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April 3, 2012

Odds and ends

Spring, birthday season, Easter. They are coming; they are here. Here are some glimpses into our recent past:
Maria in front of the USS Yorktown

Cecilia was especially excited by the "vendor" machines

Dominic and I got to see the berthing quarters

Look at the relaxed and happy faces of the unplugged, living it up outside, pre-teens!


Charles' valet service

Dominic's first time driving the cart

ready to hit the strawberry patch

January 8, 2011

Real life

I think I'm done experimenting with the slideshow for a while.  That was a project for the girls' American Heritage Girls troop blog.

In real life my experiment is baking bread.  I've made different breads over the years, but I recently decided to try again in the hopes that we could make a tasty sandwich bread which doesn't mold between the day we bring it home and then next day when we finish the loaf.  If we save money, great.  If the nutrition is better, fabulous. I'll look into those points once I've finished deciding which recipe I like best.

Tonight I'm experimenting with a whole-wheat sandwich bread recipe which yields 4 loaves.  The yield is what I needed since I've making a 2 loaf recipe every two days for the past few weeks.  In addition to French Bread, hamburger buns, banana muffins, and healthy whole wheat dinner bread, that adds up to a lot of baking.  But, hey, with the oven on so much, we can keep the thermostat lower!

American Heritage Girls earning their Aviation badge
I don't have any great bread pics to share, and this is better anyway.