the good, the bad and the ugly

I've been MIA since my turkey post. Its been a little busy here. Holiday time, coupled with work going haywire, and a lot of projects coming to a head at one time...so here's a quick recap, and I promise tomorrow there will be a cookie exchange related post.

the good:

**Girls on the Run, the organization I volunteer with, had its fall 5K race 12/1, and despite horrifically cold weather, we nearly doubled last year's partecipants. Girls on the Run is a national organization dedicated to teaching pre-teen and teen girls self-esteem, health and various other teen age girl issues through the use of running as a goal. see www.gotrcincinnati.com



**Not only did I get a hair cut, but I got it colored back to its "natural" color, and got it straightened for the day. It makes me look, imho, like a whole different person. I like being someone else for the day.



the bad:

**bad week

**I burned bacon. A monkey could cook bacon right since you just put it in the pan, and take it out when its done. I burned it such that it looked like charcoal.


**I worked so much overtime the last 2 weeks that I didn't get home in time to work out two different days. One of the days I didn't even get a lunch, and still had court for 10+ hours. Ick.


**My sink/disposal broke while I was trying to craft a very good dinner for a very cute dinner guest. I'm not MacGuyver enough to be able to fix it myself, so mounds of dirty dishes sat idly by for 4 days until the plumber finally fixed it right.


the ugly:
**I should have taken a picture, but I couldn't bring myself to document my cooking blunders. I set out to make hash browns with shreaded potatoes with our delicious breaded porkchop dinner. What we ended up with, after two people shreading numerous potatoes in the new food processor was a giant grey lump of mushy potatoes, a broken disposal, and a burned skillet. Needless to say, we'll be going to Bob Evans next time we want hash browns. They're worth the $4.