Where did the recipe come from, you ask? Well I'll tell you: My mom's "Betty Crocker's Cookbook" with the "red pie" cover, dated 1969. That's right. A 39-year old recipe is still the best ever.
Donny
Sunday, November 23, 2008
It came hence from the hot oven
I had been looking for a good recipe for bread, and I think I found a good one, finally! It's one of those all day recipes, because it's a double-rise yeast recipe, and with mixing, kneading, rising, rising, and baking, it takes about 3 hours. It's good, though, nice and crusty, but soft in the middle. I think the total cost for all ingredients might have been a dollar.
Where did the recipe come from, you ask? Well I'll tell you: My mom's "Betty Crocker's Cookbook" with the "red pie" cover, dated 1969. That's right. A 39-year old recipe is still the best ever.
Donny
Where did the recipe come from, you ask? Well I'll tell you: My mom's "Betty Crocker's Cookbook" with the "red pie" cover, dated 1969. That's right. A 39-year old recipe is still the best ever.
Donny
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Sandra was tagged
Hey everyone,
This is Donny. Sandra isn't here, so I will act halfway in her stead and will post only 3 lesser known things about myself. This might take a while because as everyone already knows, I LOVE to tell stories.
1. I can say the alphabet backwards in less than 4 seconds.
I learned in 8th grade I could do this when the teacher challenged our whole class to learn it, and while all the other kids were sitting there trying to get it right, I mastered it (and I won the candy bar).
2. I drowned to the point of unconsciousness when I was 5.
My brother and I were playing in a pond behind the house in Etoile, TX we lived at. This pond was pretty big, about an 1/8th mile circle, and we thought for the longest time that the pond was a lot deeper on the backside edge of the circle. I think our reasoning, as little boys, lie in the fact that the back of the pond was the furthest point away from the house and our mom, therefore in the event of an accident, it would prompt the slowest response time. Without going into greater detail, we generally avoided the far side of the pond. But one fateful summer day, my brother and I were chasing each other and I ran towards the back thinking he wouldn't follow me. Well, he did, and so I went further towards the back, and my feet hit a slippery rock, and I couldn't balance on it because I really couldn't swim then. So I sorta flailed on this algae-covered rock before falling over and sinking like a stone into this deep water that we had theorized was there. I remember seeing the sun through the translucency the water's surface created, and the sun getting dimmer and dimmer and dimmer and then: lights out. I was resuscitated and upon awakening, my chest felt as if it was made of lead. I shortly found out that all the water in my lungs was to blame, as I heaved it up for what seemed to be an endless amount of time. Then, I took a nap.
3. I can unicycle.
Not like a pro can, but I can get on them and ride for a considerable amount of time. I was at a friend's house and he pulled a unicycle out of his garage which his son started riding around. I said, "That can't be that hard". Well, I have never hurt myself riding on the one-wheelers, and still can ride them pretty well.
There ya go. I tag my wife to write the other 3.
Donny
This is Donny. Sandra isn't here, so I will act halfway in her stead and will post only 3 lesser known things about myself. This might take a while because as everyone already knows, I LOVE to tell stories.
1. I can say the alphabet backwards in less than 4 seconds.
I learned in 8th grade I could do this when the teacher challenged our whole class to learn it, and while all the other kids were sitting there trying to get it right, I mastered it (and I won the candy bar).
2. I drowned to the point of unconsciousness when I was 5.
My brother and I were playing in a pond behind the house in Etoile, TX we lived at. This pond was pretty big, about an 1/8th mile circle, and we thought for the longest time that the pond was a lot deeper on the backside edge of the circle. I think our reasoning, as little boys, lie in the fact that the back of the pond was the furthest point away from the house and our mom, therefore in the event of an accident, it would prompt the slowest response time. Without going into greater detail, we generally avoided the far side of the pond. But one fateful summer day, my brother and I were chasing each other and I ran towards the back thinking he wouldn't follow me. Well, he did, and so I went further towards the back, and my feet hit a slippery rock, and I couldn't balance on it because I really couldn't swim then. So I sorta flailed on this algae-covered rock before falling over and sinking like a stone into this deep water that we had theorized was there. I remember seeing the sun through the translucency the water's surface created, and the sun getting dimmer and dimmer and dimmer and then: lights out. I was resuscitated and upon awakening, my chest felt as if it was made of lead. I shortly found out that all the water in my lungs was to blame, as I heaved it up for what seemed to be an endless amount of time. Then, I took a nap.
3. I can unicycle.
Not like a pro can, but I can get on them and ride for a considerable amount of time. I was at a friend's house and he pulled a unicycle out of his garage which his son started riding around. I said, "That can't be that hard". Well, I have never hurt myself riding on the one-wheelers, and still can ride them pretty well.
There ya go. I tag my wife to write the other 3.
Donny
Friday, November 7, 2008
Proposition 8
This is Donny. I will probably get some bad responses for this, but I have to get this off of my chest.
I don't particularly believe that homosexuality is right.
Another thing I don't agree with is our Church meddling in state affairs and thousands of members donating millions of dollars to state affairs. It makes me a little uncomfortable to realize this.
If our church lost it's Tax-Exempt status, it wouldn't hurt us at all. I believe the member's donation was misguided and this is shedding an awful light on our church, which already faces enough bad press without this addition.
I don't agree with the decision to support this initiative to the fullest, and I apoligize to anyone who takes my words as blasphemous or insulting.
I don't particularly believe that homosexuality is right.
Another thing I don't agree with is our Church meddling in state affairs and thousands of members donating millions of dollars to state affairs. It makes me a little uncomfortable to realize this.
If our church lost it's Tax-Exempt status, it wouldn't hurt us at all. I believe the member's donation was misguided and this is shedding an awful light on our church, which already faces enough bad press without this addition.
I don't agree with the decision to support this initiative to the fullest, and I apoligize to anyone who takes my words as blasphemous or insulting.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Craigslist is like Wikipedia.
The majority of the time, you have to be a bit careful about "good deals" on Craigslist. I don't know about this one... I think my weariness is due to the link he posted up. Hmmm... Anyone else see how this doesn't add up?
http://fortcollins.craigslist.org/ele/907842676.html
-Hathorn
http://fortcollins.craigslist.org/ele/907842676.html
-Hathorn
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Guilty!
I accidentally did something terrible today. My poor husband is in Denver drilling with the Navy Reserves and is now probably curled up is his hotel room bed snoozing away near an alarm clock set two hours earlier than it should.
The phrasing "spring forward, fall back" for some annoying reason makes me think the exact opposite of what is intended. My thought process: to spring is to gain, to fall is to lose. But that is just not how it is. I am so sorry to my sleep deprived husband, hopefully you will listen to my message (Donny always has his phone on silent) early tomorrow morning and easily fall back to sleep.
The phrasing "spring forward, fall back" for some annoying reason makes me think the exact opposite of what is intended. My thought process: to spring is to gain, to fall is to lose. But that is just not how it is. I am so sorry to my sleep deprived husband, hopefully you will listen to my message (Donny always has his phone on silent) early tomorrow morning and easily fall back to sleep.
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