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The foccaccia bread 17 yr old Junie made from scratch for dinner.

And some box-mix cookies she made for dessert:

Jalapeno Cheddar Muffin

Here's a picture of a yummy jalapeno cheddar muffin that Junie made from scratch today. 

Junie Makes Pasta

 She’s making pasta. She didn’t get it from us. Homemade spaghetti for dinner. I’ve never made homemade pasta. -LIsa

More Cookies

 More ugly sweater decorating fun. I think they lost their Xmas spirit when LuLu brought out the leftover knife sprinkles from Halloween lol - Lisa

Ugly Sweater Cookies

 Creative! “Ugly sweater” decorating kits at Walmart. Junie and her friend did a great job! So cute! - Lisa

An Antique Store Find

Monday morning Lisa and I stopped at a local antique store. I perused the ephemera while Lisa bee-lined for the furnishings. (Of note to us a both: a duck that was allegedly caught in a Milwaukee pond and stuffed in *1857*!) But what we walked away with were four cakes pans. Two were Twinkie-esque molds. The other two, each 6"x6", were old new stock, still with their original labels attached. Lisa used these tonight to make an awesome layer cake for dessert The date on the labels she removed? 1959.

Wildly Divergent Thoughts:

A) A summary of Slumdog Millionaires says it DOES end with the dance number I remember from the trailers; apparently it was edited for broadcast TV. B) Lisa says I was wrong about the apple cake and that it turned out perfectly. C) People need to STFU about the parents of that six year old killed in the Batman massacre. Whether the kid was too young to be out that late or not, the parents are no more to blame for the death than if he'd been the victim of a random home invader. The idiot with the gun is at fault, and NO ONE ELSE. Putting blame on the parents is just a backasswards way of blaming the victim.

Smiley bakes Turtle Bread

 Love the turtle, sorry I forgot to tell you, he wanted me to have it and I said Mom should, maybe [Smiley] can show her how to bake bread...(this is a joke of course) Grandma J

and I said Mom should, maybe [Smiley] can show her how to bake bread...(this is a joke of course)

Wish me Luck

When you're making a cake from scratch for the first time in your life, it's probably not a good idea to do it while you're watching a 2 and a 4 year old. My kitchen looks like Lucy Ricardo just filled in at a flour factory. It's an apple cake, btw. If it tastes OK I'll post the recipe here on my blog.

update: Whodathunk I could make a cake from scratch? Having mastered all the Manly Arts, it seems I'm destined to conquer the kitchen as well. :) The apple cake is out of the oven & looks and smells wonderful. I made it for Friday's dessert so I can't judge the taste yet, but I'm gonna go on a limb & type out the recipe on Slapinions. I can always delete the draft if the cake is hurl-worthy.