I made a witch’s cape for my granddaughter out of a pair of dress pants that I no longer use. We can reuse old clothes for costumes, doll clothes, and quilts. She doesn’t notice that it’s not perfect. She’s thrilled.

Made ice cream with my granddaughter today. It costs twice as much as buying a carton. But we tell ourselves it’s a science experiment that brings a delightful smile to her face.

Making cinnamon rolls with my granddaughter put a smile on my face today. What a bad news day. I may eat a lot of these, but hey, I’m not putting icing on them so I save some calories.

Making cinnamon rolls with my granddaughter put a smile on my face on this depressing day.

There is now a pizza yeast that makes it so easy to make dough. And using bread flour for us has worked out better than all purpose flour.

RIP beautiful lady. I will miss the weekly question, ”Is that a wolf?” No, she is a proud shepherd, husky, Samoyed mix. She was a great companion. We miss her.

Eighteen hour whole wheat bread. Recipes are online. Just mix about $2.50 worth of flours, yeast, salt, and water. Wait 18 hours. Bake in a Dutch oven or Lodge cast iron pot. Yum.

This is a painting of the area.

People that want an inexpensive meat dish should consider pork shoulder. We smoke one every month and have a cut piece with potatoes, then shred it and make sliders and then pork tacos. We are enjoying the tacos tonight.

Just made it for a birthday party and it was the first thing gone.

That first day I stopped at your crate, you looked at me with adoring eyes and I was hooked. Later, your dad and I took you and your brother for a visit. Your brother shredded paper and you looked at us looking for connection. We’ve connected for seven years; you are family.

For the people who think Megan Markle is unrelatable and talentless, her focaccia bread is easy, fantastic and costs about $2.50 for ingredients.