I learned a valuable lesson on Sunday
I really wish I had pictures to show what I learned. Unfortunately I do not have pictures. This maybe a complete blessing, I think if I saw the epic explosion I had I would actually cry!! Oh yes I would cry yet again!!
Can I say last week was hard! Really hard on me emotionally. I will start by saying my hubby never complains. He really is not your typical man when he is sick. He NEVER complains. My sons really don't either. I know when they say something it is really bad! So when Chris started "complaining" about not feeling well, my anxiety went up. I was thinking back to last year! He talked about how things did not feel right. He was not himself. Yes, my friends a prostate infection, if you remember way back when to the beginning of this blog a year ago he was sick. I have been blogging for a year!! All this to begin, what it was I learned in a not so good way!!
So Sunday, we got to hear our pastor candidate preach in person for the first time. Chris has had a week of recouping from his infection and had a men's retreat (lack of a better word) this weekend. His words were along the line of "we have 3 hrs between church and time to go back to church, I want to relax and maybe nap".
Friday we found out a friend of ours has cancer. Our hearts break for the family. I decided Sunday I could get Carmen to help me and make a meal for this family. So, 2 hrs 45 mins we have to make this all happen- dinner for a friend, and something to bring to the potluck meeting of our new pastor! Sounds easy enough!! Nothing I can't handle!
Ryan preached on the sovereign Lord. During his sermon he talked about an incident with his kids jumping on the bed and they cracked their head on the dresser. His statement "In a moment everything can change to show us we are not in control". That hit me, I stirred on that and I think I missed some of what he said because I was thinking how true that is! How true when we think we have it all under control something can change and we have to see just how we have no control of what happens. What is the saying? "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react".
Back to coming home and thinking through my day, I gather help. Allee is on sausage and onion duty, Carmen is on broth and cream cheese duty to help with the BEST Ever Soup for the potluck. While hubby and I head to the grocery store for the rest of the ingredients. I was going to make a lasagna for our friends but decide to make baked ravioli for them instead due to time restraints. I do not want to push it and want to enjoy the time in the kitchen and not feel rushed or stressed. I love to cook! I really think I should have gone to culinary school. Why did no one suggest that?? I really do love to cook and when I can get others in the kitchen with me it is so much better!! I think this is why I am so excited that Allee wants to go this route. I hope whatever she decides to do she finishes and enjoys! I would hate for her to go to school for something she does not enjoy!!
We come home and I am ready to go! Wait! The crockpot lid - what is going on? It is wide open - do you know how a crock pot cooks when the lid is open? It doesn't!! That is why most have glass lids and if you read the directions for crock pots they say "DO NOT open lid. Will increase cooking time". OK well, I think it will be fine! Girls are helping- little things happen- no big deal!! I think oh look I have tomatoes that are getting to the end of their life, so I think "OH, YES homemade sauce on the bottom of the ravioli! Perfect!!" My little homemade touch to a dish that is not homemade. It is put together and thrown in the oven. So, I roast the tomatoes! Olive Oil, seasonings smells awesome!! I love homemade sauce! Best thing about a garden - tomatoes, peppers and any other veggies I can add in. The kitchen is smelling great!!
Chris says "I am going to sit in this chair let me know what I can do to help." I respond just sit and get some rest and if you would like to cut strawberries you can do that. I think he got up and started cutting up the strawberries. oh yes he did! I remember that now!!
I pull the tomatoes out of the oven and dump them into my Ninja smoothy cup. That's all the tomatoes I had and I did not want to dirty the large container. I blend it, sauce looks great! Smells great! I notice some sauce leaking out the bottom. I think oh no I did not close it right. I go to turn it to take it off and this sound , this pop happens and I close my eyes and turn my face the cup comes at me like a bullet and hits me in the face. I am covered from head to toe with tomato sauce, there is sauce from the floor to the ceiling (It's still there if you think I am exaggerating) I am covered in sauce from head to toe - literally it is in my hair, my ear, my neck, my toes! Chris was behind me cutting strawberries, I think it covered him as well - he did need a shower before church!
