DOGGIE ICE CREAM

By now some of you have been getting to 

know my sweet Kota dog a little.

He is such a blessing to us. 

A few years ago we lost our Riley boy

and we were just miserable.

We have had dogs for years and 

after about a month of not having the

love of a good dog by our side

I started, on the sly, to look for another.

(My husband had put his foot down and 

said "no more dogs").

Little did he know that I need to have a dog to love on.

I spotted an ad in the Sunday paper -

someone offering a white husky

Sounded exactly like what I was looking for.

This was the first ad I had even looked at 

I knew this was a sign from above

I had to see this dog

I think hubby was even starting to get interested

We have pretty much only had husky dogs and 

I just love 'em to pieces so this was a major no-brainer for me!

I suggested that we stop by after church - just to take

a look... hmm (not what I was thinking)
It was mad love at first sight..
It was official- hubby and I were smitten

Anyways the rest is history...

Kota is our sweet little guy that was surely

a gift from God 

Making Kota happy is really easy, all you have to do is:

Love him lots,

Walk him lots

and ...

give him homemade doggie ice cream

Here is he is enjoying a cup:

To make these you will need:

* 1/2 cup plastic cup containers with snap on lids

(the kind that Hefty and others make,

they come in an 8 pack at grocery & other stores),

* A can of dog food (Kota eats Merrick Chicken 

Pot Pie- which he adores and it's all natural)

* About 1 spoonful of peanut butter (I use the natural kind) &

* some sort of blender.

I use a milkshake maker type blender (the ones with a really

tall metal milkshake cup)

 

He loves these.. can you tell?

I will then put about 1/2 cup of the can of dog food

in the milkshake blender along with the

spoonful of peanut butter and

fill the rest of the cup about 3/4 way with water

Must be intermission time

Then I will pour the mixture in the plastic containers

and plop them in the freezer. 

They take a good 3-4 hours to freeze

Kota sometimes doesn't understand that part though

but he is a patient boy and simply waits 

Here he is posing for his picture

Love to make him happy

(Isn't that what life is all about anyways?)

BEAUTIFUL SKY

I took Kota dog for a nice long walk after work and

had my handy dandy camera with me.

I couldn't believe the beautiful sunset. Check these out..

God was dipping his paintbrush in all the pinks, oranges and golds

Breathtaking !

I even saw purple

Reminds me of fall but we are only in February

It was as if the sky were on fire

Nice ending to a good day..

So how was your day?

BIRTHDAY BOTTLE BABY

I made this birthday bottle baby for my niece's birthday

(We celebrated her birthday tonight at my sister's house)

My inspiration came from the "Snow" People featured

in the "Cloth, Paper and Scissors" magazine a few

years ago at Christmas time. Love that

magazine!

I used a small perfume type bottle and glued

a plastic multi fauceted gem for the head

(purchased a bagful of these at Michael's)

I then glued on embellishments (the ribbons and hat)

The hat is simply the metal bottle cap of another bottle.

For the hair I used a very faint yellow yarn which I pulled apart

to soften it which in turn gave the look and feel of real hair.

I then glued on a flower to the hat, wrapped an old earring

around the neck with wire and then added the silver

pipe cleaners in a loop over the head.

I picked up the Happy Birthday

sign at a cake decorating shop

and attached that with a

silver pipe cleaner.

For the eyes, nose and mouth,

I used stick on rhinesones

in round shapes for the eyes

and a heart shape for the mouth

and a tiny round shape for the nose (which

is hardly seen in the photos).

The birthday bottle baby was a success

and we had a great time at the

party but now

it's time to say goodnight

to all and may your blessings

be ever so bountiful.