This is how I'm going to get to the real subject of this post: What she
said.

Kid and parents were here for the weekend. Spaghetti and meat-a-balls
for supper on Friday night. Kid was up at 5:30 a.m. yesterday and her
grandfather allowed it. I made Queen Baba because I made star-shapaed
pancakes (from scratch) for her breakfast.

Before noon, we had decorated our Valentine cookies, had a tea party
with bears and Valentine cookies, gone sliding in the front and back
yards, and built a snowman. After an early supper we went swimming. On
the way home from swimming, I was musing aloud to all in general and no
one in particular about our day -- what we'd done. From the back seat
comes, "Why you talking to yourself, Baba?" Beck and I bit our cheeks
to keep from laughing out loud. Why, indeed. Sometimes, the most
intelligent conversations I have are with myself.

I'll have pictures up by tomorrow.

Pancakes
1 egg
2 tbsp oil
3/4 cup milk
2 tbsp sugar
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
2-1/2 tsp baking powder

Beat the egg until foamy; beat in the oil, milk, and sugar. (Rotary
beater or whisk.) Add the dry ingredients and beat or whisk together.
Bake on a hot griddle, turning once when bubbles appear on the surface
of the batter.
--
-Barb
<www.jamlady.eboard.com>; Tater Tot Hotdish and Jam Class pics added 2-2-05
"I got the motive, which is money; and the body, which is dead!" - Rod
Steiger as Sheriff Gillespie, "In the Heat of the Night," 1967.