An assortment of pictures

Cleaned off the camera card. Here's what I found:

1. A rabbit in the snow.


You'd think with a rabbit fur coat he would have really enjoyed himself but I found him under the covered part of the patio a few minutes later licking snow from between his toes and looking put-out. Not a snow bunny.

2. The Foz being weird - and I'm not referring to the front 'fro the groomer gave him this week.


I just don't know why he didn't chose the larger chair right next to him. He is such a strange dog.


3. Best of all...a score for $50 from Tuesday Morning.


A spiffy gas log set for the fireplace. It actually works too, which is more than I can say for the one we tried last winter and had to return to the store. Plus it's just in time for spring!

Better late than never.

Best buds

Look where I found Big I this evening.


Gives new meaning to the term 'snuggle bunny'.


(No worries, Big I's wet bottom is from a damp sandbox.)

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Big I worked really hard the other day to help make and decorate some Valentine's Day cookies. He did a good job, didn't he?


Sampling was a part of a process, of course.


I put them on my lovely new Fiesta platter I got for Christmas and they looked so cheerful. But when we came back from a walk the demon dogs had pulled the table cloth until the platter came crashing down.

No more cookies. No more very nice platter. :(

Good thing I took pictures.

A little peanut

We had a 20-week sonogram on Monday and instead of print-out pictures we got a CD.

So here you go, a 21 -week little guy waving hi.



And yes, it's a guy. Like his brother he's not shy.

Ice-bound

Craig was getting a little tired of being stuck in the house...


He said it was pretty good skating as long as you avoided the manhole covers and around the storm drains.


The FedEx guy had to stop in the middle of his (very slow) rounds to take a picture too.

New recipes

No interest in blogging still, but I did try three new recipes this week and they were all delicious so I thought I'd pass them on. (I think the family is grateful the first trimester food-aversions are over.) Two recipes are vegetarian which are always keepers with the price of meat going up lately and with Lent coming soon.

1. Moroccan Meatloaf - I actually made no changes to this recipe and it was very easy and tasty as well as somewhat unusual. I bet it would freeze well. Big I liked the raisins.

2. Eggplant Parmesan Heros - I added some mozzarella to the buns to melt while they were briefly toasting in the oven. Don't bother with croutons, just use the pre-done Italian breadcrumbs from the store. Also, a medium eggplant makes quite a bit, so choose a smaller eggplant unless you have a crowd. I doubt the eggplant would keep well for leftovers.

3. Sweet Potato Burritos - I realized too late that I was almost out of cumin and never did have coriander. I improvised some other spices: chili powder mostly, I think. They were still yummy, so I can't wait to try again with the correct ingredients. I also intended to use only 2 potatoes and put an extra the freezer for Sweet Potato Biscuits* later. However, I spaced out when making dinner and used all three. There's now plenty of left over burritos in the freezer! Hopefully they'll reheat well.


* If you've tried making that biscuit recipe and found them too tough or crumbly, try using half and half of the whole wheat flour and all-purpose flour. You may have better luck with the texture.