Jamal Ruhe – Engineer

Jamal had the good luck to be born the year Innervisions, Dark Side of the Moon, Let’s Get It On and Quadrophenia were released. Dad was a studio owner, mom was a music teacher. He had the good luck of starting a band that would record a debut Timothy White of Billboard would later call, “Dazzling… one of my favorite albums of all time.” He also had the bad luck to have that recording shelved in a label shake up. He’s had the good luck to work on recordings at Ardent, Capitol, and Manhattan Center Studios among others, and the good luck to meet Alan Douches at the corner coffee shop!

West West Side Music has two dedicated mastering suites, and a dedicated multitrack room that just needed someone to show up to track and mix in it. The “Back Room” boasts a 2″ Studer with both 24 and 16 track head sets, a ProTools rig as well as an analog console and full compliment of analog outboard gear. Jamal is happy working on Rock, Hip Hop, Metal, Hardcore, Indie Rock, Americana and just about anything you can put up on a set of speakers. He has lived many lives in the world of music.

Through the years, has worked behind live and studio consoles as well as shared stages with a wide variety of artists. In no order, some names you might recognize: Frank Black, Dick Dale, Morris Tepper, Pavement, Low, Jon Rauhouse, Blonde Redhead, Old 97s, Modest Mouse, Giant Sand, Owen, Har Mar Superstar, Bardo Pond, Elliot Smith, Three Mile Pilot, Seven Storey Mountain, Those Bastard Souls, G Love and Special Sauce, the Flaming Lips, the Hooters, the Gin Blossoms, Orange 9mm, Shudder to Think, Weakerthans, Steve Miller Band, Ryan Adams, Pedro the Lion, Julianna Hatfield, Link Wray, Rainer Maria, Tortoise, the Refreshments, the Sea and Cake, Slash’s Snakepit, the Promise Ring, Reubens Accomplice, the Supersuckers, DJ Radar, DJ Z-Trip, Ozomatli, Quinto Sol, Dr. Ralph Stanley, Guitar Wolf, Dandy Warhols, Guided By Voices, David Garza, Marshall Crenshaw, Nils Lofgren, Nels Cline, L7, the Gossip, Mike Watt, Zeke

Call us directly at 845-563-3094 or email us… wwsm@mac.com www.westwestsidemusic.com

The snow is coming in fast and heavy in the D.C. metro area. Daisy won’t go outside, and Zeke is ignoring my calls to come inside. It’s going to be an interesting day. More photos will come when the ground is covered!

Daisy and Zeke recently visited Grandma and Grandpa for Thanksgiving. They had a great time visiting and enjoying the larger house to run in, spoiling from Grandpa, and long daily walks with Grandma. They also had turkey and sweet potato Kongs on Thanksgiving and enjoyed grain-free treats from the new dog bakery…

All went well overall, except for Daisy eating Grandma’s chocolate, Zeke’s bully stick, and a muffin. Zeke did really well with the kids, which was also a great relief since he isn’t around them much.

Grandpa spoiling:

Zeke enjoying his “pupcake”:

Daisy enjoying her “pupcake”:

Our holiday/wintry photo shoot:

Visiting with Cousins Wyatt and Maggie:

And here’s our Ruby:

And here’s “mouse vision” as Grandma calls it:

And our handsome, yet anti-social Ricky:

And images from a beautiful, fall day:

Here’s our precious Paco’s grave–may he rest in peace:

I want a Zeke plushie (again, I doubt I’ll get one any time soon).  I know Zeke is a robot, and so a plushie is the anthesis of what he really is, but that doesn’t really matter.

CAD – Zeke plushie design @ © SplitReason.com

I was using MapQuest to see how far away places are and about how much it would cost me in gas to get there.

Possum’s place in South Carolina…16 hours, 1016 miles and $180 in gas (Possum offered to work on my van)

Lakeland, FL….1436 miles and $264 in gas (my old stomping grounds)

Austin, TX….1893 miles and $341 in gas (where Heather and Luke live)

DANG! I wish I were independently wealthy! I get my IVIg on Thursday and wish I could take off for a couple of months of camping. My tires are good enough to go where there is no snow We have had snow on the ground here the last two days. The maintenance man even shoveled my sidewalk today.

Anybody want to buy one of my kidneys? Nah…then I would be too sore to drive.

Got any ideas on how to get rich quick? I had better not rob any banks…and I’m not rich enough to apply for a credit card….

