Usually, when we start fostering a dog or puppy, we are the ones that found it in a bad part of town or someone sees said dog's picture on SOAR's Facebook page, falls in love, promptly shows the picture to the rest of the family, who also fall in love with said dog. And usually it's when we've said that we were going to take a break...
This was the case with Mr. Waffles. But never before have we seriously, seriously considered Foster Failing. Sure, we might have with Loki, but I consider that to be different. We weren't "Officially" fostering him. Plus he's a cat. We've said it a couple times, that we won't foster a cat (or cats) because it's trouble. Loki is the proof of that :-P
So, in a matter of a week, this fluffy, goofy, cute little guy with such expressive ears, is a Foster Fail. Of course, mom has been wanting a little dog for quite some time, but we never really thought we would find "the one" because usually little dogs are so yappy and puppies aren't available for fostering for very long... But this puppy was unspoken for and the only thing we said was that we would like to foster a boy. The vet tech said he was the best of the litter and I couldn't agree more. We warned the head of the rescue group that we might end up wanting to adopt him and she didn't mind.
Mom made sure that we were all on board with adopting this fellow. Of course, he is liked by our other dogs and the cats don't seem to care (although he sure likes them.) We're still fostering Z-Bo and pray every day that a suitable forever home is found for him... the sooner the better because every day he gets more attached to us and he is a creature of habit, doesn't like change.
Anyway, Mr. Waffles is a Chihuahua/Pomeranian/Papillion/Mix... another mutt for our motley crew. He is the salt in our pepper! He will most likely stay under 10 pounds and he's the smartest puppy we've had the pleasure of raising in a long time (since Charlie, actually.)
Would you believe it if I told you that Miss Maggie Moo went and got adopted?!?!?!
I hope so. Because Mags got adopted by this lovely family and they are the most perfect match! I don't think we could have dreamed up a better family for her. :-)
And you know what's even better? Getting pictures like this a couple weeks after she was adopted...
And this is why we are able to foster and then say goodbye. Always brings a smile... and it certainly warms my heart. Awesome!
I think this recipe might be one of the easiest I've ever done. It's definitely so easy, my cat could bake it :-)
We've made this a couple times now, and each time was delicious.
This donut is the perfect cross between a cake donut and a airy donut. Maybe it's because they're fresh out of the hot oil or maybe it's something else. But they sure are good!
For this you will need...
- Canned biscuits (not the flakey, layer kind)
- Sugar in a bowl (for dusting)
- Oil (vegatable, Canola, or your preferred oil)
The first thing you need to do is start heating up the oil. We've used our skillet, but you could use a fryer or a stovetop pan. While that is heating, you want to open the biscuits and lay them out on a cookie sheet. Then you cut a hole in the middle of each one.
The second time we made these, we even cut holes in the donut holes... :-0
The next step is, once the oil is heated, put the donuts in and fry them however long you'd like. We do them until they're nice and golden, but it's up to you.
Then let them sit on a paper towel for a minute or two, this lets the excess oil drip and it also allows them to cool slightly. Once you can pick them up without burning yourself, dust them in sugar. We have tried powdered sugar, regular sugar and brown sugar... I think that the regular granulated sugar tastes best, but once again, its up to you.
And then, you get to ENJOY!!!
This gets 5 out of 5 cat whiskers!
I found this recipe Here.
It seems like it's taken a long time (7 months with us,) but Ruby finally found her forever home!
We all believe that it's the perfect match for Miss Ruby. Happy tails, Ruby! Happy tails!
Kittens are too stink'n cute. Not even two weeks in and we are all in agreement... We're keeping Loki. He's so well tempered and ALL our cats like him. All of them, even our little psycho kitty... It's amazing!
In forty-eight hours, we went from having eight animals in the house, to having ten. Ten animals! Honestly, this is a new record for us. So, without further ado, I introduce Z-Bo and Loki!
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| Z-Bo |
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| Loki |
Loki and Z-Bo are excellent guys... a real hoot to be around!
We found out that Z-Bo has Heartworms, but SOAR Doggy Rescue agreed to take him on as one of their dogs so the money we raised will go to them and Z-Bo will get HW treatment as well as all of the other stuff he needs. We just had to agree to foster him until he finds a new home. Have I said before how awesome SOAR is?
The first couple of days were chaotic, but now we've got a nice system set up and he likes schedules and consistency. But I still can't believe it...
Loki is healthy, just has a bit of an unbalanced stomach. And so the vet gave us some medicine to help get him balanced and although he doesn't like it, he takes it like a champ.
A couple of weeks ago, my Mom asked me how I expected to get better at piping if I only piped every now and then. And the more I thought about it, I knew she was right. She's always right, I think it might be one of her superpowers! :-)
So last night, when she said I could bake a cake, anything other than chocolate, I was determined to pipe something on this cake (then I wouldn't mind it not being chocolate ;-). Then I remembered a rosette covered cake I saw on Pinterest.
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| The finished cake |
The tip I used was 1m. I was delightfully surprised at how easy it was... It was just like writing a lowercase "e". One thing I need to work on is keeping the piping bag clean. By the time I was done the whole inside was coated with frosting, it started coming out the opening on the top. And I also noticed that the size of the rosettes was not consistent.
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| My crumb coat. |
But, overall, not bad for my first rosette piping job!
