Hey There,
By now you all know that one of my favorite things to do is bake from scratch. Well I am here to tell you about a gift someone just recently gave to me.
Some times on television you see things advertised that make a lot of sense and you send after them. I have sent after so many things that are suppose to make my life so simple and cut my work load in half. Then there are the gadgets that look good but don't work at all as they said it would. Where does that thing end up? Well in the basement or yard sale. You may have paid $19.95 and $5.95 shipping. But wait, if you order right now we will ship you a second one free, you just have to pay shipping.
Any more when I hear those words I run, not walk, to the next room and I go online and check out this wonderful newest and greatest gadget. OH MY GOSH IT DOES ALL THAT!? HOLY COW! I have to have one, but wait, I get one free. So I order two and I get two free, that makes sense doesn't it. I didn't just get one free I got two free, it just cost me $23.80 in shipping plus the cost of the first two items. I can't even think about what it actually is costing me, I am so excited about the two free ones that life is good and after all I did get something free, it just cost me $63.70 WOW!!
OK, I have this over active compulsive behavior, I can't just buy one. Now not one is in the basement waiting for a yard sale but four are now waiting for someone to say, Hey how much do you want for those. Oh those wonderful things? Oh my gosh you will just love them, I know you will enjoy them, how about fifteen dollars each? So now I have made $28.15 profit, not bad.
Now let me tell you about the gift that a customer brought into me.
A customer of mine brought me in something called, "The Brownie Pan". Let me tell you I thought when I saw it on T.V. it was another one of those gadgets that you toss into the basement. I really thought it was a joke, who can't cut brownies?
Me, I can't cut a nice looking brownie to save my life. When people come into my shop and they see brownies, I can tell by the look on their faces they are thinking "what three year old cut those"?
So I made brownies, in fact I doubled my recipe so I could put half in the special brownie pan and half in a 9 X 13 pan. All the time thinking, oh brother this thing is just worthless. None the less I did try it.
Results; OK the brownie pan directions said to bake for thirty minutes as my recipe also said for the larger pan. When I put a knife in the brownie pan it came out clear just like the directions said it would. The 9 X 13 pan took about twenty minutes longer, and the edges where beginning to over bake. I am here to tell you that the special Brownie pan is worth every penny. I am buying four more of them so, I will have five all together. ha ha Well a girl never knows when she will need a hundred brownies......
Visit with you later
Carolyn
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
Not his fault
Hey There,
Well now I just wanted to say on my husbands behalf that he is a handy man to have around. The hinges as it turned out were all bent. So it wasn't his fault.
The carpenter came down to my cafe' and told me that all the hinges were bent and that is why the doors wouldn't shut. So I asked him to take them all back and please buy good ones.
So he took a little trip into Walla Walla and several hours later we finally have hinges on and cabinet doors that actually shut, thank you Arthur.
Just another cheap product from China that they expect us to buy and deal with. I want to know, "Why can't hinges be made here in the good ole US of A?"
Well anyway, the kitchen is done, the curtains are up and even the chicken and rooster pictures are on the wall. We are now looking for a cute country kitchen table for two. I repeat FOR TWO, not three, just two, husband and me.
The husband isn't sure if he wants a table in the kitchen. I ask, "What are we going to eat on? This is his thought on a table, "He wants to sit and relax and watch NCIS". Which is something we have been doing for so long that I can't remember the last time the two of us sat in the kitchen and enjoyed a meal together.
Problems with sitting and watching television while you eat are many. Just to list a couple, 1. You are not looking at what you are eating, I could put anything on his plate and as long as it doesn't move he'll eat it. I will be the first to admit that I don't put a lot of time into preparing dinner but any effort is still effort. So maybe what is on his plate isn't a thing of beauty but it is edible.
2. There is no visiting while you have dinner except during commercials.
Well who wants to visit with someone that has their mouth full of food anyway, come to think of it. NO husband does not talk with his mouth full.
Have you ever sat across from someone that likes to talk while they eat? OH MY WORD, it is kinda like seeing what your food will look like if you get sick in the next hour or so after finishing your meal. Who in their right mind wants to look at that. YUK!
You know I just love to be in my kitchen and be baking up a storm, so when I woke up this morning around 3:00 and started thinking of all the baking I wanted to do I just got myself up and headed down to the shop. By the time I opened at six I had a turtle cheesecake made, baked a dozen blueberry scones and whipped up a coconut cream pie.
Nothing like working with a little music flowing through the room, the aroma of coffee brewing and the sweet smell of dough rising and goodies baking. When that first customer comes in and says, "Man it smells so good in here" It makes getting up and getting busy so worth it.
Visit with you next time
Carolyn
Well now I just wanted to say on my husbands behalf that he is a handy man to have around. The hinges as it turned out were all bent. So it wasn't his fault.
The carpenter came down to my cafe' and told me that all the hinges were bent and that is why the doors wouldn't shut. So I asked him to take them all back and please buy good ones.
So he took a little trip into Walla Walla and several hours later we finally have hinges on and cabinet doors that actually shut, thank you Arthur.
Just another cheap product from China that they expect us to buy and deal with. I want to know, "Why can't hinges be made here in the good ole US of A?"
Well anyway, the kitchen is done, the curtains are up and even the chicken and rooster pictures are on the wall. We are now looking for a cute country kitchen table for two. I repeat FOR TWO, not three, just two, husband and me.
The husband isn't sure if he wants a table in the kitchen. I ask, "What are we going to eat on? This is his thought on a table, "He wants to sit and relax and watch NCIS". Which is something we have been doing for so long that I can't remember the last time the two of us sat in the kitchen and enjoyed a meal together.
Problems with sitting and watching television while you eat are many. Just to list a couple, 1. You are not looking at what you are eating, I could put anything on his plate and as long as it doesn't move he'll eat it. I will be the first to admit that I don't put a lot of time into preparing dinner but any effort is still effort. So maybe what is on his plate isn't a thing of beauty but it is edible.
2. There is no visiting while you have dinner except during commercials.
Well who wants to visit with someone that has their mouth full of food anyway, come to think of it. NO husband does not talk with his mouth full.
Have you ever sat across from someone that likes to talk while they eat? OH MY WORD, it is kinda like seeing what your food will look like if you get sick in the next hour or so after finishing your meal. Who in their right mind wants to look at that. YUK!
You know I just love to be in my kitchen and be baking up a storm, so when I woke up this morning around 3:00 and started thinking of all the baking I wanted to do I just got myself up and headed down to the shop. By the time I opened at six I had a turtle cheesecake made, baked a dozen blueberry scones and whipped up a coconut cream pie.
Nothing like working with a little music flowing through the room, the aroma of coffee brewing and the sweet smell of dough rising and goodies baking. When that first customer comes in and says, "Man it smells so good in here" It makes getting up and getting busy so worth it.
Visit with you next time
Carolyn
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