I lördags kom släkt och nära vänner hem till mig för att fira min 40-års dag 6 dagar efter min födelsedag. Då jag bor i en liten etta på 39 kvm var jag tvungen att dela upp besöken. Vid 12-tiden kom fru Valröss och Lillröss då min syster skulle fixa kaffe till alla som skulle komma under dagen. Runt 13-tiden kom först min moster från Mariestad, min kusin Messal, min mamma och herr Valröss. Jag fick lite pengar, blommor och en box med 25 inspelningsbara dvd-skivor. Dvd-skivorna fick jag från herr Valröss och jag blev bra glad när jag såg att han hade köpt dvd-r då min dvd till tv:n bara kan spela in på dvd-r skivor. Nu kan jag bränna ut allt jag sparat på min inspelningsbara dvd, så som filmer jag spelat in från tv och allt material som jag spelade in efter AIK vann SM-guld och hela Svenska Cupen finalen. Vi käkade smörgåstårta och drack kaffe med kaka. Syrran hade verkligen lyckats med smörgåstårtorna och jag fick en ny favorit gjord med rostbiff. Mycket smarrigt! Vid tre snåret tackade alla för sig förutom syrran och kusinen som stannade kvar för att träffa kusin Zekes familj.

Vid 16-tiden kom Zeke med flickvän och dotter samt Zekes mamma, hans syster C med kille och deras två barn. Jag fick mer pengar som jag tackade så glatt för. Inom en snar framtid har jag råd att köpa mig en platt-tv. Det var skoj att träffa Zekes mamma och syster med familj då jag inte träffat dem på ett tag. Zekes systers son satte sig på golvet och lirade Fifa-09 medan vi andra pratade om allt möjligt. Jag fixade till i köket och sa sedan till att maten var serverad. Då jag redan hade käkat satt jag bara med och pratade med en god kopp java i handen. Alla tyckte att syrrans smörgåstårtor var goda. En stor eloge till henne för allt arbete hon lade ner på dem. Strax efter halv sex tackade Zekes familj för sig och åkte hem. Nu var det bara Zeke, hans flickvän och jag kvar. Nu väntade vi in mina vänner som skulle dyka upp vid 18-tiden.

Strax efter 18 började vännerna trilla in. Spoonman, Jycken, Älgen och Pats. Messal kom tillbaka efter att varit hemma och bytt om. Jag öppnade mina presenter som bestod av en flaska Famous Grouse 12-årig whiskey, en flaska Captain Morgan och en Bluetooth Music Reciever MBR-100. Riktigt fina saker. Tack, tack mina vänner. Vi skålade och tjatade och åt utav de goda smörgåstårtorna. Den tårtan med rostbiff blev utsedd till favorit av alla. Jag hade fixat till en Music Quiz som blev rätt lyckad och vinnare blev Jycken. Vinsten för honom var en riktigt stark grogg. Men då han var nykter kvällen till ära gav han den till Spoonman som mesade ur och försökte ge bort den till andra, men det slutade med att jag drack av den. Vid halv nio kom Gusten och hans flickvän A. Nu var alla som skulle komma samlade. Av dem fick jag ett fyllespel vid namn Drinking Ludo. Det är ett fia med knuff men med små shotglas istället för spelpjäser. Detta försökte vi spela under kvällen, men vi blev aldrig färdiga då det tog tid och de flesta blev lite smått berusade. Pats och Älgen drog hem lite tidigare då de bägge har barn att ta hand om. Vi andra fortsatte partandet. Kaptenen korkades upp och jag tror att den enda som smakade på den var jag. Whiskeyn var vi i alla fall tre som smakade på. Spoonman, Zeke och jag. Utav de tre lådorna öl jag hade köpt var det bara en låda + 6 öl som dracks upp. Bag in boxen öppnades inte ens, så nu har jag lite gott framöver. Ölen kommer räcka länge och det är perfekt inför nyår.

