The Fried Chicken Incident

Craig and I have been married now for two whole months. I know, pretty impressive, right? What did we do to celebrate such a fine achievement?

Craig went to school and I went to work. When I came home from work, Craig was playing Star Wars and I continued to watch Kourtney and Khloe take Miami. (Netflix updated their watch instantly videos)

I have since finished that glorious show and have started watching, from the beginning, the original show, Keeping up with the Kardashians. Sometimes their sisterly relations reminds me of my own sisterly relations...except for the fact there is no way I'd ever let my sisters see my body parts. Also I don't see my sisters and I ever getting drunk together. Or having insane amounts of money and dressing like borderline high end prostitutes...other than that we're basically the same.

Which led me to thinking that they (yes I mean Ryan Secrest) should create a reality show about my family. I think we could carry enough drama to entertain dozens of viewers. Let me give you a synopsis of the cast:

Bill/William Bertschinger: Father of six girls and husband to Cindy

Cindy/Cynthia Bertschinger: Mother of six girls, wife of Bill, and loves her dog (Izzy) more than anything/one

Autumn Bertschinger: Oldest of six girls, nursing student, has own apartment but lives at home, single,  age 32

Desi Bertschinger: Second oldest, BYU graduate, highly independent/fierce feminist who just began dating/kissing boys, single

Erin Bertschinger: Third oldest, college grad,the rebel of the family--truly trying to reinvent herself, single (seriously this girl could easily be a spin-off)

Emily Bertschinger: Next in line, adventurer, free spirited, single

Courtney: Recently married, doesn't understand concept of work, both husband and her attend school

Becca Bertschinger: Youngest, spoiled rotten, high school, age 16

We mustn't forget two other very important characters who will probably steal the show

Izzy: dog, spoiled, adored by Cindy, practically rules the house, can do no wrong
Shelby: dog, a bit mentally handicapped

Side Characters:
Craig: Courtney's husband, student, nerd, etc
Stray Humans that Autumn will most likely bring in from time to time

Oh..did I mention we are LDS (Mormons)? That might be fun to watch. :)

Possible Titles:
Brooding with the Bertschingers
Bertschinger Bundle

I'm actually out of names. Ha.

Anywho. Something that could have been captured for our reality show happened a few days ago with me and Craig.


I had been craving fried chicken for quite some time, however, I am not used to spending a long time making my own food. Example: frozen meat needs a long time to thaw...well I don't think about that because I have always been wait till I'm hungry and then search for food. So...yeah it had taken some time to really train myself to learn to start prepping way before said meal. (still in training)

So, I found a recipe for oven fried chicken, sounded easy enough. I put the crisco all over the pan, let it melt in the oven. Shook up the chicken in a paper bag with the other ingredients, allowing it to create the skin. I put the chicken on the pan and the pan in the oven. I started hearing the sizzling noise get louder and louder. Craig goes into the kitchen and it's quite smokey in there. Our whole apartment gets filled with smoke as we turn down the temperature in the oven. Basically for in an hour our eyes are puffy, red, and in constant tears. After the chicken is done, I find that it isn't at all what I had been craving.

I had been craving juicy, soft, tender, super yummy, fried chicken. (think KFC)

This chicken was hard and dry. It tasted fine with ketchup but I was disappointed.

My first real meal dealing with something other than ground beef and noodle based.

Sad, sad day.