with him!
The article indicated that on average, children laugh 400 times a day, whereas adults laugh about 15 times! What a crazy difference!
I am thankful, that despite our 'ruined' evening of a smoke filled apartment, we just laughed at the situation, and joked about my great cooking skills.
The nights kept laughs coming, when we decided to take a childhood activity and incorporate it into our date night.
ok...yes, we know we are complete dorks....and we know that we are a little crazy...but we also know that we are fun (and our kids are gonna love us someday!..and be embarrassed of us someday)
So, we decided to make a 'fort'. Yes, a genuine, made out of chairs, and pillows and blankets, FORT.
And, not only did we make it.....we watched the movie from inside of it.
I only wish I got a picture before we destroyed it, because it was awesome!
I love how we can laugh and be silly together, even when situations may not appear to be that funny!
I am thankful for the Humor in our lives, that helps keep everything into perspective!
3 comments:
seriously those crazy "dates" are always the best things to happen in a new marriage - I remember several of ours and they really help you have fun even if its all because of something insane.
Killa cool! Love it!!!
What a fun night! I LOVE building forts. Two hotels ago, Brody peed on my bed as I was getting ready for bed, so we didn't want to call the hotel staff and have them come up so late. I tried to hand wash the sheets in the bathtub and hang them up and dry them with the blow-dryer... long story short, I was glad we had extra blankets to sleep on that night. The next day, the heavier blanket still wasn't dry so I started putting it over chairs and realized it was a great opportunity to build a fort - our dogs loved it!
I had a similar experience to this one, in that same hotel, with the smoke "ruining" my cooking... but kept going b/c I was hungry and it was almost done. The smoke detector went off and the fire department came, it was so embarrassing.
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