My Public Service Announcement!

Here I thought it was going to be just another Friday, with the exception of Paul and I were heading to his Graduate School Holiday Party. Which he told me Wednesday that we needed to bring something to, so I figured I would make my Mom's famous Date Squares, usually a big hit when she made them and I have done them a couple of times before with good reviews. Pretty simple recipe.

So last night (Thursday) I was whipping those up while chatting away with my Dad back home, catching up on the local news you know. I didn't have "real" butter so I settled for what we had. They didn't get quite as golden as I like them to look, but I had them cooling all night on the stove top.

This morning I was getting ready for work, and decided at about 5 minutes before 7am when I leave for work, I would make a cup of tea to go. So I put the kettle on started the stove and went to brush my teeth. I have a really bad habit of walking around while brushing my teeth, so I was standing in the middle of the kitchen brushing with my back to the stove. All of the sudden I hear a crack, followed by glass shattering. At this point I had no idea what the hell happened, I turned around, and saw in slow motion glass flying about 3 feet in the air, and the Lola and I just looked at eachother and ran. Turns out I turned the wrong burner on and my glass pan with the Date Squares where sitting on the stove and the pan shattered, in away I had never seen glass break before. It was like popcorn popping! Shards of glass were all over the kitchen! I finally was able to turn the burner off and it was still popping! Of course now I am suppose to be long gone for work. Paul was helping now as apparently he heard me screaming which I don't remember doing.
So I take my empty cup and tea bag to work thinking I will get some tea when I get to work. So I get there with 5 minutes to spare. Heat up some water, go to add a splash of milk, come to find out the milk expired in November. Okay! So no tea for Shannon! Because at this point I dumped the milk in my tea, and noticed it was curdled. All this and it was just 7:30am! Needless to say the rest of the day just sort of followed suit.

Moral of that story, I gots Mad Skills in the Kitchen, just keep a safe distance and hands in at all times! As well you must always be wearing Eye Safety wear!!