Dough is ready to knead if it’s doubled in size. I always punch two fingers into it because Mom did, helps to gauge the consistency. Also: punching down is recommended, but I forgot. Via: Flickr Title: Dilly Bread! Knead You, Baby By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 26 Nov ’09, 10.14am CST PST

Bread is done, oddly shaped, but done. I’ll slice it once it’s cool to take to dinner… Via: Flickr Title: Dilly Bread! My Trapezoids, Let Me Show You Them By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 26 Nov ’09, 11.13am CST PST

Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Dilly Bread! Half Done, Half Turn By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 26 Nov ’09, 11.09am CST PST

Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Dilly Bread! First Rise By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 26 Nov ’09, 9.26am CST PST

Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Dilly Bread! Onion, butter, cottage cheese By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 26 Nov ’09, 8.43am CST PST

Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Dilly Bread! And so it begins By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 26 Nov ’09, 8.42am CST PST

That’s 15 pounds lost so far! Go me, I rock a little, akshully. #fb

Ate breakfast at the Rosebud Cafe, Elk Grove Village, where quotation marks were used festively, but inappropriately. Via: Flickr Title: "Have" a "Happy" Thanksgiving By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 24 Nov ’09, 8.51am CST PST

At Siegelman’s Deli in Rolling Meadows; my father in law would LOVE this ginormous halvah. Via: Flickr Title: Hunk o’ Halvah By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 9 Nov ’09, 5.26pm CST PST

Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Morton Arboretum: The Last Best Day By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 8 Nov ’09, 3.24pm CST PST