Fur baby Friday

cupcake challenge ::: week 12 ~ father's day

The theme this week was fathers day!

Fur Baby Friday

So this last week Dingo has started jumping out of the bed. this isn't just she has to go to the bath room and we wouldn't wake up. she just time after time kept jumping out of the bed. so we have been keeping her in the kennel at night. what this means is the cats will start sleeping in the bed again. I woke up this morning with Tucker and TingTing on either side of me (as seen below). last night i had Breanna all up in my face it was quite cute.

Stump The Chief

So I was listening to the radio the other day and came across this on NPR there is a radio show The Splendid Table (with Lynne Rossetto Kasper) and they did this segment the host has a caller on the line they pick 5 items from there kitchen, she has to make a dish out of them, she can use water, salt, and pepper. She can ask for three other items but can only use them if the caller has the items. Now idk if she makes a request and you don't have it if that still counts as one of the three or not. I would imagine not. It was a lot of fun to listen to they have it available on the site to listen to. I love the idea and will use this as a game a parties! Tell everyone to right down 5 things from there kitchen. And then pair people up who knows we might get some fabulous ideas for dinner.

Fridays?

So I have two ideas for what to do on Fridays.

Flashback Friday. I would go through old photos, awards, and things. Write about them. Might even get some people to guest blog for me about a memory they have about a photo, or object.

Fur baby Friday. Pics of the animals since I felt a little strange about Meow Monday and including the dog in it.

I am typically off on Fridays who is to say I can't and won't post both, or do every other. I really like both ideas. What about you?

also i am testing the schedule future with this i wrote this in advance and it will hopefully post when i have it set to!

So it didn't work user error. shameful lol.... I'll try again sometime.

Fur Baby Friday

Photos after the break.

Cupcake challenge ::: Week 10

This week its Blueberries!

Drum Roll Please....

For at least a month now, my sister and I have been promising Jacob we'd come over to write down his recipe for Red Sauce. After making plans and having to cancel at the last minute, we decided to do it tonight. I have to tell you though, making Red Sauce, while entertaining a 4 1/12 month old, fighting with a puppy, chasing a two year old, and constantly reminding Jacob to measure, can be very difficult. But, somehow, it's been accomplished! Here we have it, the coveted recipe for Red Sauce.

Jacob's Infamous Red Sauce 

(with every ingredient in the spice cabinet but cinnamon.)

First things first, the base for the sauce: 

3 29oz cans of tomato sauce

1 28oz can diced tomatoes

2/3 cup of diced red onion

6 cloves of minced garlic

1 heaping tbsp chives

1/4 tsp of chili powder

1/2 tsp of thyme

1/2 tsp of sage

1 tsp of oregano

1 tsp of basil

2 tbsp of parsley

1 tbsp of Italian seasoning

1/2 tsp of red wine vinegar

1 1/2 tsp of balsamic vinegar

Mix ingredients into a pot and simmer on low.

Next, the meat:

1/3  cup diced red onion

1/4 tsp  fennel seed

4 cloves of minced garlic

1/2 tsp lemon pepper

1 lb of ground beef

1 lb of itailan sausage

In a separate skillet, mix ingredients (if you have a ‘Roy’ have him do it, because he makes the meat perfect!). Cook on medium high, until the meat is thoroughly done. Mix into sauce. Simmer the sauce and the meat together on low for about two hours, stirring occasionally. Mix sauce with pasta and serve! Don’t forget to enjoy!

We've found that this recipe is good for almost 8 servings. If you decide 8 is too much, I recommend not cutting it in half, instead, save the rest of the sauce for later. Like chili, it just keeps tasting better! 

Cupcake challenge ::: week 9

This is going to be super short. The theme was soda this week so we went with crush we toke a simple white cake mix, used soda instead of water. Oragne and Strawberry the strabbery batter was thicker. Mom helped me make them we left them in NE with Number3 and kids. Didn't even end up with time to frost them. Lol.

We had a visitor!

