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Post by bevgray » Wed March 7th, 2012, 12:25 pm

Diane, I understand about the dog. My mother's dearest friend had a German Shepherd gal named Lady. Lady was a very sweet, nice dog but she was convinced she was a lap dog. When she got too big to sit in laps, she'd sit up beside a person on the sofa and drape a paw around the person's neck. Mother was terrified of dogs but, Lady was such a, well lady about it, that she never seemed to mind her friendly gesture.
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Post by DianeL » Fri March 9th, 2012, 12:42 am

[quote=""Nefret""]Having my bread turn out nicely in culinary lab. Not much... but I like to think of myself as a baker.[/quote]

That sounds like VERY much to me! I love love love a good loaf of fresh baked bread - and love making it. Hmm, must do that again! You're inspiring me. :)
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Post by Nefret » Fri March 9th, 2012, 1:25 am

[quote=""DianeL""]That sounds like VERY much to me! I love love love a good loaf of fresh baked bread - and love making it. Hmm, must do that again! You're inspiring me. :) [/quote]

I guess it might be, I hadn't made yeast bread in a while. :)
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We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
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Post by Madeleine » Fri March 9th, 2012, 9:55 am

You can't beat the smell of freshly baked bread, I bet your home smelt wonderful.
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Post by DianeL » Sat March 10th, 2012, 1:33 am

Nefret, I wonder how many people you got dreaming of the beautiful scent of baked bread! :)

My best thing today - multiple niggling plumbing issues fixed. The major one - the dripping tub faucet - remains to be addressed (some complicated issues due to the age of my home and thickness of my walls), but still a nice piece of progress.
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Post by Nefret » Sat March 10th, 2012, 3:42 am

Hehe. :p I'm making curry next.
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Post by Vanessa » Sat March 10th, 2012, 9:28 am

Snap! We're having curry tonight so that's what I'll be cooking later on. Another strong smelling food! :D
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Post by Madeleine » Sat March 10th, 2012, 12:51 pm

Have to say I prefer the smell of bread to curry!
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Post by Brenna » Sat March 10th, 2012, 9:32 pm

I had yesterday off to enjoy with the hubby and Padfoot. We hadn't seen each other except for brief ten minute intervals in two weeks. We spent the day going for a long walk, watching movies, and going out to dinner.

Now to prepare for a family bake off my dad decided to start this year. We'll see how it goes.
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Post by LoveHistory » Tue March 13th, 2012, 9:23 pm

Lovely weather. Inching toward warm, just enough chill to keep it interesting. Supposed to hit 70 this weekend.

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