Cooking Oops!

My mother and I were discussing what we could have for dinner tomorrow night. My folks and kiddo will probably be getting to the apartment after me, so it would have to be something quick. I was trying to save the quick things I bought for the nights I have games this week, so it would be something easy for my mom to fix.

As I was grocery shopping this morning, a lightbulb went off. Why not make the crockpot recipe I had wanted to do tomorrow, and then just reheat it when I get home from work?

BRILLIANT!

Since I have a mandatory day off today (gotta use up that comp time), I came home and set out to make this crockpot spaghetti and meatballs recipe from the cookbook I bought at kiddo's book fair.

Seems simple enough, right? 

I was on the phone with my mom while I was putting all of the ingredients in, and I learned that I should never be talking on the phone to my mother when attempting a recipe, no matter how simple it seems. 

See, while I was on the phone with my mom, I put ALL of the ingredients in. Starting with the spaghetti. 

Oops. 

It wasn't until I got ready to turn the crockpot on, that I realized the spaghetti was supposed to go in last, after the rest of it had been hearing for 6-8 hours. 

Again, oops. 

I then spent more time than necessary picking out all of the pieces of spaghetti that I could get to. 

Always read the recipe completely before beginning!

I've got the meatballs and sauce doing their thing, and here's to hoping it doesn't turn out completely horribly. 

And if it does, there's always delivery pizza.