Bones and Sloane, Cooking and Keys.

Good morning, Friends...It's been a rather busy week for us.  Cooking, cleaning, Ruth Ann's knee surgery and Easter.  

Hope you all enjoyed the holiday and rejoiced in His gift of life...to us.

 

Sloane was, in particular, interested in what the rose smelled like...lolol

Very interesting! lol...  We think she liked it.  Her hands and face a bit dirty from running around the yard picking up bunny eggs...Why is the egg a symbol of Easter?  The eggs represent new life...so sweet.

Samantha, Sloane and Everett...

Sopapilla Cheese Cake... SO good!!  (There again, I got to have one tablespoon of it while family ate the rest.)

Air fryer "chicken fried steak"...Batter was egg wash and ground up pork rinds.  Good and satisfied my "crunch" desire.  And a very small amount of potato soup...I still lost weight.  You can have a cheat day, once a week...but I don't usually do it.

The G key on my new computer was hard to hit, causing me to make mistakes when I typed.

I popped the letter G off the board to see the problem.  The rubber key stop was misaligned...so, I placed a tiny bit of paper towel on top of the rubber then put the key back on.  Much better but sad that it's a new keyboard and I had to make the adjustment!

My roses are blooming everywhere!

Cinnamon rolls done in my Cosori  air fryer...Larry said he loved them!

Believe it or not...I am now down 7.7 lbs!  I'm pretty excited about it.  I just eat locarb or no carb...any kind of meat...cheeses...fish...occasional piece of fruit... Coffee with my usual creamer but I changed from regular sugar to monk fruit sugar.  It tastes just like sugar but it's healthy.  Pounds are coming off in ounces but that's fine with me.  I've had a few 1-pound losses but only two.  Slow and steady!  I don't want to have to do this again!  And I refuse to buy a new wardrobe!    And I continue to walk 3-5000 steps a day.  I'm far from being obese...not even close...but...when you feel fat...do something about it.  My sister, Ruth Ann, underwent knee surgery yesterday...her weight, over the years, caused her knee bones to grind on one another.  Now they're bone on bone...both of them.  I have to pick her up today from the hospital.  Hopefully, she did as the nurses asked and got out of the bed and walked.  We'll see when I get there.  The operation only took an hour!

Easter goodies for Sloane...

I made a banana pudding... (no, I didn't have a bowl, but I did enjoy a spoonful...lol...still lost weight and got to satisfy my tastebuds at the same time. 

Larry and family enjoy my baked goods.  Larry can just turn over in bed and drop 20 pounds...lol

When Ruth Ann gets nervous, she talks...constantly...to the nurses...doctors...holding them up from doing their jobs.  I had to finally step in and gain some control of the situation by "gently" reminding her that the more she held these people up...the longer she'd be there.  She took my meaning.  Her doctor finally stopped in before surgery, and before he left the room, prayed for her and his hands to be guided by God.  I loved it!  And it calmed Ruth Ann right down.  I also have her permission to take photos of her to post on my blog, only.  I have a Facebook account...have had since 2009.  I really don't post much over there anymore.  I'm finding some of the people I follow to be posting some silly garbage, games, memes...not from their lives...hence, I'm not there much...I just mainly keep up with a few sweet friends and family. And yes...If you're a blogger friend, I keep up with you!  

Well, I guess I've bored you enough this morning...I know you are excited to get to work or that laundry...lol

Have a bright and beautiful day!

Until next time...

Cookies, Cake, Pie and Sublimation?

Good morning, friends!

Sorry to have been gone for so long!  It's been a busy week.  I kept Sloane for three days instead of our usual one, on Mondays.  Her ears again, and teething.  She had good moments and bad.  It's hard to watch someone you love, hurt.  But all my granny tricks worked and by the end of each day, she went home happier than when she arrived.

She is loving her chair...I placed it between me and Gampa's chairs, in the living room.  Taking care of her baby like Gamma takes care of her...lol...Have I said how much we love her? lol

Finally, a happy face...

