You Know What's Overrated?

Adding water to your cake mix, that's what... sometimes, when you are helping one child with word problems of ridiculous proportions, making another child soup (and therefore you did actually add water to something) and trying to have a somewhat active-listening conversation with the 3rd child who is watching tv and yelling in from the living room about the lasted busted myth... well, the 2/3 cp. water can be overlooked.

And, when your husband, who is 38 today, comes home and looks at the cake and wonders, "Babe, why is it so flat?" and you reply, "I have no idea... the batter was pretty thick..." and then the birthday boy queries, "Did you add the water?"

Well, no. As a matter of fact you did not add the water.

And, as you are having a MASSIVE party for him on Saturday... a party you have pulled together in less than 2 weeks... complete with North African cuisine, a boat-load of liquor from BevMo (which you just learned does not in fact stand for Beverages from Missouri, but rather, Beverages and More) and several panic induced phone calls to various friends and enlisting the help of your Nanny's 2 Dave and Buster employed nephews, well... he is very clever when he points out that some of the best inventions have been pure accident and that your cake pan brownies are fab.u.lous.