today has been absolutely wonderful. let me explain. I....
"slept in" till 6:30
read for my Shakespeare class
went to class
enjoyed a wonderful kolache from my dear friend Becca
photographed Becca and her doggie Scout
took photos at the Benjamin Knox gallery for fun
sat and drank a nice latte
met a sweet stranger at HEB
came home and ordered wedding invitations (YAY!)
cooked some soup
....
and now I am currently doing laundry
and eating a late afternoon snack
why is this exciting?
WELL you see, I truly do believe God made this day so beautiful and wonderful to begin with so that later in the day, when things "didn't go as planned," I would be able to appreciate everything for what it was-- of God. so let me clarify a couple things...
I LOVE to cook. I love trying new recipes, having people over, and enjoying company and fellowship with good food. it truly brings a joy to my heart to cook. i LOVE it. and thanks to a friend named Oliver, I am recently obsessed with Jamie Oliver and his AMAZing recipes. So of course, instead of going for an easier recipe that still tastes good, I go for the slightly harder one that is sure to be amazing! Enter the butternut squash soup recipe that just sounds oh so delicious. the cooking goes well, it tastes amazing, but the last step is to put the soup in a blender and puree it, so you get this amazing smooth soup that should look something like this:
however, something went wrong with the blender...
horribly, terribly, painfully wrong....
and the soup therefore ended up looking more like this:
just imagine. carrots, squash, celery, onions, and garlic-- all over the walls, your clothes, the refrigerator, the lightbulbs, cookbooks, toaster, sink... anything within a 5 foot radius. my arm is burned, my clothes are in the dryer, and I sit here eating what is left of the now chunky, definitely non-pureed soup that i had imagined making:
BUT. the kicker in all of this is-- how funny is all of this!? try to imagine yourself rushing to push the OFF button on a blender that is basically pummeling soup all over you and your kitchen. it's probably one of the greatest things that's happened to me in a while.
my dearest roomie Ruth so graciously helped me clean up, and we both decided that God wanted to humble me with my cooking skills. I am fully aware that I am not an expert chef, and definitely not an expert soup maker.
but I sure do enjoy having fun while I'm in the kitchen :)
who would have thought God could humble us there??
I hope your day is full of exploding soup.
I promise it's better that way :)