I believe this was Tuesday that we went into town to do a few errands.  We stopped at the local Collin Street Bakery for a coffee and turnovers.

We were sitting at our table when I started to look out a window to my left, and  saw this rack with cookies just sitting there...in the open air...just sitting there...:O[

I can't imagine why...I thought about going up to ask but, lost the will.  Every day we see something, somewhere, that says, "We don't care".   When are people going to start caring again?  I'm tired...

It doesn't take long for those baked items to go stale...or some fly sees a tasty treat...

What would you have done?

Well, as if we didn't have enough hobbies to conquer...we bought a new printer just for Sublimation.  What the heck is that, you ask...Click Here to see what it's all about.  This looks fun since whatever you print on things, it won't peel up.

These are two t-shirts I did for our Sloane.  Not by sublimation but by the basic vinyl cutting on my Cricut  smart cutting machine.  Fun projects.

I'm still in the process of setting up the new printer and learning how to do things.

Black sparkly vinyl and solid orange.

And here's my old trusty sidekick, in all things mayhem.  Needed an extra place to store all my crafting bits and bobs.  A six tier metal rack worked perfectly.

Just realize, I haven't gotten the supplies sorted!  It's needing baskets and labels, but I'll get there.

I decided to make a new recipe for banana nut pound cake that I saw on Pinterest...turned out horrible!  Hockey-pucks!!  I could have done some real damage if I wanted to throw them!  Oh well...in the trash they went (boy, that hurt...wasted flour, sugar and nuts...uggg).  

This is my old "tried and true" recipe for banana nut poundcake.  Wonderful.  Never fails me.  Should have baked these in the first place but nothing ventured, etc.

I also baked a coconut pie maybe last weekend? Really good! 

I received, by mail...(I Love getting "real" mail!) this Oh So Pretty card from blogger mate, Ann.  I'm a little prejudice about her and her talents (baker...crafter...candlestick maker...lol, well she did a time or two, make a candle)  since I've been following her for years.  Can't say enough good things about her...So!  Thank you Ann!  I'll be getting you one back, shortly!  How fun!

Check out her August 21st post about her cards. Maybe you'd like to join in on the fun?!!

Well, I've bent your ear long enough.  Hope you're having a sweet and peaceful weekend...so until next time...may God keep His hand on us all...

Happy Independence Day America...Cupcakes

Well, hello and Happy Independence Day America!!

As you can see, I was a busy beaver yesterday...I love to bake but haven't been doing much of it lately.  Well, I'm getting tired of doing, Not Much so, I decided, the other day, to make some Independence Day cupcakes for Sami to carry down south to her mom's house.  Well...I promise I will NEVER AGAIN complain about the price of a cupcake EVER again!!Hahaa...good Lord people!!  First, I had to run to town...you know...'cause I needed dark navy color gel...a pan...etc., then I had to round up all my special tools (you know you have to have special tools...:O0)  Then, find what I needed, looking in cabinets, closets, drawers...find a recipe I liked...how to work the new icing tips...then get busy making them!Uggggg….took a while!  Bakers EARN EVERY SINGLE DIME!!

Anyway, they turned out good...loved the way a gel coloring works SO much better than liquids.  Isn't the blue cupcake a pretty shade??  If I'd used a liquid color, they would have been a greenish brownish color on the outside!  And did you EVER see a messier kitchen???Hahaaa...omg...

So...I know we can't eat everything I bake so I enlist the help of my granddaughter, Samantha, to come get 3/4ths of things and carry them off to friends or co workers.  It works.  I get to bake and they get to eat...simple.  I've had request to bake things for money before and who knows...I might let a donation or two start creeping in...The Blue Christmas at the police station, helps needy families with presents for the kids...I'll just save it and donate...

Well,  hope you all have a fun and safe day and be careful of those darn fireworks around you pets!!  Scares them sometimes, literally, to death!

Later Guys!