{picture won't load} The star of the day! Today Stacia finally had her 4 month well baby check – at 7+ months. The PA who saw us was giving me trouble about that and I was telling him the story. Finally he asked “are you the chaplain’s wife?” I said, “yes – one of them – well I mean I’m a wife of one of the chaplains”. He then noted that I need to be meaner with Tri-care. I seem to have a reputation after the thumb thing and the well baby thing. ANYWAY – I told him that if she’d not been doing well I would have insisted on getting her in. He then checked her out. She’s in the 95th percentile for height….may yet be 6 feet tall……and the 75th for weight. She’s fine. He noted that she has a unique shot record. I told him that we’d cleared all that previously with Dr. Carroll.
Not much else to report today. Mike has all but Stacia, Zander and Jared at Mr. Gatti’s for a farewell party. I simply didn’t feel right taking Zander to Gatti’s twice in one week. Jared didn’t want to go. Josiah has to work. Mike needs to get our muffler fixed…which IS under warranty but once again there isn’t the shop here that warranties it…I love moving all the time…think we should quit getting the warranties…this keeps happening with the vehicles. Zander and I made another batch of “healthy cookies” – which can’t be to healthy. {G}
I’m preparing for a Spiritual Gift Seminar that we’ll be having next Tuesday. As always I have about 3x the notes I need….but they are starting to organize themselves. I simply need time on the computer when it is QUIET to get them all into a hand out/test type form.
OH big thank you to Charly, fellow FG mom, who told me that Papa Johns is on the FG program. I didn’t even know we HAD a Papa Johns in town…and I can order ONLINE…which I did. That takes care of Friday night Pizza and a movie….and the revolters will be happy as I ordered their favorite “Hawaiian Pizza” – you know Canadian BACON and pineapple…..I was excited to see that they eve have spinach alfreddo pizza at Papa John’s. It takes small things to excite me these days.
Now – Stacia is napping after her big date. Jared and Zander are playing a computer game…and I’m going to go make some bread and hamburger buns. OH – a couple more things….I’m so thrilled with our RE coordinator – and she’s leaving in May – bummer. She emailed me to ask what we could do for Zander’s class for treats at Sunday School. Is that great or what? I appreciate knowing that she will help me police him at chapel.
I figured this sling thing out when a friend from high school wrote me after reading the blog. Julie is great! She told me to go back to my roots. She told me to picture the little Barrio mama’s with a baby on a hip and a sarong over their shoulder. When I pictured the sling as a sarong it worked the very first time. I’m fast becoming quite adept at this sling thing. There is a lady in town who is making me a pretty one. I got to go pick out the colors and it was fun…not sure it is subdued enough for chapel so I may have to get another one made…but have to find a place to order the sling rings….so far no luck.
The bread is screaming to be made now….still looking for a tortilla press….they don’t carry them any longer at HEB.
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Just a quick question, De'Etta. How do you make hamburger buns? I want to make our own sandwich buns and cannot figure it out. Can I just use a basic bread dough? Do you form them differently??
Thanks~Kelly
I would like to know this too, both times you have mentioned making buns I wondered how does she do that?! Do you need a special pan...like muffin tins or just set little pieces of dough on a baking sheet?
Today I just used the bread recipe....I made 5 loaves of bread and 8 buns. I also got tired of "cuttng" them all out and so I simply grabbed the dough I'd use for a loaf and cut it into 8 pieces. These were to small. Last time I tried cutting the loaf into 4 pieces and they were giant....so you've got it...next time 6. Does this make sense? I divide the dough into the number of loaves the recipe say it will make, cut those "loaves" into 6 pieces and it should be a nice sandwhich size roll. I simply made a sort of flat round....let it rise while the bread baked and then they were a nice size.
I also have a recipe specifically for this that my friend Adrienne gave me...they are good....but bread is pretty forgiving. Unfortunately, I can't get my loaves to LOOK NICE since moving here. Mike thinks I need to buy wheat gluten but no one else here uses it...why are mine rising and falling???? I've tried all the tricks I know to try. But the buns are nice and the boys really like them better for lunch time sandwiches. I plan to make a bunch tomorrow and freeze them.....and I'll freeze all but one of the 5 loaves I baked today....
Thanks for those directions, De'Etta. Are you letting the buns rise too much the 2nd time? If they get too fluffy before baking, they'll fall while baking. At least that's been my experience. I bake with white flour here, so it may be different with grains? I dunno.
Anyway, as soon as this humidity is gone! Yeah! LOL...and my arms feel better, I'm making buns to go along with our shredded chicken sandwiches. Haven't tried that recipe either, so it will be a fun dinner that night! Thankfully we always have PB&J :)
Kelly,
The buns turn out find. It's the loaves that rise and fall. I was very careful to make sure they did not rise more than 1/2 an inch above the pans yesterday as I thought that may be the problem...
Could be because I rise them in a warm oven...then turn it on and so they continue to rise as the oven heats to 350*? But I've always done that and not had a problem until I moved here....I'm perplexed...
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