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The guy who is buying the motorcycle from my Darling is a nurse and even showed up in scrubs. He shops online for them at places like Marcus nurses uniforms.
I verbally gave his wife the blender pie recipe and told her I would post it and if she googled blender lemon pie she’d find it. I played around with the blender lemon pie recipe last night and poured the lemon mix from the blender onto a yellow cake mix that was poured into a bundt pan.
The results were mixed. While being delicious, it was an ugly thing when I inverted it out of the pan. The lemon pie did not stay on the top of the mix, but, rather predictably, lay in the bottom. That left pie on the top when I inverted it, which was not as pretty as it should have been. Don’t know what I’ll try next, it’s going to take a while to eat this one and work off the calories, so experimenting will have to wait.

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My age group, my peer group, is having heart attacks already. Two of my friends who are my age or younger have had heart attacks in the last month. Both have resolved to change their lifestyle, and both are evolved enough people to do it. I hope I can make my diet better, get into the habit of eating more healthy fare and exercise more. Ajo has been a good influence on those aspects of living, and I can’t hardly wait to get back there when we are in Phoenix.
I think it’s going to be good for us.

berry bowl for Gwen

berry bowl for me

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A friend of mine sent me this link

http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-make-a-inexpensive-light-tent

She made one basically like this one and one out of PVC pipe.  Said the cardboard box is better.  I guess both could be folded flat for storing.

Before I forget, the author of Breadwinners is Mel London.  A very good read, as mentioned in the last entry.

Today I finally stirred and churned the papier mache mix.  I added some color and set on a design for a first project with this batch.  I think I will try some picture frames, or framed picture boxes.

egg cartons

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cattle dogs in general are just peachy!
I had a nice visit with Lur… Actually, his name is Boyd now, and he answers to it just fine. He’s a smart little guy. I took him to Petsmart for practice at NOT BARKING AT OTHER DOGS. He’s such a little pip.
I tried a new (to me) technique: You have to be down on the dog’s level. When Boyd barked at a dog, I grabbed his neck, twisted and said ‘UH-UH!’
Then let go his neck and wait, he barks again, grab, twist, UH-UH.
It took him three or four tries to figure out what I was talking about and another couple to make sure I was serious, after that, we could walk around the store and when he looked like he was going to bark at a dog, I just told him ‘UH-UH, no barkies’.
I took him in to get his toenails clipped, it’s regularly $8.00, which is very reasonable, but for first-time dogs it’s free. Bonus!
I’ll call Boyd’s owner today and arrange a ply-date with Annie Oakley.
She and Boyd played constantly while he was here. He always was the favorite one for her to wrestle with.
Actually, the first fave was Kodos, the early leader of the pack, but he was adopted very early, then I guess she went for the next aggressive pup, Lur. They were happy to see each other. If I get Boyd and Annie playing in Boyd’s park, maybe he will relax a little.
SOURDOUGH BREAD
I have given up on getting a fluffy loaf of sourdough bread, so I have decided to use yeast. I’m starting a new batch of sourdough starter today and will bake again this weekend, adding yeast. I should get a fluffy loaf that has the sourdough taste and enough texture to support whole grains. The taste really is marvelous, but the bread’s so heavy you have to toast it.

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