Någon gång vid midnatt tackade Zeke och hans tjej för sig då de skulle ta bussen hem. Vi andra fortsatte skåla till bra partymusik. Club, house, pop, metal, irländskt, synth, breakbeat, dnb, rnb, hip hop, rock, trip hop, downtempo och riktigt gamla godingar. Det var en salig blandning kan jag lova. Jag vet inte vad klockan var när vi skulle dra vidare in till city, men iväg kom vi. Spoonman gick hem istället medan vi andra vinglade iväg glada och berusade. Messal gick in på Bogrens och Gusten, hans flickvän och jag gick till Voda. Jag köpte en drink till Gusten då hans födelsedag var igår söndag och en drink till mig. Vi satt där och tjatade och skålade tills stället stängde. Efter det bar det av till Donken där jag träffade The New Yorker som bjöd mig på en QP meny. Jag tror att han bjöd för jag hade fyllt år. Det var lite dimmigt där. Vi satt kvar så länge tills personalen släckte ner och sa till att alla skulle gå. Jag har ingen aning om vad klockan var. Vid Sandtorget sa The New Yorker och jag hejdå och jag traskade hem på väldigt vingliga ben. Väl hemma tog jag av mig mina kläder och sedan vaknade jag upp någon gång på söndag förmiddag.

Bakfyllemunnen var vidrig och huvudet liksom exploderade så fort jag rörde lite på mig. Jag var tvungen att gå upp, ta en värktablett och lite vatten med en brustablett som ska återställa vätskebalansen i kroppen. Min huvudvärk försvann tillslut, men då kom de underbara illamåendeattackerna och svettningarna som skulle förgylla större delen av söndagen. Inte förrän sent på kvällen mådde jag någorlunda ok igen för att kunna käka lite smörgåstårta som blev kvar från i lördags. Jag kan säga att det var soffläge hela söndagen för mig. Men det är priset man får betala när man har haft riktigt roligt och ett bra rus.

Tack alla mina vänner och släkt för en superskoj lördag.

Det var allt för idag! Nu blir det en liten stänkare.

Kippis!

Last night Jason and the missionaries stopped by. I asked for a blessing. Out of three priesthood holders, none of them had any consecrated oil. They consecrated some and left it in my freezer! To me, that is soooooooo cool!!!

During the blessing, Zeke put his head on my lap. I prayed that he would feel better, too.

Wow! We went to sleep and neither of us had gut distress ALL night long! When I woke up, I had to touch Zeke to make sure he was alive. Once I got up, he was very frisky During the night I had soaking night sweats. I feel much better

Also….yesterday we were under a winter weather advisory. We were supposed to get 3 to 7 inches of snow….more in the higher elevations. We usually qualify as “higher”. It did snow and it did start to pile up. When I woke up this morning there was no snow. Not what I expected!

I’m pretty sure I have Clostridium difficile, AKA c dif. I’m thinking Zeke has it, too. I’ve been reading up on people and dogs with it. We are miserable

Why do we always get the sickest for nights, weekends and holidays?

Idag fick jag ett meddelande på Facebook från mitt favoritband där de länkade till sin senaste video. Jag klickade på länken och kom till Depeche Modes webbsida och deras kommande singel Fragile Tension. Jag lyssnade och tittade på videon och den var riktigt bra. Här nedanför kommer den.

Efter att jag tittat och lyssnat på Fragile Tension surfade jag in på Depeche Modes “On tour” sida och skrollade neråt för att kolla om och vilket förband de kommer ha när de spelar i Sverige. Gissa om jag blev superglad? Det visar sig som så att det bandet som jag tycker bäst om efter Depeche Mode, Nitzer Ebb ska spela som förband. Vilken superkväll kusin Zeke och jag kommer få på Scandinavium i Göteborg den 26:e januari 2010. Detta kommer bli ännu ett datum som jag aldrig kommer att glömma.

Här nedanför en av mina favoritlåtar med Nitzer Ebb, Control I’m Here.

Vilket röj det kommer bli när Zeke och jag glider ner till Götet för att se NEP och DM nästa år. Jag längtar!

Sedan klockan 18 till nu 21:50 har min underbara syster fru Valröss varit här och gjort 3 stycken smörgåstårtor till i morgon. Det ska bli smaskens att hugga in på dem. Jag har även lagt in en av mina tre lådor öl på kylning. Det vattnas allt i munnen. Det blir allt till att gå upp tidigt i morgon då jag har en hel del att göra. Jag gick nämligen inte iväg och handlade det som jag skulle gjort idag, så det får bli i morgon förmiddag. Det kan bli stressigt, men det kommer gå bra hoppas jag.

Resten av kvällen blir lugn. Lite mat och tv-tittande.

Det var allt för denna veckan. På återseende nästa.

Over & out!

I’ve been awake and up three times today. Each time I took meds with a banana and some lemonade. That’s my feast for today.

The best part so far is that my leg got skinnier after all that time in bed. The worst part is that my gut distress is even worse than ever. Last time I crawled in bed I was having life-altering chills. My muscles hurt bad from all the shaking/tensing. My arms are the sorest.

