http://www.doveintherock.com Bloom where you're planted Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:22:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What fun! I decided to try the ciabatta recipe to make buns for sandwiches, and they came out delightful! They're similar to Schlotsky's and about the same size, I plan to use these for BLT's for dinner tonight. This time I baked them on cookie sheets instead of a pizza stone, ... http://www.doveintherock.com/index.php/2008/04/11/ciabatta-sandwich-buns/ Haven't decided if I'm really going to keep this blog up much, but since most of my hits are about crocheting, I thought I'd really like to share this with everyone to inspire others. :) This blanket was done for a friend's baby whose gender was unknown until her birth. I ... http://www.doveintherock.com/index.php/2008/04/07/jennas-blanket/ "And so then I got a call from him saying we don't have to worry about money no more and I said, 'That's good. One less thing.'" --Forrest Gump, upon learning he was wealthy Sometimes money seems like such a stupid thing to pray for. Money doesn't fix broken relationships (like ... http://www.doveintherock.com/index.php/2008/01/22/one-less-thing/ I had a startling realization last night. One of those things that you know academically, but suddenly glows with current pertinence. Paul's medium for ministry was writing, too. He wrote letters to the churches and to fellow Christians. And he struggled with making himself understood, hence his going on and on about ... http://www.doveintherock.com/index.php/2008/01/22/in-good-company/ I just received a fwd about the Christian ire raised by Kathy Griffin's remarks at the Emmy awards. Besides my intense irritation at receiving an email that says, "If you delete this, nothing bad will happen to you, but if you pass this on, you will truly have stood up ... http://www.doveintherock.com/index.php/2008/01/18/my-response-to-kathy-griffin/ I actually finished my "Afghan of the Sandman" blanket mid-December but was too caught up in events to remember to post it. It was begun for nobody in particular, then when we found we were pregnant it was dedicated to the baby Peanut, then we miscarried and it was rededicated ... http://www.doveintherock.com/index.php/2008/01/13/blanket-finished-and-waiting/ ...doesn't really reach that many people. Especially at the end of a dead-end. On a dirt road. At the bottom of a hill. Plenty of cows will see it, but they don't vote. So here's my e-sign. No, that's not really my yard. But yes, that's really my vote! Updated to add: They ... http://www.doveintherock.com/index.php/2008/01/12/a-yard-sign-in-the-boonies/ Cylinders and Spheres on Stainless Steel, 2008 This is a toy they got for Christmas, they’re called Mag-Neatos. They are magnetic and the kids figured out pretty quickly that the pieces stick to the refrigerator as well as to each other. I think Doozer's creation could be featured in the Museum ... http://www.doveintherock.com/index.php/2008/01/12/modern-art/ Well, what else am I but an ogre when I say to my kids, “I am going to punish the next child who asks me for food!” (For the record, this was in response to their piteous repeated cries of PLEASE-feed-me-mother-I’m-shriveling-into-an-emaciated-pile-of-dust -for-lack-of-nourishment-and-will-soon-be-featured-on-a-3am-charity-commercial -for-starving-children! while I’m preparing their lunch and reassuring them that food is ... http://www.doveintherock.com/index.php/2008/01/11/just-call-me-shrek/ One of the constraints of writing on the internet is that I can't take for granted the things you would already know about me if we were friends already. My words can be misconstrued, and I'd never know it if you didn't comment about it. So if anything in my ... http://www.doveintherock.com/index.php/2008/01/07/self-ish-and-less-ness/