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tracks in the snow |
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Emerson |
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Oliver |
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Oliver getting warm after a trip outside |
I'm trying to live in gratitude everyday. Grateful for every moment, good or bad. I'm having a hard time selling this one to anyone else in my household. Oliver and Emerson believe that if the temp's are below zero the cold breaks your legs. Three out of the four legs to be exact. Have you ever been outside, cold, trying to convince two dogs their legs are ok and we just need to go inside? The pep talk quickly becomes begging and then I just give in and carry one while slowly encouraging the other. I have faith that someday they'll understand my new-found view. I'm not so optimistic about Jay.
With the cold temp's comes limited time outside for the girls in the coop. First, leaving their door open means the once warm coop now becomes as cold as the outside. Second, they aren't fond of having petroleum jelly applied to their combs and this must be applied daily to prevent frostbite if we allow them out. Third, they don't really want to go outside they just like to have choices. They don't like to be told what to do. I completely understand where they're coming from.
I really enjoy having snow on the ground. Yes, I could do without the super cold temperature but the snow sprinkled over the landscape is just beautiful. We love to watch the different tracks that appear in our yard, trying to figure out what type of critter it could be. We believe we've seen fox, squirrel, chipmunk and rabbit {the rabbit pellets that come with the tracks are a sure give away}. We aren't sure what else roams the land throughout the day and night.
I've been doodling away coming up with jewelry designs. I'm all ready to give it a go as soon as the tools arrive. My candle supplies should be here this week and I'm excited to get started. I'm also going to try making my own diffuser oil. Have you tried this? They are so ridiculously priced in the stores so I figured if I use a carrier oil and an essential oil that I like, this should do the trick. I'll let you know.
Jackson continues his stealing of rubber stamps. That wouldn't be such a bad issue on his own, except he loves to completely clear the shelves of stamps during his crime spree. I just can't get him to take off those naughty pants!
Emerson was sick on Saturday. We aren't sure, but believe he has allergy issues. It seems when my allergies are acting up, his are as well. It usually only last 24 hours for him, so he's doing much better today. Oliver is doing great. I can't tell you how thankful I am everyday to see him so happy again. I will do a quick story on our entire Kong experience this week or next week. To make an extremely long story quite short, I've requested the Kong company review their initial finding as it was completely inaccurate and quite surprising to say the least.
Smells this weekend include: Breakfast frittata, eggs benedict {made especially for Jay}, homemade stromboli using my pizza crust recipe, thumbprint cookies using some of the slow-cooker strawberry jam I'd canned in 2012 {both recipes coming this week}, and tonight I'm making chili for dinner and white chocolate chex mix and calzones {also using the pizza crust recipe} for Jay's lunches this week as well as yogurt and quinoa salad for my lunches this week.
Hoping you have all had a wonderful weekend!
8 comments
Those sweet doggie faces melt my heart!!
nice weekend shots...wood stove, doggies and snow...so cuddly!! :)
I am very anxious to hear about Kong.
Are you doing 'manly' jewellery collars for the Emerson and Oliver?
Favourite line of this whole blog:
"if the temp's are below zero the cold breaks your legs"
Wonderful!! Big Grin.
Beautiful snow, handsomest pups, and cozy fire.. I also see some lovely jewelry doodles (I do that too!). Sounds like you are up to all kinds of things, as usual! Your dogs sound so much like ours about going outside in the cold. Spring is coming.. it really is! Have a great week! -Tammy
Love the sleepy dog by the fireplace heater!
How wonderful to be able to explore which critters are visiting! Hope your temps creep up just a bit...
How's the valentines coming along? Perfect weather to stay in and create!
Thanks all! GardeningBren - no, no plans for "manly" collars at this time although I've scribbled some nice name and phone number tags for them. :) I'm glad the "cold breaks your legs" line was funny. It's funny to me as well....when I'm not stuck carrying them.
Sue - I finished the cards last week! Just waiting until it gets a tad bit closer to Valentine's day to send them out. :)
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