I am thankful that today is a rainy day. That means Zeke only wants to go out when he REALLY has to. A nice thing about having a cat is that she likes to sleep at least as much as me

Idag har jag fått hjälp av kusin Zeke. Han hjälpte mig att köra iväg tre kassar med reklam och tre kassar med tomflaskor till sopstationen vid Coop Forum. Efter detta åkte vi in till city där jag handlade lite på systemet.

Här nedan en liten lista på det som jag har och ska handla.

3 lådor öl – klart
1 bag in box med rött – klart
1 styck Guinness på burk – klart
Plastbestick – klart
Papptallrikar – ska köpas i morgon fredag
Engångsbägare – ska köpas i morgon fredag
Tårta – ska hämtas i morgon fredag

I morgon kväll kommer min syster fru Valröss hem till mig och ska göra två stycken smörgåstårtor som jag ska bjuda släkt och vänner på under lördagen. Tidigare under kvällen när jag pratade med henne sa hon att om hon inte får tag på färska räkor blir det frysta som jag ska skala då hon fixar tårtorna. Tack för den, men det gör jag så gärna då syrran är så snäll och fixar maten. Syrran kommer även ta med sig en kaffebryggare på lördag då det enda jag äger att göra mitt kaffe är en liten pressbryggare.

Idag när jag satt och letade låtar på Spotify försökte jag hitta Groove Armada med Get Down (Henrik B remix), men den fanns inte där tyvärr. Jag tog och Googlade på Henrik B och hittade videon till hans sköna låt Klyftamon. Då Henrik B är en gammal vän till mig tänkte jag spela upp denna låt här på min blogg. Varsågoda!

Jag har fortfarande inte lyckats klura ut hur jag ska vektorisera mina banor i Illustrator under dagen, så i morgon ska jag höra av mig till chefen och be om lite hjälp. Jag ger mig inte då jag ska lära mig och klara av detta.

Det var allt för mig idag. I morgon är det äntligen fredag.

Cheers!

My health aide was supposed to come today.  She switched from Thanksgiving to today. I even called the office this morning to double check. They said she would be here at 1:30. Nope. I just woke up and could smell the garbage in the can. Zeke and I marched it out to the garage in the rain. I’ve been choking ever since. My lungs are still full of crud. I wonder if my aide is OK? Now I am worried about her. She is not like the first one I had. This one ALWAYS shows up on the right day and time. I’m thinking it was her office that gave me bad info.

I slept like a log for 2 hours. When I woke up I did not know what day or time it was. Then I heard what woke me up. Doug’s son must be upstairs He sounds like a baby elephant running from place to place. I actually LOVE hearing him up there. I miss my baby.

Next thing I know, Marge is knocking on the door. She gave me ziti in meat sauce. As we were talking, Zeke zoomed out the door and down to the office. Earlier the manager and Luc had given him 3 cheese sticks. He went right to Laura’s desk for an encore. Too smart for his own good! AND…what a spoiled brat!

Instead of looking better after my nap, my leg is now neon pink. Grrrrrrrrrr….I think it’s infected again. I have been having massive chills ever since my trip to the hospital this morning. Marge was appropriately grossed out.

My only piece of mail today is a letter from the state saying I have already reached my limit of 12 for doctor visits. It says my benefit year began in August and ends in July. The letter tells me to go to the ER for further medical care. Reminds me of the $440 taxi ride to the doc. The system is NUTS!!!!!!

While in the hospital today, Zeke was an absolute perfect example of a well-trained service dog. He got a zillion compliments. If they only knew what he acted like at home!

Now I am worried about Luc. His blood pressure is 210 over some other way too high number. He went to the drug store to check it because his wife and the maintenance man made him. Luc’s eyes are getting bloody in the white part. It looks creepy and is probably a very bad thing.  Their car was still gone when I went out. UPDATE: They just came to visit. Luc’s BP was down to 110 when he went to the  doc and she told him it was nothing to  worry about! He looks like somebody beat him…nice black eye to go with the red white part. Eeeeewwwww! The good part? Beth and Luc brought me treats from town

Aleka was being a clown when I was in the living room. She lies on the floor and uses her claws in the couch to propel herself the length of the couch, turns like an Olympic swimmer and pulls herself down the other way.

Mmmmmm…just got a new batch of Cortland apples. I eat the apple, Zeke eats the cores….

