It stinks!
It's horrible!
It ruins people's lives!-Well, maybe that last one is a little over dramatic.
Procrastination is the reason why I am not the proud owner of a Nikon Coolpix S620.
Let me explain. I have a digital camera. It is a Canon. It has been an awesome camera. I have had that camera for about 5 years now. I have loved it. I love Canon. But, it's old and it has become quite slow. It's on the brink of dying, I fear.
Thepioneerwoman.com is the first place that I heard about my Nikon Coolpix S620. The Pioneer Woman takes excellent, great, wonderful photos and if she is a fan of that particular Nikon, then I am on board! So, I entered many a contest in hopes to win said camera. And... I lost every contest and never won said camera!
I had been price checking and watching the camera online for months. I was doing excellent online sleuthing. Then, right before Christmas, Amazon.com had the camera priced at $129, which is BEYOND a good price for that camera. I went back and forth for days about whether or not I should make the purchase. With it being right before Christmas, I did not want to spend that kind of money on myself. I mentioned it to Dave one weekend and he helped talk me into buying it! Unfortunately, by the time I went online to make said purchase the camera was priced at over $200 again!
Procrastination... it sucks!
Needless to say, I did not buy said camera for over $200...especially when I knew that it had been $70 cheaper!
Corn Starch...
Last night, Dave and I made Orange Shrimp Fettucine! We were both excited and nervous. Dave peeled and cut oranges. I cut and simmered (or fried or sauted) a red pepper and then I did the same to the shrimp while Dave started cooking the noodles.
Then, the scary part, we had to make the sauce, the very thing that would provide flavor to the whole entire meal. If we messed this up, the whole entire meal would stink! Oh, the pressure! (That's the part of cooking that I don't like.)
As it turns out, making the sauce was FUN! Because, we got to use corn starch! So, what started out as a thin liquid sauce, turned into a thicker, pastier sauce. Whoa! Gotta love corn starch! I'm their new biggest fan!
I've decided that cooking is like magic because stuff magically changes right before your eyes! Shrimp turns a pretty pink, a thin liquid become thick and then, best of all, you get to eat this creative and colorful concoction...magic!
But, really, the best of all, was that no fire alarms went off last night and our dish was actually edible and palate pleasing!
I leave you with this visually pleasing picture of a future Hall Of Fame QB. Ahh, he's one of the best, the greatest...
*sigh*
You are the biggest procrastinator I know when it comes to purchases!
ReplyDeleteYou might argue that your purchashes are well thought out.
I would argue that your camera sits on a shelf at amazon's warehouse.
Glad to hear your cooking turned out well. Glad you didn't think twice about screwing up expensive seafood. You know, some of us start with hamburger helper, or SOUP... and when we learn to cook that... we graduate to big stuff.
I hope you ate enough cornstarch to thicken the crap coming out of your mouth regarding Manning... I would hate to have to clean up ANOTHER big mess!
You are sitting in the boy's room to watch the game... and no BBQ beef for you!
Ooooh, them are fighting words! No pumpkin muffins for you!!! :0
ReplyDeleteyou can also use corn starch for a back rub. it is nice a silky.
ReplyDeleteWha??? Are you serious??? I barely know how to use the stuff in the kitchen, let alone in the bedroom! lol
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