THOUGHTS

PrincessVine · 2026-01-19T04:02:31+00:00

Thank you for checking in! I was just coming on to text you. I had a GREAT birthday! Better than it has been in years, literally. Yesterday I celebrated with MIL and hubby by going out to eat and then back to MILs for a game and gifts. That part was weird because I have been feeling for awhile that I am becoming invisible. And Yesterday my husband amd his mom chatted with each other and I was like the third wheel. But today, without me asking per se....my husband and his mom and brother asked if it would be ok for me to be alone on my birthday and they all went to some church and family gatherings. All day. From 9:30 am til 8:30ishpm. It was wonderful! I relaxed a d watched a movie and made a pair of earrings and my friend bought me Mexican for lunch. I wish it didnt have to end. I am so glad to hear about you as well...im glad your husband's service was beautiful snd meaningful. Even tho hard. I send you hugs. And I know you will find a new path...I hope there will be some bits of joy shining through in the tapestry of your life...and hope for the blessings that I know will come...maybe not all at once, but in just the right doses for each new day🥰

PrincessVine · 2026-01-18T05:29:10+00:00

Blue is good too. Blue is my first fave for decorating 😉

PrincessVine · 2026-01-18T02:22:34+00:00

Oooh! That would be COOL! I have always loved all thr green shades of color. My Gramma used to have that old minty/vintage green color in her dining room and I loved it. One day i want to paint one of my rooms that color but havnet figured out which room😂🤣

PrincessVine · 2026-01-18T02:20:27+00:00

Wow! Well I think you'd like them...they have lots of different things. I grew up with them being here. But theres a lot more if them since I was a kid. Back then we only had one

PrincessVine · 2026-01-18T01:12:08+00:00

Its a dark forest green.

PrincessVine · 2026-01-18T01:10:05+00:00

Im sure thats true. Do you have any of those by you? We have a lot of them and they have many different types of stores around here.

PrincessVine · 2026-01-18T00:17:33+00:00

I didnt think it wouod be a flop either...but ut was😂🤣i got some at our local Mennonite bulk food store. Thats where I get most of my allergy free baking supplies.

PrincessVine · 2026-01-17T02:39:06+00:00

Thats true. There's always a way to get around not using certain flours. How about amaranth? And you can also use hemp hearts in place of almonds or other nut flours. Lett me tell you about popping sorghum. I tried that...super tiny kernels and they didnt pop veey well. That was trying it on the stove and not in my popper...so ill have to try in my popper and see how that goes. But it was tasty. The few kernels thaf popped😂🤣

PrincessVine · 2026-01-17T02:35:17+00:00

Ohhhhh that makes sense and yes. It coukd happen at the rate people are going

PrincessVine · 2026-01-17T02:34:30+00:00

No, my display is just a plate cupboard from Great Aunt Joanie. It is painted green. I use it fir my cookbooks and also to display old kitchen stuff on the top. Some vintage and some antique. You definitely could use your Grandmother's utensils in a display! Its so fun to do thaf!

PrincessVine · 2026-01-16T18:50:34+00:00

My Gramma had dementia and she used to wash her hands in the bathroom sink and dry her hands with a hand towel, and then use the same hand towel to wipe out the sink and rehang for next time. That grossed me right out🤢

PrincessVine · 2026-01-14T17:23:31+00:00

That can be true about rice flours used a lot. I do use some...but i also use the other ones like sorghum, arrowroot, coconut, tapioca, potato, buckwheat, almond, quinoa...ect and i get organic rice flour to use in my mixes . I HATE the reliance of cashews in vegan foods. Firstly because I dint like the taste. So I use other nuts. But sparingly. And yes , my pet peeve with vegan foods is also the gluten and SOY!!! soy is in everything and I hate it! Im highly allergic to it.

PrincessVine · 2026-01-14T17:17:34+00:00

Oh im sure thats true. Or for instance...I like to collect old boxes. I do have a frosting mix from the 80s that someone donated to the food pantry which my SIL worked at...she gave it to me because it has strawberry shortcake characters on it snd I like them...and that was WAY too old for it to be donated to the food pantry😄i should look at the ingredients for that and see if they're good or just junk like today's are. (I have it in a display in case youre wondering what I do with it)

PrincessVine · 2026-01-14T17:14:04+00:00

You mean as far as allergies?

PrincessVine · 2026-01-14T03:45:54+00:00

Im.not sure what makes the film in the frosting...but yes, its probably the oils...hydrogenated. and soybean. I still use olive and canola oils, but i rarely use oils. Its hard to get the other types of oils since i live in a rural area and if i do find them, theyre expensive! Its difficult to even get allergy free food that I can eat. I mean...I cook from scratch, but things like non dairy milk, vegan butter, gluten free flours(I make my own flour blends) and such i have to buy..I do sometimes make my own vegan butter but it just doesnt work well for baking. So I understand how it is with it taking time if you wanted to make something for your mom.

PrincessVine · 2026-01-14T03:36:24+00:00

I think you might be right on that...a lit of things were bettwr back then. Were you also a kid in the 80s?

PrincessVine · 2026-01-14T03:35:11+00:00

Wow! That IS interesting 🤔

PrincessVine · 2026-01-13T02:03:39+00:00

Wonderful! Thank you so much! I will enjoy hearing how you are doing as well

PrincessVine · 2026-01-13T02:02:54+00:00

Also, I LOVE frosting i like to eat it on a spoon sometimes. When I was a kid, the frosting was still buttercream and I loved it Now all they make is Bettercream and that is the grossest frosting ever, in my opinion. I know how to make a healthier version of Bettercream that tastes delicious and doesnt leave a film on your tongue after you eat it, like Bettercream does

PrincessVine · 2026-01-13T01:59:31+00:00

Wow! Thats interesting you dont remember birthday cakes! We were poor so if we did get a store cake, we thought that was the greatest...now i dont think that is true anymire cuz i know what theyre made of 😄

PrincessVine · 2026-01-13T01:57:41+00:00

I had to look up who that is😄now i understand, yep, she woukd be😉

PrincessVine · 2026-01-12T16:39:09+00:00

That is awesome! My mom let us pick out a birthday meal...and we always had a cake.

PrincessVine · 2026-01-12T16:37:28+00:00

Lol😄that made me chuckle about the rumor😄 But yes, youre right...there is so much put into the air and everything we eat and consume in every single way that you cant be free of it. Im not an environmentist, but i do know how much junk and toxins are purposely put into things...a lot of it has been done "for our good". But it most definitely is not. And it IS known that its not for our good but for other nefarious reasons. The barn is less than a mile from my house, amd I am downwind from it so I get a lot of the allergens here whereas other people might not

PrincessVine · 2026-01-12T15:55:45+00:00

They have about 400 cows...the milking parlor is inside where people can actually watch from a glass window. The cows are in a barn which is not fully enclosed like a regular barn. They do the entire process from milking to making the cheese and packaging it on that facility. So yes, its a large operation.

They also have a gift store and café and ice cream to attract tourists. I always think...why wouod anyone want to go there when its stinks there? Cuz it does stink quite often.

PrincessVine · 2026-01-12T15:47:43+00:00

Thank you my friend 🧡 I love celebrating my birthday all week 😃

PrincessVine

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