The Looove Month

I have to admit, I've lately become really into this whole chalkboard art thing. The other day I found a new font that was full of all the little swirlies and dots that you usually see on fancy chalkboards, so I decided to try making a Valentine's themed one to put up for the month of February. And now I'm sharing it with you!

What do you think ?

Can't wait to see it up in my house :)

Little Baker Woman

Here and there I try to be crafty, homemakery, and generally fill the mold of a good ol' lady housewife. Who also owns a dog. So a few months ago, I snapped these photos of the delicious and (obviously) adorable dog treats I made for Magnus. He practically inhaled them, so I am clearly an expert treat maker. Just pretend with me that he doesn't also eat plastic and other animals' waste. Thanks. 

The recipe for this is super easy. In case you're wondering, here it is!

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup milk

2 cups flour*

1 tablespoon baking powder*

Mix wet ingredients in a bowl, and mix dry ingredients in another, separate bowl. Then put it all together, knead, roll it out to about 1/4 inch and cut shapes! Put on a baking sheet. Bake 20ish minutes in a preheated, 375 degree oven, until they are brown and ready for canine consumption! Voila!

(*I have become aware from comments on the site where I originally found this recipe [found here] that many dog owners object to using flour and baking powder in their dog's treats, because they aren't good for them/are poisonous. After some research, I have found that indeed, baking powder is poisonous to dogs in large amounts, but won't affect your pup in the small amount that is spread throughout these treats. Likewise, flour is not the best for dogs but wouldn't have any bad effects once baked/cooked. BUT, if you are among these hesitant treat bakers, just omit the baking powder and use gluten free flour. The result is more or less the same, although the dough is a bit stickier. My dog ate both versions quite happily.)

So easy! I dutifully spread out the dough, rolling it with a bowl due to lack of a rolling pin (a situation which has now been remedied. Thanks mom!) Then, I used my handy dandy dog bone-shaped cookie cutters to make cute treat shapes! I got three for 6 bucks on amazon. 

Rolled out dough, in bone shapes! Yay!

Here are my cut out treats and the cookie cutters I used. Totes adorbs, amirite?

Yum. Did I mention these make your house smell like
peanut butter cookies? Bonus!

Joe wanted to help show off the finished product.

A natural-born model if ever there was one.

All my creations!

Magnus was at my feet the en-ti-re time I was making these. He even sat patiently while I took this torturous picture of him waiting! Aww, good little guy.

I should mention that these treats went fast. We used them for everything, because Magnus would immediately obey if he knew his peanut butter bones were involved. So the next time I made them, I did much smaller pieces so they would last longer. Like, ya know, normal treat size. It makes sense, really. 

Anyway, now you know how to make peanut butter dog treats. Yum! I wouldn't recommend eating them yourself though. They are definitely not Joe-approved for human use. 

We Bought A Fridge!

This is probably only exciting for us, but I'm gonna tell you about it anyway.

We bought a fridge! 

I should have taken some better comparison pictures, but the fridge delivery guys were around and I thought my pajamas and the half-chewed dog bones lying everywhere were doing more than enough to make me look nuts. Obsessive fridge picture taking needn't help the image. SO I just snapped a couple while they were turned the other way. Sneaky. 

Here's our old fridge! Note the general squatness and old-school appearance:

Also, all our food is nicely displayed on the kitchen counters.

They were in the middle of moving it out. That's not where we keep our fridge.

Aaaand... tah dah! New fridge! You can't really tell from this un-comparison picture, but it is like a foot taller and so spacious. And the freezer has NO ICE-ENCRUSTED WALLS! It's so, so amazing.

ooOOOoo. 

I should mention that the old fridge was constantly freezing ALL of our food, not just the stuff in the freezer. Special feature? Anyway, that's why we bought a new one.

So, that's it. We got a new fridge and we love it. Tune in next time for more thrills and chills!