Thursday, February 17, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Snaps of my day
This sweet little guy spent the day with me. Don't you love his blue eyes? |
Little ones always look extra sweet when they are sleeping. |
I washed the mud off the bottom of these cute little boots, No problem for me, I cleaned lots of dirty shoes when we lived in the country. |
Theo and Gavin accompanied me on my walk. We are having warm days now, just some snow left from the highest drifts that are mostly in shade. |
On our drive to take Gavin back home, Focus on the Family was on the radio. Lysa TerKeurst was the guest. I had never heard of her until Carol from Blessed Cottage recommended Lysa's free Kindle book Craving God
I really like that book (the first 5 days of it that I have read anyway) Lysa is also a really funny and heartfelt speaker. Maybe all of you already know her and have read her other 12 books.
She is new to me and I am really glad to of found her. Listening to her on our car ride was encouraging and entertaining.
Monday, February 14, 2011
change-a-roo
Grandbaby Elizabeth 2011 it looks like she is sitting in a red chair |
Friday, February 11, 2011
Sweet things
Nina left us some sweet things on her way to work this morning
carrot, vanilla and chocolate cupcakes, baked in her kitchen on a snowday from work. She also left cupcakes at Jeff's work for his coworkers. |
homemade lemon curd |
the sweetest thing of all, baby Elizabeth. Nina let us keep the cupcakes and lemon curd but she took the sweet baby back when she got off work. |
Sweet Theo - laying in the hall outside of the room where Elizabeth was napping. We sort of got Theo from Nina about 7 years ago, but he will keep staying with us. |
Cinnamon rolls and buns from Grandpa's bread recipe
I made another batch of Grandpa's Bread yesterday. Instead of baking it as loaves, I made buns and cinnamon rolls.
For the cinnamon rolls, I rolled half of the dough, spread it with 3 T of softened butter, then sprinkled it heavily with cinnamon sugar. I keep cinnamon sugar mixed up in a shaker for making cinnamon toast and cinnamon rolls. It is about 1 cup of sugar mixed with 3 t of cinnamon. I don't use the whole container, I just shake it on until it looks well covered.
4 hamburger buns and 5 hotdog buns, cut from the other half of the recipe. In case you are wondering, I used about 2 cups of whole wheat flour and not quite 4 cups of white flour for this batch of bread dough,
The rolls look little before the yeast has time to rise.
So, they rested under a towel for about an hour or more. I think the whole wheat version takes longer to rise than when all white flour is used.
all baked and cooled.
The cinnamon rolls got a little frosting and more walnuts on top.
We had burgers for supper last night and for lunch today.
Most of the cinnamon rolls and the hot dog buns went in the freezer for future meals.
My friend Terri who you probably know as Penny Ann Poundwise made some beautiful loaves of bread from this recipe and posted them here.
Here are my grandparents on their 33rd anniversary. |
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