I have a real pretty spinner in my flower garden. I splurged on it last Spring...after all I didn't buy any flowers. Last night twin fawns were in the yard...I am sure they would have eaten all my flowers if I had any.
Sometime it is the little pretty things that we enjoy the most!
Far Guy and I had our teeth cleaned and checkups...look Ma no cavities! Cross something off our list. Bonus that it was a Wednesday and the Bakery was open...can you say Finnish Flat bread...so yummy!
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We will need a nap today. We won’t know when to eat or sleep with the time change.
I will skip the hair net today. This is an old photo from my vast collection of Forgotten Old Photos…an unknown couple taking an afternoon nap on what we used to call an Indian Blanket. ( A colorful blanket with designs on it.) Not sure what other people would call it.
Today Far Guy will change all the batteries in the smoke alarms. He stocked up on batteries last week…because he knows me well. I insist that the batteries be changed with the time change spring and fall. What if they don’t beep when the battery is low…what if we are gone when it beeps…that would be a false sense of security. So he changes them so I don’t have to worry. Like he says he can use the batteries elsewhere where it is not as important as saving our lives.
Far Guy is still struggling… now with a cough AND a sore throat to accompany his shortness of breath…he is on a different antibiotic after a trip to Urgent Care.
I made soup…homemade vegetable beef…with beef of course …rutabega, cabbage, carrots and potatoes….and fresh flat bread…boy was that yummy.
I dislike the time change…it makes me crankier than normal….I hate that it gets dark before supper.
I cooked, Far Guy played sous chef. Two crock pots of chili almost disapeared. My brothers and their brides and my parents came for supper. Mom made Apricot Crisp and Cherry Crisp.
I had my doubts about the flat bread, cause my yeast is a little old and I forgot exactly how many cups of flour I had used…must of been okay as the bread was delicious.
The recipe for the flat bread came from my niece Megan. The original recipe is larger and makes six loaves…three loaves is plenty for us.
Flat Bread
3 cups milk
1 package rapid rise yeast activated in 1/4 cup warm water
6 cups flour (sometimes I use half white flour and half wheat flour)
3 Tablespoons sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
4 Tablespoons melted shortening or olive oil
1. Warm the milk, the old recipe says scald the milk. (If the milk is straight from the cow you might have to do that) I just warm it a little in a pan on the stove.
2. I put the 1/4 cup of hot water in my mixing bowl and then add a package of yeast. If you don’t have packets use 2 1/4 teaspoons of other yeast. ( I buy yeast in a brown jar and keep it in the fridge.) I gently stir the yeast a bit to dissolve the yeast and make bubbles.
3. Add warm milk and olive oil.
4. Add sugar, salt and flour.
5. Knead for five minutes with a mixer with a dough hook or by yourself…hard work.
6. Divide dough into thirds. Put a bit of olive oil on a couple of cookie sheets. I form the ovals in my hands or on a bread board, flipping the dough back and forth. Flatten dough onto the cookie sheet and prick with a fork. Cover with a towel in a warm place to rise.
7. Bake at 325 degrees until golden brown (about 25 minutes), when it comes out of the oven put some butter on the top.
Enjoy!
I love the smell of bread baking. Far Guy must too when he got up from his nap he said “Are we having fresh bread with peanut butter for lunch?” Hint Hint!
