Don't put off until tomorrow...What you can do today!

Let me preface this by saying, I don't own measuring cups. I didn't own a hand mixer until my darling step mom came and wanted to bake cookies for the kids and walked herself to Zellers to obtain one. I do not know what a Bundt pan is for.

Knowing this, you might be suprised to hear that I just baked brownies. Yup. Baked brownies. That's really the only part that the Pillsbury Doughboy trusted me with. He had measured the ingredients, mixed them, put them in a handy package to be squeezed out later, and shipped them to Wal-Mart for me to purchase. All I needed to do was squeeze them into a pan and put them into a 350 degree oven for 25 minutes.

Simple.

That is, one simple detail that one really wouldn't ever think to check got in the way.

It would seem that the last time I cleaned my oven (upon reading this, you might come to conclude I am a forerunner in the Julia Child Impersonator of the Year competition)I put the rack in uneven. That is, the stupid knobby things in the oven are like playing plinko with a vengeful Bob Barker and are impossible to navigate with a 15 month old hanging off your leg and a 90 lb husky carrying out a full investigation.

So, when I confidently strode into my kitchen to check on my masterpiece (which I might add I was trying to suprise the family with at 11:30 pm on a random Wednesday)I was utterly dismayed to find that ALL of the brownie batter had run from the higher side of the pan and out over the lower end. Then suddenly I had a major flashback and remembered thinking, 'Oh, I will just fix it later'.

SO. Tomorrow, while I am diligently cleaning the charred brownie batter from the bottom of the oven, I will be reminding myself to put the oven rack in straight, because clearly, I can't remember to fix things later.

Pat on the back for me. I am going to try to salvage what chocolatey goodness might still remain in the bottom of side of the pan!

Oh, and if you were thinking of coming to my house for any holiday dinners in the future...I am thinking reservations at a place with real napkins might be a safer bet!

Have a great one,

Amy