The Shrimp that Made My Day

Sometimes I have weeks that make me feel like a tornado blew threw my life.

That was last week. I felt in need of a serious do over, especially because it sucked more in comparison to my couple of weeks of heavenly not having to go to work.  

Last Thursday, I wanted to try and turn the week around and make a fabulous Rachel Ray dinner for my husband. I really just want to get better at cooking. So I thought this recipe would work out great. It was called, "Pumpkin Pasta Zesty" So I got to work. I even found a YouTube video of a step by step process. 

Within three minutes I had smoked out the house and almost started a fire.

My ladle melted all the way down to the handle and our house smelt like burnt toast for days.

Needless to say this didn't make my week better.

I think my life is an episode of, "I Love Lucy"

So yesterday I was determined to have better luck. I picked a much easier recipe that looked amazing in my cookbook called, "Shrimp W/ Garlic"

I said a prayer before I made it. I really did. I think my husband probably did too.  

I did it! I made something that was not concocted in a crock pot, or microwave or frozen dinner or grilled chicken!

It may not be a big deal to anyone else. But to me it was a pick me up that I really needed to tell me that things are lookin up. All I needed was some shrimp to tell me so. OW OW