Hi Dave,

Sounds good. A few years ago our neighbors were having some concrete poured to enlarge their driveway. Steve talked to the workers, got a
price quote, then had them pour a 2 level slab (patio) off of our deck
in the back of the house. After the concrete hardened, he put in a 2nd
set of steps going to it (original steps are on the opposite side of
the deck). The slab extends past our water heater room; the area always turned muddy after rain and we do store stuff in the room. He wanted to
be able to access the room without tearing up the bit of yard in front
of the door.

My *only* yard is the front yard. When I mow it I use a perfectly nice relic Black & Decker plug-in electric mower. Dennis refuses to "mess
with all of that cord" and went out and bought a 24" seflf-propelled
gas mower. I laugh every time he has trouble starting it. Bv)=

Steve had a laugh over that, reading over my shoulder. We were
responsible for a space maybe 5'by 15'to the one side of our quarters in Savannah. Steve bought an electric mower, don't remember if it moved to
NC with us or not (if so, it didn't last long). We use a yard service
now as we have .28/acre--not really enough to get a riding mower for and
the service gets it done fast. Also nice to have the yard looking well
kept when we're travelling; we don't come home to a jungle. (G)

the local DD> news papers. Pizza Hut, Dominos and Little Caesar can
suck wind. Bv)-

Same with Godfather's and Papa John's. (G)

My local Godfather's are both AYCE buffets on their dine-in side.

Last time we were at a Godfather's was when we were in Savannah. Pizza
was meh but service was lousy so we've never gone back to one.

Do you have a Papa Murphy's Take & Bake where you are? I'll sometimes
take one of their pretty basic offerings and tart it up with my own
mix of toppings and additional sauce.

We do, but they don't offer a whole wheat crust option which is our preferred crust.

I'm not sure that *any* sit down or delivery pizza place around here
does whole wheat crust pies. I know one can buy Freshetta or Digiorno
from the freezers down the stupormarkup if you don't get frost bitten whilst digging for it. Pre-made WW dough is a different deal - lots
more avasilable.

I'll mix up a crust in the bread machine, then we split it into about 4
smaller portions, each one good for a thin crust pizza (lunch or with a
side salad portion). Extra dough gets wrapped and frozen until we want a
quick pizza. Toppings and sauce are always on hand.

Chains don't always do the best pizza. Steve got a small pizza in one
of our layovers; it was good but I only had one piece (didn't want a
lot of food as jet lag was hitting hard). I don't know who made it but
I'd go for it again.

If you ever run across a Pizza Ranch in your travels leave the pizza
on the buffet. The other offering are decent for buffetr food. But,
their
pizza is worse than Pizza Hut's ... and that's hard to do.

Thanks for the warning. (G)

Casey's also do pretty decent grab-and-go breakfast sandwiches, too.

Saw a Google listing today of top 10 places that sell both gas and
groceries, Casey's was #5, Hy-Vee was #8.

Casey's has their own discount. And thery are affiliated with Hy-Vee's cash back program. Both companies are headquartered in the same town (Ankeny, IA)

So, a win/win deal for you but not as lucrative for us as we only pass thru the area maybe every couple of years.

50c/gallon off I let my room-mate use my Hy-Vee perks. Bv)=

Also my niece, Robin gets in on the largesse. She brings me supper
from time to time.

I have better luck finding the ingredients for this in the store than
I do withthe whole wheat pizza schtick.

Title: Cauliflower Crust Pizza
Categories: Vegetables, Cheese, Pork, Herbs, Chilies
Yield: 2 Servings

Michael made one of those at the picnic at Boyd's Pond in 2015; IIRC, we
had a storebought one also. Neither of them were that great but the
storebought was actually better. Probably because they knew what to do; Michael's was an improv of this and that.


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