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-> off from the good eating on the trip.  Not much but still..........
-> 
->  RH> Some of us are simply not meant to be skinny.
-> 
-> I'm neitheer skinny nor a big mama.

I'd like to be in the middle, but big mama is where it's at.

-> -> Breakfast type stuff.  White flour pancake mix, pig stuff.  Latter is
-> -> good, former is wall paper paste.  Also good--jelly, honey, maple
syrup.
-> 
->  RH> Good idea at least.  Wallpaper paste isn't my thing either, but it
->  RH> might be usable for something else.
-> 
-> Haven't figured out what yet.

Got any wallpaper that needs to go up?
 
->  RH> My cousin is retired Air Force and works for the VA; I've heard a
lot
->  RH> of it already.
-> 
-> And Steve is retired Army, deals with the VA.  So far, no huge issues, a
-> few minor ones here & there tho.
-> 
I'll bet Carole has some stories.
 
->  RH> It was down in the single digits here overnight. It was around
->  RH> freezing today; I actually wore gloves to hold the steeling wheel.
-> 
-> No surprise.  We've been wearing thin knit gloves for the most part.

I generally only wear gloves when it gets below freezing.

-> Today was decent enough that I grabbed a lined windbreaker over a
-> sweatshirt.  Steve had on a jeans jacket over a sweater & long sleeved
-> tee shirt.  Supposed to be warmer tonorrow.

It's all the way up into the 40s here today.  No fear though, it won't
last.
 
-> -> The British Army also had control of a sector of Berlin so they
needed
-> -> the English on the signs (and sweatshirt).
-> 
->  RH> I know, but it would be more fun freaking out the locals with an
->  RH> all-Russian shirt.
-> 
-> Most of them wouldn't understand the point anyway.

There is that ... pity.
 
->  RH> Zigzag, but that's it; the zigzag is the third set of stitches.  I
->  RH> just made a reverseable  cover for a rice bag tonight out of fleece
->  RH> and
->  RH> cashmere.  The fleece is patchwork; the cashmere is the remains of
a
->  RH> gray sweater; it was for a guy.
-> 
-> OK, I see. I've used fleece for a C-Pap machine hose cosy but just
-> straight stitched it.  Do you make a rice bag out of muslin, then cover
-> it with the fancier fabric?  I did that for one, as an experiment, not
-> had the need to make more since that one.

I use canvas or something fairly heavy if I can get it.  The muslin feels
too flimsy.  I single-stitch fleece since it doesn't ravel.  The covers are
fancier since they can be washed.  I love making them out of cardigans, and
using the button edge as the closure for the rice bag cover.  
 
->  RH> Oh that's right, you don't have a cat.
-> 
-> No but one wanted to adopt me in Capernaum.  I was giving it some
-> attention when another stray thought he (?) could get some too.  The one
-> I was petting let the other one know in no uncertain terms that he was
-> not going to share.

You should have adopted both!  
 
->  -> RH> There is  that.  Class credit is a motivation.  I spent tonight
->  making RH> a rice bag and a cheesecake, both headed to the same place.
-> 
-> Sounds good, any special cheesecake or just a regular one?

Ricotta, eggs, vanilla, sweetened condensed milk.  Thin pastry crust. 
There were only a few people there, but they just about killed it.
 
->  RH> Too bad.  It's part of Icanhascheezeburger.  Then again maybe it's
->  RH> safer if you don't; it's addictive.
-> 
-> And I've got enough other things to keep me busy; I don't need to get
-> sucked into a mindless time waster.
-> 
I'm not sure it's mindless, but a time waster definitely.
 
->  RH> Cladia Roden's Book of Jewish Food has some Chinese stuff in it.
->  RH> Indian too.
-> 
-> Not one I'm familiar with--but probably could be, if I could get my
-> hands on a copy.

The library might have it.  I found one here, and then bought my own.  
 
->  RH> The noise drives me crazy, so as long as I have the option I do
things
->  RH> by hand where possible.  OTOH, the coffee grinder sends the cat
->  RH> running out of the room. I like the coffee grinder.
-> 
-> Coffee grinder gets very little use around here. Steve got some at Fresh
-> Market the other day but ground it at the store.  I've got a coffee
-> grinder we use for spices instead.

Me too, but I use a separate one for the coffee.  Actually, I use the spice
one as a nut grinder more often than not.  If I dry the nuts out a bit
first it works like a charm when I need to make almond flour.
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