I found it!

It was in a recipe link on the side of the blog, not an actual blog entry. The bread was challah, not brioche. I thought that making brioche with the children was a bit of a challenge, but it was the only bread name that was popping into my head. No wonder my google searches weren't working.

Make this Bread

Now to see if we have the ingredients and I have the patience to make bread this weekend.

why didn't I bookmark it?

I'm a solo parent this weekend. DH went with FIL to the lake for BIL's "Annual Guys' Weekend." I believe that it involves drinking lots of beer, eating lots of meat and very long & fast boat rides. I'm sure he's having tons of fun.

I am at home alone with 3 children (who are slightly driving me crazy and I can't say, "Go see your dad.")

Last night I was looking around for things to entertain the kids. I was wandering through some blogs and I found an entry with nice pictures. They were making bread dough (a brioche, I think) with half whole wheat flour and half white flour. The kids mixed it up and kneaded in inside the ziploc bags. After it rose, she cut it into thirds (because there were 3 kids) and the kids rolled it into shapes before baking. And she used cornmeal mixed with some sugar on the pan when baking the bread.

I had such nice plans of wonderful bread baking with the kids and I can't find the blog entry. I could have sworn it was from one of the blogs I read regularly, but I've gone through all of them and I can't find it. I even remember thinking last night that I could find it again and I didn't bookmark it.

I tried to remember what google search terms I used but to no avail. So if you happen to know what blog and what post this was, please send me a link. Since I can't find it, my children will not be learning the wonders of the science of yeast in the happy idyllic company of their siblings while they enjoy hot fresh bread with homemade butter.

I guess if I were a true hippy momma, I would know how to do all that without the missing blog entry. I guess I could try and figure it out on my own. Or we could all just watch another episode of "Suite Life."

weekend update

It was another one of those weekends in our family. We were busy as usual. Friends over on Friday, cousin C's birthday party on Saturday, church and t-ball party today.

I did put one load of laundry in the wash, I still need to switch it to the dryer.

I got about a foot done on the strap I'm knitting for the bag I'm making.

I never got out to the yard to check on the vines. I'm sure they are flourishing in my neglect. I need to get out there with the clippers tomorrow morning. The fact that it was 105 today had something to do with my lack of effort. Last time I checked, we had lots of jalapeno peppers and 1 green tomato. I thought we would have more tomatoes by now, but hopefully soon we should have enough for some homemade salsa.

100 update

I made it through 2 weeks of 100 push up training.

I was able to complete the push ups for the most part. My form probably wasn't the greatest at times. At the end of the two weeks, you're suppose to find the maximum number of push ups you can do. Then depending on the number you do, you determine the training program you do for the next few weeks.

For week tree the minimum number of push ups is 16. I was able to do 15. That was at the end of my week 2 training so I was very tired. Excuses, excuses, I know. Even so, I think I'll repeat my week 2 training and try again next week.

my country western singer

J pulled DH's guitar out of the closet this morning. He has been strumming along all morning long. It is lovely and loud, very loud.

I would love to tell him to put it away because I'm starting to get a headache, but he is having such a good time.

Here are the two songs he wrote.

Out in the countryside

out in the countryside
out in the countryside
there is a mouse
there is a mouse
I love him
I love him
I love him
I always go out there to feed him
I give him food
I give him water
I feed him so he doesn't die
Everyday I go out there to feed him some flies
I give him some water
and put him in my cage
and I put the cage in the back of my pickup
and we play with each other


My little fish

my little fishie
he lives in a stream
he stays there every day
I try to fish him out
but he just won't come out
because it is so beautiful down there

I need to find a way to record him and save his songs.

Complete

DH is a VH1 geek

We're watching some Best of the 80's show on VH1.

They showed a close up of a head band and asked if you could guess what band's lead singer wore it. After the commercial break, they announced the answer. Loverboy.

DH was pumping his fist and yelling, "I got it! Did you hear me say Loverboy? I knew it, it was Loverboy!"

Oh, what a great childhood he had.