Please pray for our new granddaughter

Andie Elise was born this morning,  early and tiny.  

All her vitals and tests are good but she is just 5 pounds 1 ounce 

and she has stopped breathing in her sleep 4 times.  

She took a helicopter ride from the hospital in southern Oklahoma to the big childrens hospital in Oklahoma City and will be there for awhile. 

She is a beautiful little girl,  she has her daddy's blue eyes and long toes.  

We are already head over heels in love with her.  

in the picture,  that is her momma's hand by Andie's leg.  

and momma Sheena's hand are not very big 

Please pray that Andie will grow and breath.

How I make pizza crusts for the freezer

Traditional Pizza Dough - recipe from Zojirushi

1 1/4 C water

1 1/2 T olive oil

3 3/4 C bread flour

1 1/2 T sugar

1 1/2 t salt

2  t yeast

This will make 2 big 16 inch crusts or 4 smaller crusts, about 12 inches each.  

after you roll out the crusts,  let them rise a bit while the oven preheats
be sure to dock them -poke holes in them - so they don't puff up all over like a pillow
I used a big meat fork

bake the crusts at 500 degrees for just 5 minutes

wrap each crust in plastic wrap
or put in bags if you have bags they will fit in
Then just put them in the freezer.

When you want pizza,  get your sauce and toppings ready.
Unwrap your crust and top it as desired - no need to thaw.
Then just bake at 450 degrees until done.

I make this in a bread machine but I am sure it would be great done by hand or in mixer.

Barbecue chicken pizza for our lunch today

a prebaked crust from the freezer

I have been making pizza crusts ahead - just using my regular recipe - then rolling them  out, pricking all over and baking for just 5 minutes.
Then they get wrapped in plastic wrap and put in the freezer.

For a quick meal, just get a crust from the freezer - add toppings - and bake at 450 or so until done,  about 15 minutes.  

today,  we had a barbecue chicken pizza made like a restaurant in my town.
The crust was spread with Head Country barbecue sauce (that is an Oklahoma brand but you can use your favorite)
then add some red onion,  leftover chicken and top with cheese.
I used Monterrey Jack today but usually use Mozzarella.   

then just bake until golden

This was Gavin's plate

I like grapefruit and eat it most every day for lunch.
Gavin likes grapefruit too but Elizabeth has tried it 4 times and always makes a face then spits it out.

Today,  she noticed right off that her plate did not have that grapefruit like Gavin and she pointed at his.  He  gave her the first bite off his plate and I expected her to spit it right out
Nope!  she liked it today and ended up eating 2 helpings of grapefruit.

So,  if you think you or your children don't like some food,
be like Elizabeth and try it again!

Roku Channels

The posts I've done about Roku  have got more hits than anything else on this blog,  I think mostly from potential Roku buyers doing Google searches.  Several commenters have asked what channels are on Roku.
Well, there were hundreds, maybe thousands.
This video is long, about 10 minutes,  so I suggest you only spend time watching it if you are really interested in Roku.

I show some of the channels in this video but there are way too many to even start to show them all.

Questions?  just ask and I will try to answer.

last week's sewing and handwork

Crib sheet
this was so quick and easy to make!  I  read over a few online tutorials, then I got busy.
You need a length of fabric 69 inches by 44-45 width which is the standard width of most  fabric.
Then cut 8 inch squares from each corner of the fabric.
Now, sew those corners back together on the diagonal and finish the seams.
Then,  finish the edge all the way around and add elastic to the corners.

I got that cute redwork fabric from my Mom's fabric stash several years ago.  

I am not a very good blogger,  I should of taken this picture when the bag still had yarn in it for a before and after comparision
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I got a bag of cotton yarn scraps at the thrift store on Friday,  50 cents for the bag.  It contained 3 skeins, partly used,  and  about 7 small balls of yarn.
I have been wanting some more crocheted dishclothes so again,  I looked at some online tutorials.

I don't really like to crochet or follow patterns so I ended up just crocheting circles because that is easy for me, no stress.  

I used almost all of that yarn and ended up with 6 scrappy dishcloths.
Not bad for 50 cents!

Some of the yarns were thin so I doubled them up if you are wondering about the parts that look variegated.
Nope, they are not all exactly the same size,  I just stopped each one when they looked about right or when I ran out of yarn.    

St Patricks day is coming up.
I got a very long length of this sweet shamrock fabric at a thrift store  about 2 years ago.
I used some of that fabric and some vintage bias binding to sew up a new tablecloth for the dining room.  

I really like how the binding looks on the hem.  

the last project was some plastic canvas bird plant pokes.
Doesn't every home need some?