Ohhhhhh…..I almost forgot! I passed the place where I will be getting my IVIg infusion and stopped in to ask how long it will take. They have me down for 3 hours! Good thing I asked!!!!! It needs to go in slower or I get very, very sick. The bummer is my date to have it done is now a couple of days later. At least I’m getting it!

I’m still awake. I did get in bed once around 3 AM. I was surprised when Zeke dog asked to come up, too. Must be he liked being in bed the night before. Aleka cat is jealous. She is used to having me all to herself. As I patted the bed so Zeke knew where to jump up, Aleka went down there to keep Zeke out. She even smacked him on the nose from up above. Children!

Zeke spent most of his time in bed panting so hard that I felt like a boat on a rough sea. He really prefers sleeping in snow! He should get his wish later this week.

I spent the night puttering. I would work a while, sit a while. I organized some shelves and paperwork. I read some new seed catalogs. I looked up recipes for foods I have on hand. This night was about like the one before. GUT DISTRESS. Ugh. Either there is something going around or the drama around here affects me more than I would like to admit. BUT…I also ran out of home-made yogurt. My guts have not been well since the Clindamycin. Sigh……

So, Zeke greeted his midday dog walker at the gate yesterday, which means he got out of his crate.  This is the second time this has happened.  We’re not sure if he’s an expert escapee (a little Houdini perhaps), or if Daisy is his accomplice…

Also, we’ve  had some very exciting news that Berdina has been sighted multiple times–and Sam and Salsa (our amazing tracker team) tracked a fresh scent in the exact area of the recent sightings!  That means our girl is still in the area!  Read the details at http://findberdina.wordpress.com!

Team Berdina is desperately seeking volunteers to do a variety of things to help bring our girl home before the cold weather arrives!  We need help hanging fliers, contacting businesses, doing Internet research, posting lost dogs ads, and spreading the word in the community.  You can help even if you’re not in the MD/DC area.  Please e-mail Lori at lruk@hotmail.com if you’re interested.

I left home at 12:30 and got back at 5:15 PM. Because I have not had a haircut since August, I was feeling desperate for one! I called up and got an appointment for 1 PM. I hated looking at myself in the salon mirror! I look like HECK! My eyes have big bags and were sunken in. I looked 20 years older. Yuck!!!! Too much pain lately….

Next I went to Price Chopper. I sat out in the van in the warm sunshine and filed coupons, then Zeke and I went in. We had lots of time until 3:45 when my doc appointment was. We went very slowly around the store, looking at everything and finding deals with the coupons. Zeke got a big hunk of free chicken from the deli lady. Thank goodness for electric carts! I did well…saved $25 off a $72 order….and still have some food stamps left

I kind of gave the doc a hard time. I told him there is no way in heck I’m getting any sort of flu shot and I refuse to try any new drugs….I just want my IVIg!!!!!! The order has been sent to the hospital for a monthly infusion. YES!

On the way home I acted like a “normal American”. It felt weird I stopped at McDonald’s. Zeke and I each had a $1 double cheeseburger and I TOTALLY splurged and bought fries with that Zeke’s burger came with 2 dog bones!

I got up early, took a shower and got ready for church. Gut distress as usual, lately. I did fine driving to church until the last couple of miles, then my head felt very strange.

I started staggering as soon as I went through the first door. Sigh….

I did OK until sacrament was done, and the dizziness and nausea just kept increasing I was also tremoring BAD. I was wearing what I consider to be a pretty purple skirt with a repetitive pattern. With my legs shaking, the pattern was making me quite ill. I tried not to look down. While looking up, it’s as if my field of vision kept making a hop up and to the side a fraction of an inch every few seconds. Ugh. I got some relief by closing my eyes. If the talks had not been so good, I would have bolted!

I was scared about driving home and mentioned it to a few people, just in case. Once I was out in the fresh air, I was better. But….I was wishing I was not driving!

Got home, made a very quick dinner of beef chunks, sauteed onions and mashed potatoes. Then I fell asleep a few hours. Beth and Luc stopped by with a Santa head for me to hang next to the snowman they gave me a week or so ago Later Mary Lou came over to spoil Zeke and Aleka. She gets right down on the floor with them. Each hand was rubbing a belly

I spent the early evening watching YouTube videos about the swine/avian/human flu. That ought to scare me un-dizzy!

Band: The Larsen Brothers
Year: 1966
Home: Chatham Ontario.

