Weekend stuff

We hiked with Irie and Strider today...NICE trip. Well behaved dogs, pleasant weather. We heard two Great Horned Owls calling, which was wonderful...a little odd/eerie at 2pm.

I was tempted just to post the photos with no explanation...what an odd grouping! :D



Friday morning fog


Friday evening sunset


Saturday's dinner. I think I've perfected my pizza crust recipe.


Day 8 of removing undercoat from Irie. Just Irie. She should be naked by now, but no..there is still fur coming out.



Frequent dinner guest.

Friday 3-27

"Can you NOT see I'm too busy for you and that damned camera?!"


"Let. Me. Out."










We rollin'?

I think we need..

A bit of spring cleaning here. New layout, etc.
The massive amount of pics loading on one page... *shudder*
I'm even sick of the title! Input...input is good.

...sometime this weekend, I'll tackle the blogcrap.

Lemon buttery goodness for Jen

I'm warped..sick..for posting photos of this pound cake, when Jen won't get any. Even worse, she had to listen to my "oh dear god, it smells wonderful" and "oh my god, it's so buttery". I'm shocked she didn't come through the phone and hurt me.



Please...warm your eggs before making a pound cake. Please.


No. No butter at all. It's practically diet cake.


Cream the butter and sugar carefully.


One. Egg. At. A. Time. Don't dump all 5 eggs in at once. It matters.


Get a book if you have to, but mix slowwwly.


Nope. No butter here. You're mistaken. DIET cake, I tell you.


Lemon glaze, buttery pound cake. Bliss.


I don't like much glaze, these were Michael's slices.
(I ate my slice while the cake was still warm. Patience is not my thing.)

Dear Horde

I share everything in my life with you...my home, my bed, my couch, and in a pinch my $32-a-bottle shampoo.

I cannot remember to take a multivitamin- yet every single day I remember to add vitamin C, fish oil, Missing Link supplements and fresh fruits and vegetables to your meals.

I turned my shiny new car into the Dogmobile... dog seat belts, seat covers that are non-slip/cushioned for your riding pleasure, padded bumpers for the window edge so you don't bruise your delicate selves . My first aid kit is in storage, but the dog first aid kit is there. There are toys, training gear, travel water bowls and water, maps of dog friendly trails and dog friendly parks.

Please consider these things..frankly, just the tip of the What I Do For My Dogs iceberg...when you start barking at 2 am. Every. Single. Night.
It's the same damned owls! Every. Single. Night.
They don't care that you bark. I care.
I feed you.

You see where this is going?

Regards,
The Management

Weekend DogStuff

Michael and I hiked with Strider and Voodoo on Saturday. Voo is turning into an excellent trail dog. He's rocking it. We took him off about 50 feet off the trail -multiple times- and asked him to Find It.. he nailed it every time. Right back to the trail, no messing around. He walks ahead of us (on lead of course), and is managing to follow the trail with no input (slack lead, no verbal). Amazing fella.
Strider, as always, was a peach (unless you're Michael and then he pulls on leash. Stop cuddling and train him for 2 minutes! ;) )

Henry and Irie hiked on Sunday.
Henry LOVES trails, but he's in it for him..we're just there to provide transportation to/from the parks.
For whatever reason, he loves walking up downed trees. Michael keeps a close eye on him (and he's wearing a RuffWear harness, complete with 'luggage handle').

Irie is doing SO well on the trails. Hard to believe she's only nine and a half months.
I have high hopes for her.
We're taking it easy on those maturing puppy joints, and slowly working on our personal trail commands...she's doing well :)

Enough babble.

Yay Benadryl!

A stressful week resulted in hives on my chest, neck and cheek.
What.. you don't find bumpy/itchy/inflamed skin the height of sexy?
I am moments from scooting face-down the length of my gravel driveway.

No really.
If not for Benadryl and hydrocortisone cream I might be getting a little crazy.

On a more pleasant note, I saw a ROBIN today. Right after the friggin' snow.







On an even more pleasant note...
I had the dogs out for a good long run this evening. Nothing clears my head like being out with the dogs. Having multiple dogs, I really have to focus on THEM..all the LifeGarbage falls away. I've always been oddly annoyed by the phrase "live in the moment", but as a dog owner I certainly understand it.



Voodoo and Irie did really well walking with the coupler (God bless Ruffwear).
We walked around the property for a long while..just letting them sniff and chose the path.
What the dogs fail to realize? I'm not 2 feet tall.
Duck-walking under blackberry canes is a good workout, though.