.A Bestest's Birthday.

Miss Morris. It's your Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FIONA!!

How I wish we were out drinking right now.....sadly, I am in Montreal, and you are at home, but I wanted to take the time to wish you the bestest of birthdays! This is a pretty big one Shrekky!

A Quarter of a Century!!!

The Big 25!!

Till I return. And we glug, glug, glug. Know that I am sending you big ol' birthday kisses from afar.

xx

.Music Mondays.

Yes, I'm still away in Montreal, but I can't miss an episode of our Music Mondays. 

Especially because it's a good one.

Another one that has us bopping and grooving all over the place.

Hope you Enjoy.

'Blood Bank' by Bon Iver (From the Blood Bank EP)

.Momma's.

To both my Wonderful Mothers.

You are both Beautiful, Inspiring, and Full of Wisdom. 

You each have an amazing ability to light up a room with Sunshine.

You make me want to be a better Person, Wife, and hopefully one day, an Amazing Mother.

My heart is always full when I think of you both, and I hope you know how very much you are Loved.

Happy Mother's Day!

xx

.Homemade Dog treats.

So it's my girl, Bella's, Birthday today, and since I'm such a bad mommy for leaving to Montreal on her Birthday, I decided to bake her some homemade dog treats to take with her to the Farm (my sister, and father are dog-sitting while we're gone. P.S. THANK YOU Wonderful Family of mine!)

So here are the recipes incase you have been a bad mommy and need to suck up a little to your canine friend. Or just cause.

She really, really, really liked them both, but LOVED the Apple cinnamon ones above.
Recipes found at bullwrinkle.com
Apple Cinnamon Drops
1 large apple

1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup of water

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 

1 cup oatmeal

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

1/8 cup whole wheat flour

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 ° F (180 ° C).
Core, slice and mince the apple (use a food processor if you have one). In a large bowl, combine the minced apple bits, honey, water, cinnamon, and oatmeal. Gradually blend in the wheat flour, adding enough to form a stiff dough.
In a small bowl, add 1/8 cup wheat flour. Spoon the dough by rounded teaspoon onto ungreased baking sheets (you can also lightly grease), spacing about 2 inches (5cm) apart. Using the bottom of a glass dipped in the wheat flour (to prevent sticking), flatten each spoonful of dough into a circle. Adjust the size of the drops based on how big a treat you like to feed your dog.
Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and flip each cookie to brown evenly on both sides. Reduce oven temperature to 325 ° F (180 °C). Return to oven and bake for an additional 30 minutes. Let cool overnight.
Makes about 3 dozen crunchy cookies, depending on how big you make them.

Veggie Bones
3 cups minced parsley
1/4 cup carrots, chopped very fine
1/4 cup shredded mozzarella or parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 3/4 cups whole wheat flour

2 tablespoons bran
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 to 1 cup of water
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, rack on middle level. Lightly grease a large baking sheet.
Stir together parsley, carrots, cheese, and oil. combine all the dry ingredients and add to veggies. Gradually add 1/2 cup of water, mixing well. Make a moist but not wet dough. If needed, add a little more water. Knead for one minute.
roll dough out to 1/2 inch thickness. Using cookie cutter or a glass, cut out the shapes and transfer them to the baking sheet. Gather the scraps and reroll and cut.
Bake for 20-30 minutes until biscuits have browned and hardened slightly. (They will harden more as they cool.) Speed cooling by placing them on wire racks. Store in airtight tin.

Looks so yummy hey!?! I almost want to eat them! Also notice my shapes? There's hearts, dog bones, and Christmas Trees! The heart and bone I had to shape by hand, as the only cookie cutter I could find was could only find was the Christmas Tree!!

I think she enjoyed them!

Happy Birthday Beautiful Bella. 

Mommy and Daddy Love you. xx

.diary of bella: My Birthday.

"Hi Everyone!

It's just me, Miss Bella here. And it's my birthday! I'm nine (which is like 63 in your human years), and these birthdays seem to keep getting harder and hard. I should mention that it's also Cinco de Mayo, but I don't live in Mexico, so I'm just excited about it being my birthday. And that means that I'm getting spoiled rotten!

Mom and Dad left me though. Isn't that sad. On my Birthday!?! How rude, however, I'm staying at Auntie Kelsey's and Grandpa Wayne's out on the farm so secretly I'm not that sad that they left me for a week. See, I LOVE the farm. It's so much fun, it's like having a birthday party all week long! I get to scare Auntie's kitties and eat horse poop all day, and mommy can't even yell at me!
It's going to be so much fun!!

Also, because mommy was feeling sad about leaving me (especially on my birthday, which I am going to milk for so long) she did leave me a present before she left. Some new toys, and some homemade doggie treats! So cool! This is the first time she's baked for me (or specifically for me because I usually sneak her food anyways) and it was sooo yummy! I'm going to tell her to post the recipes on here so that all my fellow dog friends can have their mommy's cook them treats too! I'm nice like that.

Well, I'm off to frolic with the horses, and get as smelly as I can because, well, it's my birthday! 
Love, Bella. xx