Members:
Eddy Larsen (Ole) – Vocals, lead guitar
John Larsen – Bass
Freddy Larsen – Organ
Robbie – Drums

Future: Many will know the Larsen Brothers for their later name change to ‘The Missing Links’ who toured extensively and released an album in 1966. Ole would also go on to many other popular local bands including ’Texas’.

Past: Before ‘The Larsen Brothers’, they were called ‘Zeke and the Moonshiners’.  They were a great rowdy party band that dressed up as hillbillies and kept the crowds hollering to their crazy on stage antics.

Notes:  The Larsen Brothers were cleaned up by their management to prepare them as a band who would go out and tour in bigger venues and classy establishments. It happened, and they were loved by the audience and the club owners alike. They had full page  adds in major entertainment papers,  in major cities,  with the likes of Chuck Berry.

    The picture of the guys with the accordions was taken in the 50’s. This was the Larsens before they moved to Canada from Denmark.  The picture includes sons Fred and John with their Dad Harry Larsen. The other brother Eddy (Ole) was not in the picture playing because he was not old enough to play an instrument at that time. The young Larsen’s played European style dance for polkas. The family moved to Canada around 1958-59.

   The Larsen brothers come from a musical family. Their father was a multi-instrumentalist in Denmark for over 35 years. He played on TV, Radio, night clubs and a date as a gypsy violinist for a travelling circus.

2009 Update: I was at John Larsen’s house today to pick up photos’ from him.  We were talking with him and my good buddy Kiley (John’s son). I can assure you one thing. Even though over 44 years has past since this band formed, John is still a cool cat. He can also thank the many years of noted work with the ‘Chatham Pool Sharks’ swim team for giving him his great health today. Each member of the Larsen family has gone on to do wonderful things for the community, whether it be for the youths of today, or the adults who demanded the best in entertainment. S.Beaulieu

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Neither was thrilled that the other was there, but they BOTH wanted the chair

After hours under fluorescent lights, the inevitable happened. REALLY heavy duty night sweats. I have ankles so skinny now that they don’t even look like mine I also have a monster headache.

I was exhausted after getting home from the ER. I said a prayer asking that Zeke not want to go in and out the door so much during the night. He did not wake me up I woke him up at 4 AM when I got up to change into dry clothing. YES!

Prayer is soooooooo awesome!

Geeze…this place is full of young folks with swine flu.I talked to a twenty-something guy about how it feels. He has a temp of 104.

AND…as always…there are prisoners here. Nearby is both a state and federal facility. The guy who just went by was *surrounded* by federal armed guards with flak vests. Must be a bad one! His foot looked owie and he smiled sweetly at me. Shivers….

Last night I took a pic of Zeke doing pre-wash on my smoothie glass. He was so dedicated, he slurped all the way to the bottom

Busy place here today…busier than usual. One guy I talked to was in a wheelchair. Cast on one leg and rods through his skin on the other. Said he fell off a ladder OUCH!!!!! My pain now seems very insignificant…

I ran out of bread products a couple of days ago, so got some serious cravings today! In a fit of energy, I jumped up and made a batch each of banana cupcakes and sausage scones.

Sausage Cheese Scones

* 2 cups cooked, diced breakfast sausage
* 1 cup diced Swiss cheese or cheddar
* 3 cups flour
* 1 Tbsp baking powder
* 1/2 tsp baking soda
* 1 tsp salt
* 1 Tbsp Pizza& Pasta Magic
* 1/2 cup butter, cut in pats
* 1 cup yogurt
Cook and cut up sausage, dice up cheese. In a big bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and seasonings. Next time I will add garlic powder, too. Cut in butter. Add yogurt and mix up. With as little kneading as possible, add sausage and cheese. Put a piece of parchment paper on a sheet pan. Pat out dough to maybe 3/4ths inch thick. I cut mine into 16 squares. Move so all are about an inch apart. Bake at 425 for 20 minutes. I then turned off the oven and left them in until they were good and crunchy. Store in the fridge in a ziplock.

Banana Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing

In a glass bowl, I melted the butter in the microwave. Then I added 4 bananas and mashed them. Stirred in eggs and vanilla. In a big bowl, I whisked together flour, sugar, baking powder,baking soda and salt. Make a well in the middle and add banana mix. Stir together. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. I made 6 Texas sized cupcakes. Cool.

For frosting use a beater to blend together butter and cream cheese. Add powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Frost cupcakes.

Notice there are only 4 cupcakes? It’s not because I was a hog….it’s because Zeke helped himself to one while they were cooling! I let him do pre-wash on the bowls and lick the beaters.