Even Less Fandom Than Before

[alianora]

Finally located the names for the Woman's Day Kid's Book contest, and surprise! wasnt on it. oh well!

although, i do have to say, i did think mine was better than at least two of the runner up's.

However, New Contest Info is up, and Ill be trying again. plus, trying to figure out who i can send Grumpy Pants (last entry) to in hopes of actually getting it published. i know that lots and lots of places dont take unsolicited manuscripts. any ideas?




Also, am looking for a decent sandwich bread dough recipe. we use the bread machine, mostly, and while i have an ok white bread recipe, i really would like a partial to all wheat sandwich bread. the recipes i have are too dense to really make a decent sandwich. something basic. anyone?

this is partially needed because i like making bread, and partially because making it will be cheaper than buying it in Alaska.

Comments

[bugchicklv.livejournal.com]

Can't give you a wheat recipe off the top of my head, but I can look through my grandmas cookbooks. I bake all the time. No, really. ALL THE TIME. Right now there is a pan of fudge cooling in the fridge and homemade brownies on the wire rack.

And OMG! I watch "World's Deadliest Catch" every week and it is like 5-6 bucks a gallon for MILK and 3-4 for cheap bread.

ACK!

You may wanna see if you qualify for food stamps when basic necessities like this cost that much much!

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

er..based on the OBSCENE AMOUNT they will be paying us to work there, no, we really really wont..

but we will be WAY out in the middle of nowhere, which means i would rather bake bread then buy it, because we can go through alot of bread very quickly. so if you could find any recipes, i would appreciate it!

[bugchicklv.livejournal.com]

Good thing it is an obscene amount, really. One of my flisters lives there and I think she mentioned that the pay to remain at the same standard of living would have to be 3 or 4 times the amount you get in normal America (California doesn't count).

They are actually POORER than they were before they moved up there, and it's heartbreaking. But they are in Kenai and so they can both work. Which is good because in a lot of those cities the wives can't find work with the unemployment being so high normally.

But it is beautiful (if cold--ick!), and much more "homey". I'd love to raise my son in a rural setting like that.

[aliaspiral.livejournal.com]

well, we are so far out that our standard of living is going to change alot. like, no resturants, no Burger King, no movie theaters..alot of the money we would spend on entertainment is going to go down a good bit.

we have to go into anchoridge to do any of that really, and i cant see us heading down there all that often, based on expense to get there and back to Kotlik.

its going to be an adventure, thats for sure!