Blizzard of '17

We prepared for "The Big One" to hit this week just like everyone else around the area did. We were left a little disappointed. It got plenty cold (-6) and windchill thrown in to boot, but the snow didn't amount to anything. It did get cold enough to kill our cherry blooms out back, so our first round of jelly this year will have to wait for the sweet cherry tree.

Being cold and windy like it was, getting outside to do stuff was put on hold. Free time inside the house usually means Lawman will be baking something. This week was no exception. First, he found a recipe for a three layer "magic cake". He followed the recipe but didn't have the pot the recipe called for to bake the cake in. He tried the bunt cake mold, but the cake was too spread out and the custard center didn't bake right.

Then Cupcake requested an old favorite that has been out of the rotation for a while. Schoolhouse dinner rolls.

As you can tell, Lawman started out cutting the dough as the recipe calls for, then gets distracted and "eyeballs" the size of the dough ball, which makes them bigger than they are supposed to be. They all got eaten, so nobody complained.
Baking usually involves a flour covered hand. A flour covered hand usually ends up as a bear paw mark on Cupcake's bottom.

Another inside project was another gallon of laundry detergent. Someone has a problem measuring a tablespoon of detergent.

We did the standard issue corned beef and cabbage this week, just like we're sure everyone else did? So we didn't add pictures of that, since everyone's looks pretty much the same. We did start our cabbage plants, which is a St. Patrick's Day tradition. We also started six dwarf banana tree seeds. They are supposed to be great for cleaning the air in the house, so we are looking forward to seeing how they do.

The pepper plants we started last month have sprouted and are doing well.

We ended the week with wings
K&K