We send love and prayers

to all impacted by this tragedy. 'vie and family

To each their own

Yes, I know. Boooooooooring.  I asked momma what "rang her bell". She pointed to the chair and started the ding ding ding. Weird. What can I say?  I sniffed the stuff. Nothing special. Two leggeds are just so very weird.

 

 

Now that's more like it!  This rings my bells, sets off my alarms, Makes my day...
I wish you could smell them. Freshly ground lamb, lightly seasoned and ohhhh KOFTA!!!!
Lamb meatballs, Lebanese style.  I love Kofta. Momma makes sure to leave out the onions so I can partake safely.  You have to be insane not to hear this ringing your bells. My mouth was watering so much I created a small puddle...
BUT...
This is good news. Let momma enjoy her dead cow skins. Save the Kofta for moi,
so, what rings your bells?


'vie

Lost puppy NEEDS to go home, please look for him

LOST

In Lafayette Ill, we have a lost puppy. His name is Pal and he is a male Puggle.  Just 8 months old, 20 lbs.  

Pal is Tan w/ black face, neutered, friendly.  Missing 3/30/12. Call w/sightings immediately! Illinois County.

Guys, if you live in Lafayette Illinois, please please help. This baby needs his family and his family needs him.

Contact 309-525-2368 or 309-507-2137  email: mmock (at) geneseo (dot) net

Our pal Kol is a Puggle and  we love him, and some of us know what it is like to be lost and away from your family. Come on Lafayette people, do the right thing, go look, keep your eyes and ears open. Gets this baby home!!!

Kol, we are posting everywhere. Please share, repost, etc!

'vie

Random me: and this is why THEY WORSHIP me

I am really really cute!

'vie

tasteeeeee tueeeeesday

Look momma, I am in no mood for games. You walked me within an inch of my life, [although I must admit, crossing that big double road was genius! I never smelled that side of the street before!] now I need to build up my energy levels.  So what have you got?

You got to be kidding. You are going to actually do this? Fine, but let me tell you, serving up grilled fish is now what I would call  "innovative".  Yes, of course I love grilled mahi. who doesn't?  But what about my land locked buds out there?  They are going to have to make do with some  frozen something,..  Ahh ok, All right folks, the point of this whole post is that fish is really a good protein to share with your four legged.

Let me specifically address that whole issue of things with tentacles. Momma eats those. None of us like those... they are just gross. Momma will actually go and buy herself  a tentacled one, and moan about how yummy it is. [It is at those times that I realize that she might very well be a Ferengi and that Moogie might very well be her real name. Do you think she had a lobe job? Anything is possible.]

Anyhow.  Here is how the momma preps fish:

1. Get a nice thick filet of fish. [You really need something akin to a fish steak]
2. rinse, pat dry with paper towels
3. drizzle olive oil,  sprinkle with salt, pepper, oregano or dill, and lemon to taste.
4. heat up your piastra or griddle or non stick frying pan,
5. cook your fish on moderate heat, flip only when you can see that the slice has changed color [it will look different when cooked]. Really, cooking time is based on thickness of fish. Measure thickness at the thickest part of fish before cooking. Recommended time for baking, broiling, panfrying, boiling and steaming is:

• 10 minutes per inch thickness for fresh fish.

Flip over, cook for a couple of minutes, turn off the fire, put a lid on it and let carryover heat finish the cooking process.

What are we , uncivilized? How about some delish wild rice with that? Honestly, do I have have to do ALL the thinking here????

sigh. 'vie

Happy B day wishes to my Dowi.

What a Sunday.  Spent the entire day in pursuit of pesce d'Aprile. Yea, you know, April Fools Day. In my house we do it Italian, French style. We chase each other with paper fish and the goal is to pin the fish on the fool. Obviously it is a twisted version of pin the tail on the donkey. Ok, look all three of us think it is stoooooopid, but momma, momma.... momma thinks it is fun. I wish you could see my crossed eyes right now.  I am crossing them as I dictate this. We let her have her "fun" until we could take it no more. Then we simply gave other stuff to think about. For example... JD went out in the back yard and gave himself a full mud bath and tried to turn himself into a black poodle. Now that's a grand April Fool joke! While The Wendy and I loved his efforts, we really thought it showed great imagination, momma turned into a stuttering, sputtering clearly not laughing... mass of hysteria. Not the good kind. She grabbed JD and took him to the sink in the garage and gave him a bath!  So much for getting into the spirit of the holiday!  I must admit, that boy was 90% mud and 10% Bichon. It took multiple washings to find the Bichon.  And to his credit he managed to give momma a few showers, so the whole experience became more ... mutual. At the end, both of them looked like wet rats.

But enough about that.  Today I have to take time to wish my sister a happy birthday. My Dowi has a birthday today. I tried to get this blessed woman to get into the car and drive over. But Noooooooooooooooo. She is too busy scratching and whining and blah blah blah. Maybe you should hold a pair of shoes as bait or something.

If... I only had thumbs.

Tell you what Dowi, when you get home, we will do your birthday properly.  I promise.

I will let you rub my  belly until the pink turns really really pink! From one baby of the family to the other... [really you are the baby??? Really??? Whoaaaa]


HAPPY BIRTHDAY
'vie oh yea, the other two want me to say happy b day from them too...

WONDERFUL!

So, my Dowi is off at a wedding. I was rather neutral about the whole idea of her going off to somewhere other than here for some wedding. Ok, so I was a slightly bit resentful she chose there instead of here... But I have changed my mind and this is why. Instead of spending money of stupid zotskys or chachkas for favors this wonderful couple shared the love. They are pawrents to a rescued dog and they are committed to the "cause".
In case you cannot read it, the place cards on their tables read:

In lieu of favors, a donation has been made to Wag On Inn Rescue
Rescue Dogs Rule!

Paul, you and your bride, RULE!!!!!!!

I know you will have a wonderful life together because your hearts are huge and full of love and because you share that love freely.

on behalf of rescued dogs everywhere: THANK YOU!!
Oh yea. Momma says I have to say Congrats etc etc.
I say licks, wags, and  paws up!

'vie