Chris looks at me and said "Are you OK?" I respond "I am fine" then I did what any woman would do and cried. I was covered in sauce, my entire kitchen was covered in tomato sauce. Carmen came down and helped Chris clean, I proceeded to make the meal. While trying to regain any of the sauce that was left in the container, I drop some on Cosmo, the dog. Even he got tomato sauce on him. He still needs to be washed. Two hours of Carmen and Chris cleaning our kitchen we have no sauce except on the ceiling, which will probably stay there! I thank God for such a wonderful hubby! Chris did not say a word. I am sure he wanted to scream, cry, something! I am sure inside his flesh rose up and thought "Are you serious? I want to rest and you had to make a mess like this?" He may have had that come up in his flesh but in self control and strength in the Lord he said nothing, he showed compassion and love he cleaned in a complete selfless manner and included our daughter into this selfless mode.
I sent Allee to the store for what I thought we had in the house but did not. I told her I needed her to be "on a dress mission" at the store. I will share that story later! It's actually quite funny!!
Carmen and I delivered the meal, we went to church for the potluck. I washed my clothes three times and let them soak overnight, and the tomato sauce is still in my white pants.
We came home and while washing the crock pot, it slips and breaks! I look up and think Lord I see how in a moment I am so not in control of anything. I ask if I have taken on too much today. I want to serve you Lord and only You! I still do not know if I took on too much or if I was set up in the right way to see if I would give up!!
So my lesson learned in all of this is - DO NOT PUT HOT INGREDIENTS INTO A NINJA!! WAIT FOR IT TO COOL OR YOU WILL HAVE AN EXPLOSION THAT WILL COVER YOUR KITCHEN WITH WHATEVER IS IN IT!!!
Lesson learned and I hope I never have to experience that again!!
I also know a big truth - God is in control, I am not!!
With God we are able to live out the fruits of the Spirit!! My hubby was a great example of this for all of us today! Thank-you, Jesus!!
Can I say last week was hard! Really hard on me emotionally. I will start by saying my hubby never complains. He really is not your typical man when he is sick. He NEVER complains. My sons really don't either. I know when they say something it is really bad! So when Chris started "complaining" about not feeling well, my anxiety went up. I was thinking back to last year! He talked about how things did not feel right. He was not himself. Yes, my friends a prostate infection, if you remember way back when to the beginning of this blog a year ago he was sick. I have been blogging for a year!! All this to begin, what it was I learned in a not so good way!!
So Sunday, we got to hear our pastor candidate preach in person for the first time. Chris has had a week of recouping from his infection and had a men's retreat (lack of a better word) this weekend. His words were along the line of "we have 3 hrs between church and time to go back to church, I want to relax and maybe nap".
Friday we found out a friend of ours has cancer. Our hearts break for the family. I decided Sunday I could get Carmen to help me and make a meal for this family. So, 2 hrs 45 mins we have to make this all happen- dinner for a friend, and something to bring to the potluck meeting of our new pastor! Sounds easy enough!! Nothing I can't handle!
Ryan preached on the sovereign Lord. During his sermon he talked about an incident with his kids jumping on the bed and they cracked their head on the dresser. His statement "In a moment everything can change to show us we are not in control". That hit me, I stirred on that and I think I missed some of what he said because I was thinking how true that is! How true when we think we have it all under control something can change and we have to see just how we have no control of what happens. What is the saying? "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react".
Back to coming home and thinking through my day, I gather help. Allee is on sausage and onion duty, Carmen is on broth and cream cheese duty to help with the BEST Ever Soup for the potluck. While hubby and I head to the grocery store for the rest of the ingredients. I was going to make a lasagna for our friends but decide to make baked ravioli for them instead due to time restraints. I do not want to push it and want to enjoy the time in the kitchen and not feel rushed or stressed. I love to cook! I really think I should have gone to culinary school. Why did no one suggest that?? I really do love to cook and when I can get others in the kitchen with me it is so much better!! I think this is why I am so excited that Allee wants to go this route. I hope whatever she decides to do she finishes and enjoys! I would hate for her to go to school for something she does not enjoy!!
