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Confessions of a Terrible Cook + Giveaway Winner

August 9, 2012

I completely admit that the word chef or cook (or anything related to knowing what one is doing in the kitchen) would NEVER apply to me. I do LOVE to eat. I just prefer when someone else does the cooking. I wasn’t always this way. When my kids were young and my husband was not traveling much for work I would have dinner on the table every night at 6:30 p.m. That was a very long time ago.

My kids are now teenagers. My oldest is in college. Everyone does something different at a different time from the rest of the family most nights. Therefore I find it nearly impossible to cook a meal for everyone to enjoy. I do make it a point to cook at least 3 nights during the school year.

Lately though, I seem to have a bit of trouble in the kitchen. One morning I was heating biscuits in the microwave for a mere 20 seconds when I started a fire! It extinguished itself leaving a charred mess in the microwave and a smokey mess in the entire house for days. It turned out that the microwave had some sort of a short in it and it sparked a fire. I was sort of embarrassed, but I managed to move on.

A few weeks later I turned on the oven to preheat while I gathered the things I would be making for dinner. I smelled something funny in the kitchen so I rushed in to see what smelled. I was greeted by a kitchen full of smoke and a terrible odor. It turns out that I had turned on the top oven that houses all of my cooking trays, including some brand new ones still wrapped in plastic. That was one BIG smelly mess to clean up once again.

This past week my daughter and I decided to bake cookies from scratch. I have obviously been visiting the Six Sister’s Stuff blog and other Pinterest sites too much because it is not like me to want to bake anything from scratch. What can I say? I am inspired! I turned on the lower over to preheat once again. And again, I smelled something funny. Could this really be happening again?! Yes, it turns out, it could! This time someone (probably the housekeeper) decided to put a metal baking pan with plastic lid into the oven for storage. Here is the result after it cooled off:

I should have known better, but I never store anything in the lower oven so I never thought to look there. Lesson learned once again! We got the baking dish out just in time before the melted plastic hit the bottom of the oven. And the cookies that we made turned out GREAT! So I will continue to visit the Six Sisters and others to see what I can come up with next. I might just need to start with the “no bake” recipes!

WINNER TIME!
I used random.org to choose the winner of the latest giveaway that I teamed up with MissCrystalMakeup for.  The winner of a full size High Beam face highlighter from Benefit Cosmetics is:
Jayme from Her Late Night Cravings Blog and YouTube Channel
Conragts to Jayme!!
Check out her blog  and Youtube channel that she does with her friend Mendi when you get a chance!!
Have a GREAT day!

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  1. Sara says

    August 9, 2012 at 2:03 am

    I love Six Sisters! Glad you cookies turned out good despite your “woes”!
    Take a bite for me! 🙂
    Cheers,
    Sara
    http://www.SocialSara.net

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    • MAKEUP OBSESSED MOM says

      August 11, 2012 at 5:03 pm

      Unfortunately, I think I ate more cookies than anyone else in the house. Thanks for stopping by! Stacie xo

      Reply
  2. Shar Martinez says

    August 9, 2012 at 2:23 am

    LOL! At least your cookies turned out great girl! 🙂 I wouldn’t mind taking a bite of ’em myself! (^_^)

    ♥ Shar
    sharmartinez.blogspot.com

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    • MAKEUP OBSESSED MOM says

      August 11, 2012 at 5:04 pm

      Yes, they were a little too good! Cookies are a weakness for me. Have a great weekend! Stacie xo

      Reply
  3. Jayme and Mendi says

    August 9, 2012 at 12:35 pm

    YAY!! This made my morning!! Thanks so much for holding this giveaway! Going over to Crystal’s blog now too!

    Jayme @ Her Late Night Cravings

    Reply
    • MAKEUP OBSESSED MOM says

      August 11, 2012 at 5:05 pm

      I am mailing your prize out today Jayme! Glad we made your day! Stacie xo

      Reply
  4. careandfeedingofyourmillennialmonster.com says

    August 11, 2012 at 3:00 pm

    This post totally just made me laugh because it is all too familiar! I set the entire oven on fire a few weeks back, baking kale chips at 250 degrees, can you imagine?! My boyfriend had made steaks in the broiler the night before, and I didn’t realize the grease tray was still in there. And I couldn’t possibly agree more about Pinterest being inspiring with recipes! I love all of the awesome recipes you can find there, it’s gotten me back in the kitchen more than a few times. Actually, the kale chips recipe came from there! Great post!
    ~ Kate

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    • MAKEUP OBSESSED MOM says

      August 11, 2012 at 5:07 pm

      Hi Kate! Thanks for stopping by! I am so happy to hear that I am not the only one who has a little trouble in the kitchen! Have a great weekend! Stacie xo

      Reply
  5. menopausal mama says

    August 12, 2012 at 9:54 pm

    This was so funny! I know what you mean about burning plastic in the oven! The smell is terrible. I love to cook and often visit the Pinterest site to get ideas. But I’m with you—-I only cook from scratch now about 3-4 days a week vs the 7 days I used to do because the kids have all grown and left the nest (except 1 teenager). Not to mention the lack of time!

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  6. Hubba says

    August 14, 2012 at 3:14 am

    Stopping by! Love your cute blog!
    http://www.iheartpears.blogspot.com

    Reply

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