Wednesday, February 1, 2012

i've been slacking

At the beginning I was so good, posting all the time.  Well, I got busy and Lolli got less cute - just kidding!  She is still cute, but I'm just not catching it on my camera as much anymore.  Posts will come, I promise.  

A story for now...  The other weekend, I had offered to make a birthday cake for a friend’s surprise birthday.  This friend and I shared a mutual respect and general desire for coconut cake, so I thought this was the perfect time to test out a recipe.  I went to the store (twice), got some specialty ingredients, and set to work.  I stayed up late on Friday night to bake the cakes.  On Saturday morning, I left them out on the counter to dry out a bit.  I pushed them to the back of our high deep counters and stuck the Crockpot in front of them.  To me, they were well hidden.  My roommate didn’t even realize they were there.  She thought I had taken them somewhere.  Well, Lolli sniffed them out.  Of course.  That nose of hers…  Ugh.  Anyway… she managed to get behind the Crockpot without moving it and ate ¾ of the cake – without leaving a crumb trail (my roommate and I are still uncertain about the time in which she stole the cake).  I got home to a very odd acting dog.  I immediately check the cake.  When she isn’t jumping all over me when I walk in the door, I know she did something she wasn’t supposed to.  And low in behold, the cake was decimated.  It was unsalvageable.  Wow, she got a stern talking to – which is probably and understatement.  Then, she clearly had a tummy ache that night and woke me up at 3:30 AM to go on a walk.  Seriously.  I got home from the party (where a cake from Safeway was presented – sigh) at midnight/1AM.  I had barely been asleep.  I’m hoping she learned some kind of lesson in all of this. 

Maybe?

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

eau de parfum... green bean?

the other night i was cooking green beans.  i don't exactly remember how i was preparing them... i think cream of mushroom soup was involved.  well, of course, lols needed to be in the kitchen with me.  sitting or standing at my feet.  in case i was unable to trip over my own feet (which i do regularly) she would be there to trip me.  such a sweetheart she is, always thinking of me.  heh.  (case in point, illustrated.)

anyway, one of these green beans went astray and landed on the floor.  just a little bit of a bean (we are talking about 1/4").  lols sniffed this out right away.  now, i have a strict no people food rule for her (i can't stand it when she begs, no need encouraging it), but it was a bean.  if she eats a vegetable of her own free will, i can't imagine it would hurt her - plus it wouldn't be coming from my hand.

so there is this bean.  she licks it, sniffs it, and really considers it.  something about it must smell super good to her, because she then preceded to drop and roll all over it.  not once, not twice, but three times.  it was like she smelled a good scent in the dog park (see here).  i only wish i saw this one coming, because this would have been a video post!  like her subtitle says - she's a ham.