Arrgh!

I have been having a very arrrrgggghhh day. You know, that's the sound of ultimate frustration that Charlie Brown makes when he's having ONE OF THOSE DAYS. (Incidentally, I played Lucy VanPelt in my high school production of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" and I am still very close friends with Linus and Snoopy.)

Anyway, back to my day. Suffice it to say that it started with a whiney, still-sick boy and ended with a cooking CRISIS. (At least that is the term I used when I called my friend Jenny for help. I got her voice mail. The voice mail didn't have any useful advice for me.)

I hate it when circumstances prove that I've been a daft twit. I especially hate it when the circumstances in question involve cooking. I am not very confident in the kitchen, though I've really been making an effort lately. And today, three little, tiny words printed in microscopic font really shook me. Those words were: "REFRIGERATE AFTER OPENING." Actually, the words weren't really all that tiny, and they were printed on both the side AND top of the jar, but somehow I've missed them the last FOUR times I've made my family my delicious (and arguably deadly) Shepherd's Pie.

Ah well, I looked a crisis in the eye today, and I'm still standing (as are the other members of my family who ate the allegedly poisoned previous pies, thank goodness). Today's lesson? PAY ATTENTION! :)