We are watching The Great British Baking Show tonight, because Janet loves to bake (her primary hobby). Now, tonight they were making many small cheesecakes as their first trial. I said, "I make a pretty good Cheesecake." and she responded, "You used to!" That is true. Since I became lactose intolerant 20 years ago, I haven't baked a cheesecake. You can find lactose free certain ingredients, but not all of them. So, she has challenged me (without realizing it) to make a good cheese cake. I suggested that the next time we do a British "High Tea", would be a good time to see if I still had what it takes to make a cheesecake. Well, Janet goes up to church on Tuesdays to work on the finances as the Treasurer. On some of those Tuesdays I have quartet rehearsal, but since it is summer and our tenor has his autistic grandson every other Tuesday, I'll have a Tuesday without quartet when I can make a cheesecake when she is at church. Challenge Accepted!!!
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We went to a rental in Easter Washington to celebrate our 51st Anniversary. Bottom line is that we had a good time. Highlights: Beautiful place and views. Access to a very nice stream on a private beach. Coming home, about 11:15am, when we were passing Keechelus Lake (just below the summit of Snoqualmie Pass), we heard what I at first throught was a very loud truck overtaking us, but could not see it in my mirrors. But looking out the left window of the car I saw what I think was an F-18 flying about 50' above our altitude, (or about 150' above the lake level) around 50 yards off to my left! This was followed by two more of the same type planes rolling just like in the video you see of them to make their turns. Total of three of them following the terrain. Cool!!! I haven't seen them in real life doing that, but it is so impressive. Lowlights of the trip, A-Frame house with the bed shoved against the wall is very hard on a tall person who is on the wall side, and Janet fell ...
