applegrape you can make your own "cream of" soups for recipes it's really easy. I do it all the time and things taste much better. You make a basic bechamel Sauce and then add the flavoring so cream of chicken would need 1-2 boullion cubes crushed and added to the sauce. Cream of mushroom- same bechamel sauce but beforehand sauté some mushrooms in butter low and slow until they are brown and soft then add all the mushrooms and pan juice into the white sauce.
This is why I miss you! You were always making delicious meals and posting recipes!
Post by applegrape on Jul 11, 2015 17:10:45 GMT -5
So we drove to the other side of town to get the dogs current on vaccinations and licences, and the place was only open for an hour and a half. What the hell is that?
Post by applegrape on Jul 11, 2015 17:15:34 GMT -5
DS2 needs a nap, so I put him down and walked away. I have never done this. He always nurses/takes a bottle until he passes out, or he falls asleep in the car. So far, making noises, but content. Even if it doesn't result in a nap, this is progress and I finally got to use the bathroom unaccompanied.
Thank you so much ladies! She still isn't quite breathing on her own and is on a low sedative because of the breathing tube. She does know we are here though and cam squeeze my hand which is encouraging. I'm so very thankful that I happened to be back in WA when this happened so that I can be here for her. The doctors and nurses say she is doing really well for what she just went through so I'm trying to stay optimistic and make sure my little brothers do too.
Post by applegrape on Jul 11, 2015 17:21:36 GMT -5
If I double a recipe that calls for yeast, do I still double the yeast? I feel like it would be unnecessary, but I also feel like the obvious answer is yes, double it.
It has been a lazy saturday for us. Just swimming class in the morning and a goodwill donation dropoff. I am about to go an walk a bit with DD.
I love Goodwill. I went there today and bought like 800 baby gates. Well, 2, but I could probably use another 798.
I want to create a complex labyrinth of baby gates to keep the toddler away from the baby and the dogs away from the kids and the puppy away from them all. So I can sit on my butt and not have to watch them but know that everyone is safe.
We're having such a lazy day and I am not doing a good job momming or adulting. The baby has been fed and plays well independently.
Also, he is eating EVARYTHANG! He had a waffle, cheese and banana for breakfast and turkey, toast, watermelon and apple/kiwi purée for lunch...
I feel like S would eat more if I let him. T had terrible constipation issues, and I am trying to hold back on the food. But he has eggs, apples, toast, applesauce pouch, pizza crust, watermelon, and a Graham cracker. Now that ibtype it up, it doesn't seem like I'm really restraining myself, does it?
Post by applegrape on Jul 11, 2015 17:36:57 GMT -5
My staff is so dumb, I have considered asking to be demoted I didn't have to deal with them. One of them emailed me that she was going home 3 hours early because she was bored and straight up left her shift. Another made arrangements with a client's case manager that were completely outside our job jurisdiction and against our policies. The other showed up late to her shift and started it by cooking a giant breakfast burrito and eating it at her desk when her class had started 10 minutes prior.
They have all been trained and coached in all of these, and yet there they are.
Post by applegrape on Jul 11, 2015 17:48:38 GMT -5
One of my staff thinks she is the language expert because she taught ESL abroad. No. Being a native speaker qualifies you to teach in Thailand, but it does not make you a language expert. My degree in universal grammar and linguistics kind of makes me the language expert in our group of people, thankyouverymuch. She doesn't even know what a coordinating conjunction is. Girl, please.
Post by applegrape on Jul 11, 2015 17:53:41 GMT -5
For my 500th post, I would like to say that I love you, and anything that comes from me after finishing said economy wine should not be taken seriously.
For my 500th post, I would like to say that I love you, and anything that comes from me after finishing said economy wine should not be taken seriously.
I know you are on a roll, but I feel like you go here, just not very often.
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