Don't cha' just love Mondays? Mom put on the crockpot this mornin'. It's full of a big ol' fresh chicken, carrots, blueberries...an' a big container of chicken livers/hearts& gizzards. Sounds great an' easy, huh?
Oh..an' smells delish!...in fact, Lexie's planted herself in the kitchen starin' at the crockpot.
Even before drinkin' her coffee (this is where mom says the problem started), mom got out all the stuff an' started preppin' it for the crockpot. (w/me an' Lexie as supervisors)
First she cut up that chicken an in the pot it went. Then she cut up all the carrots (I love cooked carrots that taste like chicken). in those went. The lil' thing w/all the fresh blueberries went in next...easy peasy.
The last thing to go in was that container of chicken innard parts....the livers/hearts & gizzards. She couldn't get it open!
It had a lil' tab to push up....that left access to a lil' tab to pull that went alll around the top,..."unlockin'" it so it could be taken off.
It didnt' work!
That lil' tab that was s'posed to go all around...was like superglued or never scored right so it could be torn off. It was like just an extension of the top! Mom struggled....said some "words"...struggled some more....then squeezed an' pulled....an' got that top off.....
Oh, it came off alright. Lexie an' I were right there an' witnessed the whole thing. That lid popped off.....the insides popped up......mom looked like she had been attacked by vampires or somethin'. From her chin (oh...some drops may have gotten in her hair)...an' all down her front was that bloody lookin' chicken innard water/juice stuff. She just stood there for a moment, not sayin' nothin'. Just stood there in front of the sink...the container in one hand, the lid in the other...then slowly lookin' down on herself.
Lexie an' I immediately jumped up to help. We checked the floor, the front of the kitchen cabinet...heck, if we coulda' gotten mom to turn around, we woulda' gotten her cleaned up really quick. But no....about that time...she dumped what was left in the container into the crockpot....the container went into the trash....mumblin' somethin' about "note to self....new rule...have coffee first"...then told us she'd be back in a few minutes.
We were a lil' confused....what about our chicken stew? Lexie wanted to know if we could just have it all raw. I woulda' gone for that, too (except for the carrots)......
Mom wasn't talkin'...after a few minutes, she came back in all new clothes, showered an' even freshly washed hair. She put the lid on the crockpot, plugged it in, cleaned up all the blood splatter we missed.....grabbed a cup of coffee an' announced that we were all goin' outside.
The sun's shinin'....it's spring again after two days of winter, again.......first thing I saw was a squirrel in mom's lil' squash garden. I had to give chase. Lexie went to check to see if Ginger was out an' about. Mom headed for her greenhouse w/her coffee...
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All in all.....an' so far....it's been a GREAT Monday!!!
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