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[ronott1]

okay so been wanting a spice cake for awhile this it is in the oven

I am going to bake a lemon cake soon

 

[pennyJo1960]

Spice cake is cooling did an old sour cream recipe 2 egg yolks but did not get frosting thickness added like 1/2 cup of powdered sugar now in the freezer to cool good

 

[Shadrach]

 

[pennyJo1960]

Nice photo Shad

 

[CapricornFarm]

@penny1960 , @CapricornFarm

I'm so sorry you lost your chicks.

Thanks, Eight. I appreciate it.

 

[Shadrach]

Good morning Cafe.
Coffee is on the stove. Tea bags and kettle on the counter.
Clear blue skies and sunshine here. Looks like it's going to be a lovely day.
Lots of digging to do in the roof trench. Time to plant in it now. Not likely to get another frost.

 

[Bunnylady]

You ain't seen nothing yet. And, I hope in some ways you don't get to see it.
There are no hardware stores open here. There are police at the main supermarkets.
The Spanish having been food growers for centuries. How about this bit of stupidity in times of shortages.
https://www.catalannews.com/life-st...emove-ban-on-visiting-allotments-gains-ground

That's definitely one for the "what are they thinking?" file.

I sincerely hope we don't see the sorts of things you are seeing. What irks me the most is that Wilmington is Hurricane Central; being flexible and adapting to disasters should be second nature around here. I keep hearing about more and more things (like parks, and now boat ramps) that are getting closed because people aren't keeping their distance; I'm wondering if certain businesses are going to be seen as having too much traffic for the common good, and get shut down (though I have to admit, the folks at the big box seem pretty good at thinking outside of the box; they could close off most of their parking lot).

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning, Cafe.
The sun is out and it's a bit chilly at 38F. But it's supposed to get to 60F today.
I'm hoping to get a few more hours in on dad's house. I finally got one of the heavily contoured pieces of drywall up next to the field stone chimney. I have to do the other side.
I also got all but the last three sheets of sub-floor down in the great room. It's really coming together.

I might need to see a shrink (remotely, of course).

The bloom is off the rose with that wonderful idea Mom had to live with my now divorced nephew. She would pay for practically all his living expenses and he would take care of her and the house. Uh huh. He moved his girlfriend up from SC. She's a sweet thing but a little further off than he is. She receives SSDI as she couldn't possibly work. The issue is, my mother is now supporting HER too. It never occurred to my nephew that this was not okay. And her parents give her a $200 a month allowance out of her SSDI but have failed to give the rest of her money to my mother to pay for HER living expenses. It makes me just boil right over.

My oldest sister is a bit off kilter too. Not her fault as her first serious boyfriend, now soon to be ex-husband, strangled her when she was a senior in high school causing her to pass out. No one learned about this until decades after the fact but it explains the drastic change in her personality. We think she suffered from some minor brain damage due to lack of oxygen.

She has talked about moving up here from TX. To live with my mom... and her two leaches. Oh, my head!!

So here is where I think I need to see a shrink. I suggested that Mom buy a true single level living house and move to reduce her expenses. She pays $1100 a month for rent plus all utilities and supporting two other adults where she is. So I found a house just down the hill from me. It needs a bit of work. New windows, gutters, carpeting, paint and a pantry cabinet installed in the kitchen. Possibly a new furnace and water heater but I need to get in to inspect it.

Guess who will be doing all that work if she buys it???

 

[Bunnylady]

There you go, DL, just what you needed - something to do.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, Cafe. D L - it never rains but what it pours.