An FYI since it's much too late to apply to the original posters plea for help. There is such a thing as cold oven baking for bread and the article linked below has great examples. Baking bread from a cold oven or preheated oven, the same science happens at certain temperatures (these are the internal temperatures of the bread, NOT the oven temperatures): -Yeast dies at 140-degrees F. -Starches begin to gelatinize between 140-160 degrees F. -Loaves are "done" when baked to an interior temperature of 200-210-degrees F. (some varieties of bread are "done" at 195-degrees F.) -If under-baked, the bread will taste starchy. -Well-baked bread will taste slightly sweet. Crust textures are also affected: -Baking breads at lower temperatures (325-350-degrees F) creates a thicker, chewier crust. -Baking breads at higher temperatures (375-425-degrees and up) produces thinner, crisper crust. -Grainlady Here is a link that might be useful: Farine - Basic Country Bread Baked 2-Ways

It is such a wonderful little DOUBLE HEART !!!! I love it ... you are doing a great job.... listen... how about going on craig's list... or how about... FREE CYCLE>>> in your town.... ASK FOR FREE DISHES !!!! it might help... I am going to do that in my town!!!!! It is sure worth a TRY !!!! * * * * * Happy * * * Holidays !!! M E R R Y + C H R I S T M A S !!! God Bless ! susiesunshine

I had one of our collies put down 3 years ago...I feel so blessed to have been able to hold him in my lap while he took his last breath...It broke my heart to see him go but the comfort I got by being able to be with him far outweighs the trauma of seeing him suffer...on the other hand, 8 years ago my sweet collie girlm Allie was left at the University of Georgia Animal Hospital...for an illness we didn't know what...she died when they opened her up...I'm still heartbroken that I wasn't there with her...they wisked her off as soon as we got there and WOULD NOT let me go back and see her before I left...needless to say, those doctors learned something that day..I wrote several letters on the heartless attitude and how wrong it was for not letting me go back to her for a few minutes to say goodbye..i had no idea when I left her that I would never see her again.... Every kid is different when it comes to death...I would hope a parent could judge and act accordingly...

I loved that the Montez family adopted Corky's little one-eyed traveling companion too! So sweet! Also love that cat story. Wow ... I can't even imagine being reunited after so long. It's pretty amazing.