Give Adam some Love

Do you have adult children? Do you want to feel like Mother of the Year? Go this blog - Please Don't Eat Sushi! Love, Mom It is one of the funniest blogs on the net -- because it's TRUE. You can thank me later. Adam's Mom does what ALL of us mom's WANT to do, but somehow know better. Leave Adam a comment, k? The poor guy deserves some love after all his Mom has put him through over the years.

Snow in greater Cincinnati

NOW I’m humming Christmas carols! Better late than never!

A day in the life of… a housewife!

Pack my husband’s lunch – roast beef roll-up, cheese crackers, diet pudding, diet root beer.

Throw in a load of laundry…

Dishes into the dishwasher

Take my vitamins

Clean up the crock pot that soaked overnight

Clean up kitchen sink and counters

Menu planning

Enjoy a cup of coffee while watching the birds out the kitchen window

 

Toy pick-up in the family room

Quick trip to the library

Do some sock knitting

Fix supper – oh no! The shake n’ bake bag broke…

Sweep the floor & clean up the mess, continue with dinner

Feed Joey the killer cat

And lots more I never took photos of!

What a lovely life I have!

Have car port will travel

I have to admit that I love to watch the live Cincinnati Traffic cameras when there's a storm outside. And we most definitely have a storm here -- where I live got about 7 inches of snow yesterday, then 1.5 inches of ice, and now more snow. To say that makes for bad driving conditions in southwestern Ohio is an understatement. Bad weather conditions make for good traffic cam viewing. I was looking at a camera that showed a fender-bender accident (you can see the car at the right bumper of the big truck below), and look what I see drive by! I know there's some perfectly good explanation for it - but I prefer to picture some industrious guy fastening his car port to his truck to keep it out of the snow! LOL Hey - I find my laughs where I can! UPDATE We're now under a Level 3 Snow Emergency here, with 10-15 inches (more? I hope not!) of snow forecast. This is what a Level 3 Snow Emergency looks like - taken about 1 mile south of Cincinnati in what is locally called "The Cut in the Hill". These trucks are traveling (or trying to) UP the hill. And this is what normally busy I-75 looks like, about 1 mile from my house:

Blowing the Dust off my Bread Machine

I haven't used my bread machine for awhile. In fact, my old machine, which got used daily for many years, broke and had to be replaced. The new machine took awhile to "break in" and it's only lately that I've been making breads I was pleased with. Brayden loves making bread with me. I put all the ingredients in small bowls, and he dumps things in as we discuss what they are and why I'm putting them in. We came up with this wonderful bread -- possibly one of the best I've ever made -- because Brayden loves Peach Yogurt and wanted to put it in the bread. This bread is wonderful. The hint of peach and nutmeg gives it a perfect flavor for eating as is, toasted, or as French Toast. (Honest, do try the French Toast with this bread!) I used Kroger brand Low Carb Peach Yogurt (with small peach pieces) simply because it's what I had on hand, and it's Brayden's favorite. Peaches and Cream Bread 1 cup warm water 1 tsp salt 1 tbsp sugar 2 tbsp wheat gluten 1 8oz peach yogurt 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/4 cup powdered coffee creamer (Cremora) 3 cups+ flour* 1 tbsp yeast *I use standard all-purpose flour. Of course, you can use Bread Machine flour, but with the addition of wheat gluten, I find no reason to buy the more expensive flour. Put all ingredients in bread machine, adding yeast last. Set bread machine at light crust, standard loaf. Add a bit of flour if dough sticks to side of container. Helpful Hint: Have you ever made bread, only to have it collapse when you try and slice it with a knife? To slice homemade bread (once it's cooled completely), use an electric knife! Let the knife do the work -- gently push down as the knife slices -- and your bread slices will come out perfectly!

Can one person make a difference?

Before you watch this, scroll down the right hand column of this page a bit and turn off the music. Amy's original YouTube posting here: