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Published: Mon, 08/27/18

Monday, August 27, 2018

Good morning!!

It's the first day of school (elementary school) in our house and that means that I've got the house back to myself for a few hours.

I should probably dust or vacuum or pop on a yoga video or go to Costco.

Instead, I am waiting for a plumber.

Adam went out for a few hours last night to pick a team (or coordinate or something, I don't really get it) for Fantasy Football.

Since school was starting the next day, I decided to clean out the fridge.

and by clean it out, I mean I decided to test out the 2-week-old garbage disposal which said RIGHT ON THE BOX that it was Turbo-Powered and could handle chicken bones, orange peels, egg shells, and anything else I could throw down it in a fit of "How Come I'm The Only One in the House that Ever Cleans Out the Fridge????"

I think you see where I'm headed...

:-(

So, the alarm goes off at 5 am today because I want to make sure I can have coffee and a peaceful morning before everybody wakes up.

Except the sink looks kind of dirty. There's weird black stuff in it and some green leafy things.

No problem, I run hot water and hit the disposal switch.

Instead of going DOWN, stuff starts coming UP.

(this is when I'm realizing that it's all my fault so I get a little nervous and very softly mention to Adam who is just waking up that perhaps maybe the garbage disposal is not so very happy)

So he gets a flashlight and a screw driver and takes a look.

And then water starts shooting out from under the sink and he yells to get some buckets.

So I do.

the buckets fill quickly with gross chickeny and leafy grey water.

Adam says, "empty this one out so I can reuse it."

So I do.

BY POURING IT BACK DOWN THE SINK.

oops.

SO. Now I am waiting for a plumber.

The good news is that I did prepare for an easy morning by plugging in Overnight Pancakes.

So the kids still got their morning pancakes (these cook in a scone-like texture, slice in wedges and then serve with syrup or honey or peanut butter),

and I promise I now have had an adequate amount of coffee that I can foreshadow pouring water down a broken sink onto my husband's head ....

I hope your morning is going better!

:-)

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I'd like to pay homage to the late Senator McCain by sharing a recipe for his famous Lemon Pepper Ribs that he shared with the Today Show when he was running for president.

The ribs are lemon pepper -- and this spice rub is an absolutely delicious blend of garlic, lemon, pepper, and salt. I think you'll really enjoy it!

lots of love to you all, happy Back to Schooling, and Happy Slow Cooking!!

xoxo steph