Dingo was all crouching tiger and sniffing at the grill, i saw something move out of the corner of my eye. i have seen snakes around here so i gab the dog and put her inside. look behind the grill and its this cute little thing. we put it in a box and toke her to the closest vet they said that it might not need to be feed at all but they will check it out for a few days before they just release it.  there are more photos after the break.

"I have $.85 will you give me a dollar."

This is what Gma said to roy today. She had asked me to go get her a soda and a snack from the vending machine. Which I was excited to because she had just finished dinner and was still hungry which is a good sign as far as I am concerned. When I came back and gave her the change she didn't want to keep track of it so she says in her sweet old lady voice to Roy requesting the exchange of her change for a whole bill so its easier to keep track of. Not only did he give her what she wanted he gave her two additional singles just in case. Gma promptly pulled out what looked to be a large wad of cash added the ones and shoves it all in her jacket. This made me smile and laugh cause one Roy has only ever seen the sweet side of my Gma and says all the time idk why any of you think she ever had attitude, and two cause even at her age she is getting more money from men then what she is given them for it.

As I am writing this Roy's reading it. And laughing I told him what its true you got suckered by the old lady voice. She is doing so much better and I think she is really enjoying all the attention she is getting now, not that my dad wasn't caring for her its just only so much he can do plus no daily interaction with more then just one person can get boring.
Btw this wasn't the idea I had for the post today but i just couldn't help myself it was to funny

Weekend wrap up!

Friday Roy's Uncle passed he had been in the hospital for a while it was expected. If that wasn't bad enough at the moment he received the call he was going outside with the dog. The electric company had been in our yard and didn't close the gate. Thankfully Dingo just ran down the street ans right back home.  I understand they don't know if we have a dog, but still they could simply leave things the way they were. some friends came over and hung out!

Yesterday we went to see Gma then to my company picnic, then to Mayfest, then dinner with a friend. It was a good day lots of walking! Today we were lazy. I look forward to our trip this week! Btw Dingo was acting odd tonight, like something scared her. Usually she sleeps on the outside of the bed but tonight had to sleep in the middle. Its so strange how human they can be even though they look so different. Even there organs, its just so strange to me.

Fur Baby Friday

Fur Baby Friday!

Cupcake challenge ::: week 8

The theme this week was Mario

Cupcake Challenge!

So number 2 as mentioned before does a weekly cupcake challenge I have decided to join in on the fun this is my first week her seventh. This week the theme is Mothers day! My inspiration is this recipe Roy's mom gave me before she passed. Its for. Pumpkin roll, I decided I'd make it into cupcakes.

Meow and Woof Monday?

Well if I planing on doing Wordless Wednesday I can't just do Meow Monday and not include the Puppy Monster. I guess I could to Meow Monday and Woof Wednesday? Ideas? Suggestions? Comments? Hecklyings? Opinion?

Wordless Wensday Meow Monday and other blog events.

On several blogs I fallow they do certain things on different days of the week. A schedule of events to always have something to look forward to. It even goes over to social media, for example on Twitter there is Follow Friday where people share who there favorite people they fallow are to get others fallow as well.

Food.

OK 3rd time is a charm.  Lesson learned I am saving as a draft as I go.

Newest phone the T-mobile, Samsung Sidekick 4G (SK4G) has an optical DPad on the right hand side, right were my hand slides over some times while typing. So the second attempt to post this my hand fat (lol)  erased. The first time I was righting it at lunch and I deleted it cause I hit delete not save. It happens also what I get for tiring to do this in a rush, at lunch and in the few minutes between talking to my Dad on fathers day, my Gma about number4 her two kids and her boyfriend coming to visit, my best friend and her new Nook and how much fun it is that she has the option of adult videos on demand on it if she so chooses to, and a friend/coworker showing up for dinner just any moment now.

54°

Its gone... For now... 6 more inches on this last wens didn't take any pictures. Lets hope its over back to work in the am. I love looking at but not being in snow.