Hi Nancy,

 NB>  RH>> We had a white Christmas in Utah. (G)
 NB>  NB>> Ours was white enough... ;)

 RH> Not surprising. I do remember a few green Christmas days tho. One year
 RH> (1982) we got up to Steve's folks after dark, promising Rachel she
 RH> could play in the snow the next morning. Turned warm and rainy
 RH> overnight, melting all the snow. Didn't even see any in the Catskills
 RH> that trip.

 NB> We've had years like that... and this year's could have been the
 NB> same... The inflection on my comment was that it was barely a white
 NB> Christmas,
 NB> just enough to still call it so... ;)  Didn't last much past
 NB> Christmas, either...

Better that you don't have to shovel it out tho. We had a few Christmas
days in AZ that started white but turned green within a few hours.


 NB>  RH>> I know, but I'll probably be putting the arm to the
 NB> kneading/dough  RH>> shaping test in a couple of weeks or so.
 NB>  NB>> Just be careful...  :)

 RH> I will; we bought bread at the farmer's market last Saturday. But,
 RH> I've been cutting up meat and veggies (beef stew tonight) for various
 RH> supper meals.

 NB> And the arm's been ok with the chopping....?

So far, so good but not done anything too strenuous. Going to use the
bread machine to make a loaf tomorrow, only because we don't have enough
flour to do two loaves in the KA. Quilt retreat the latter part of the
week so I want to do the bread before we run out. (G)

 NB>  NB>>> Indeed...  :)   Nothing like home-baked bread.... :)
 NB>  RH>> German bakeries did a decent job; we bought bread from them
 NB> quite  RH>> often. I never bought any at the supermarket in Berlin.
 NB>  NB>> True, fresh-baked bakery bread can come close...  ;)

 RH> And they can slice it for you, faster than you can slice it yourself.

 NB> There is that..   :)

Done almost before you finish asking for it to be sliced. (G)

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Ruth
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