Wednesday, last day of summer chat

My lunch was a cinnamon roll, home made, with cream cheese icing.

Hugs to Karen, I am so sorry about the passing of your Aunt.

Hugs to Jackie, because I want to.

Hugs to Amanda, because your the best.

Hugs to Glenda, because your in a house!

Aw, heck hugs to everyone.

My dad was going to be released today at 3pm, that is until he started sporting a temp. He is not a happy camper at the moment.

Thanks for the hug....I need that!

I'm quitting.  I'm tired, my legs hurt, my hands hurt, I haven't seen my ankles since Sunday, and there is a bottle of wine with my name on it.

I don't often quite before I'm finished, but today I'm just finished.!

The mystery of the sock being missing has been solved, but who throw it up is another mystery. I thought I heard one of the dogs throwing up something I wasn't to sure because I had the tv on and I was playing a game which the music was playing. So I turned around and I can swear I seen Copper and Daisy but it could of been Lucky and Daisy. 

What would make a dog eat a sock lmao I just don't get it. But glad they finally coughed it up, thank god. 

Well I'm putting up my Halloween decorations. I loving doing this but once I have everything out and decided on where things will go I change my mind and wish I didn't decorate lol.

Hope all is well....

Dawn, we have fingers crossed that your dad's fever breaks, & he gets to go home soon.  Can you please send me a cinnamon roll?  Or at least share the recipe. :)

Sarah, the turkey was ok but not spectacular.  The upside to living with guys is that I can use them as guinea pigs, & as long as there is food on the table, they are happy.  I have 4 more turkey recipes to try before Thanksgiving.  If I find a good one, I'll share with you.

Glenda, don't kill yourself trying to get everything unpacked in two days!  Take care of yourself.

My thoughts to everyone and hugs too!  I feel like I've been away forever...  my days are much busier, but not swamped since I started homeschooling.

On that front, things are going very, very well!  Noah loves to learn. He is getting into a routine.  The first week or two there were tears over a few things but this last week he's been plugging along wonderfully! 

DD, being a typical 4 yr old, is hit-or-miss on the learning front. Being that she has an end of august b'day, dh and I are thinking of holding her back one year. She is still so immature at her age- we'll see what a year does for her I suppose.

Upon listening to the neighborhood chatter about the elementary school drama- I am SO glad we are out of that loop!

Anyway, just been thinking of everyone, Glenda, glad you are moving in now! What do the dogs think?

Hugs to all. :)

Amanda, do you have a bread machine? If not I highly suggest you invest in one. I don't make the bread or rolls in it but it is fantastic for making the dough. To be honest, I have 2 machines.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Clone-of-a-Cinnabon/Detail.aspx

ETA: I cheated last night and had the hubby buy some cream cheese frosting, it works just as well, saves a bit of time and on a general note is cheaper.

MMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Those look amazing and I could kill for one right now- my coffee looks so lonely all by itself!

 A Petsmart is opening up 3 doors down in the same plaza as Petco. (yes...fabulous planning there) I am getting a giggle out of the sheer panic Petco is showing. They've completely switched around their store, gotten rid of several brands of food, brought in new foods, and expanded on their natural food and treats.  Animals are in larger cages, etc. 

Sadly, they were still out of my puppy food (I'm told it will be in tomorrow, but I've been out of food for almost a week) so I stopped at the feed store and grabbed Earthborn Holistics for the squirt.  We'd picked up a sample bag to get her through when I thought they'd restock, but 2 lbs doesn't last a 20 lb puppy very long.

Dawn, that's just cruel!

I do have a bread maker, although I have never used it.  I think that I'll be trying it out soon!  Thanks for sharing!

BEVOLASVEGAS

Dawn, that's just cruel!

I am not cruel!...ok maybe I am, my father told me I need a case of lockjaw because I was teasing him about what we were eating vs hospital food.

Most bread machines have a dough cycle, it takes 1 hour and 20 min on average. Things like eggs, butter and the like need to be at room temp. And check your bread machine book, it will tell you the order to put things in. Buy some good white bread machine flour, I use white lilly, I also use real (lightly) salted butter over margarine. Fleishmans makes a bottled bread machine yeast as well.

I take things out of the fridge, let em sit for about 30 min, then start adding the ingredients, turn the thing on and go do other stuff. Come back, let it rest, make the filling, roll em out, fill, cut, put in pan and then I usually stick it in the oven to raise (keeps it out of drafts) when they are ready to be baked I take em out, preheat and then bake.

I took some to my former employer and left them on his counter, he called me later to thank me. I still do some contract work for him since he is male and clueless.