We come home and I am ready to go! Wait! The crockpot lid - what is going on? It is wide open - do you know how a crock pot cooks when the lid is open? It doesn't!! That is why most have glass lids and if you read the directions for crock pots they say "DO NOT open lid. Will increase cooking time". OK well, I think it will be fine! Girls are helping- little things happen- no big deal!! I think oh look I have tomatoes that are getting to the end of their life, so I think "OH, YES homemade sauce on the bottom of the ravioli! Perfect!!" My little homemade touch to a dish that is not homemade. It is put together and thrown in the oven. So, I roast the tomatoes! Olive Oil, seasonings smells awesome!! I love homemade sauce! Best thing about a garden - tomatoes, peppers and any other veggies I can add in. The kitchen is smelling great!!
Chris says "I am going to sit in this chair let me know what I can do to help." I respond just sit and get some rest and if you would like to cut strawberries you can do that. I think he got up and started cutting up the strawberries. oh yes he did! I remember that now!!
I pull the tomatoes out of the oven and dump them into my Ninja smoothy cup. That's all the tomatoes I had and I did not want to dirty the large container. I blend it, sauce looks great! Smells great! I notice some sauce leaking out the bottom. I think oh no I did not close it right. I go to turn it to take it off and this sound , this pop happens and I close my eyes and turn my face the cup comes at me like a bullet and hits me in the face. I am covered from head to toe with tomato sauce, there is sauce from the floor to the ceiling (It's still there if you think I am exaggerating) I am covered in sauce from head to toe - literally it is in my hair, my ear, my neck, my toes! Chris was behind me cutting strawberries, I think it covered him as well - he did need a shower before church!
Chris looks at me and said "Are you OK?" I respond "I am fine" then I did what any woman would do and cried. I was covered in sauce, my entire kitchen was covered in tomato sauce. Carmen came down and helped Chris clean, I proceeded to make the meal. While trying to regain any of the sauce that was left in the container, I drop some on Cosmo, the dog. Even he got tomato sauce on him. He still needs to be washed. Two hours of Carmen and Chris cleaning our kitchen we have no sauce except on the ceiling, which will probably stay there! I thank God for such a wonderful hubby! Chris did not say a word. I am sure he wanted to scream, cry, something! I am sure inside his flesh rose up and thought "Are you serious? I want to rest and you had to make a mess like this?" He may have had that come up in his flesh but in self control and strength in the Lord he said nothing, he showed compassion and love he cleaned in a complete selfless manner and included our daughter into this selfless mode.
I sent Allee to the store for what I thought we had in the house but did not. I told her I needed her to be "on a dress mission" at the store. I will share that story later! It's actually quite funny!!
Carmen and I delivered the meal, we went to church for the potluck. I washed my clothes three times and let them soak overnight, and the tomato sauce is still in my white pants.
We came home and while washing the crock pot, it slips and breaks! I look up and think Lord I see how in a moment I am so not in control of anything. I ask if I have taken on too much today. I want to serve you Lord and only You! I still do not know if I took on too much or if I was set up in the right way to see if I would give up!!
So my lesson learned in all of this is - DO NOT PUT HOT INGREDIENTS INTO A NINJA!! WAIT FOR IT TO COOL OR YOU WILL HAVE AN EXPLOSION THAT WILL COVER YOUR KITCHEN WITH WHATEVER IS IN IT!!!
Lesson learned and I hope I never have to experience that again!!
I also know a big truth - God is in control, I am not!!
With God we are able to live out the fruits of the Spirit!! My hubby was a great example of this for all of us today! Thank-you, Jesus!!
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