Hey There Big Fella!!

This puppy is huge (well they are all getting big), but this is our Tank (Tankers- as Anna calls him).  He was our first puppy sold.  The family fell in love with him and god pick of the litter.  He is huge (hence the name they chose) and so cute.  He has a crooked tail and was the puppy that needed stitches in his ear.  (We called him Stitch for a while and still do sometimes).  He is about 16 pounds and heavier than Maddie!  He is going to be a huge dog!  We will miss our Stitch/Tankers as he leaves us this weekend.

Now hopefully we can sell the other 3 as well!!!

Apple Lovin’

I am in love with my new gadget.  An Apple peeler, corer, slicer.  I bought it last fall from Ross for $14.00, getting nostalgic for when my parents would dehydrate fruit, and hoping that I would get up the energy to do it myself.  Well I bought a bunch of Apples last week and thought I would try it out.  WHY HAVE I WAITED SOOOO LONG?  I think this thing will become a regularly used object in our kitchen.  I can use it for potatoes as well! 

I was able to get 5-6 sheets of dried apples (about 10 apples) in about 20 minutes. A record, I believe (at least for me).

So go get your peelers and dehydrator and enjoy a yummy healthy treat!

Here was my experience…

Peeling, slicing and coring my apples….

   

I love the rings they make. 

 

Anna did too (such a fun way to eat apples)…..

Then I broke them into pieces and soaked in pineapple juice (reserved from frog eye salad. )  Lemon juice is good too.

Then I laid them out on the sheets, plugged in and waited.  A few days later they are almost all gone!  Anna kept sneaking into the kitchen to get them. Such a good and healthy treat!

The only problem was figuring out what to do with the peels??

Give them to the dog?

She just turned her head…

Or eat them myself… perhaps a couple bites.

Stuck in Limbo

Have you ever felt this way?  I feel like the past 3 years have been movement from one Limbo stage to another.  Sometimes I think it is exciting, sometimes I just want to be done and settled.   Sometimes I actually do feel settled, but then it begins again.  Oh the joys (and most of the time it is) of getting started in a career.

Right now we are waiting to sell 3 more puppies and waiting to see where Dave will be working next.  Could be here in Modesto or who knows where….?  I cannot wait to have an answer!!!

At least we have gorgeous weather here in Modesto. On Friday it was 82 degrees! I love it. Cannot wait to get out in the sunshine A LOT this week and get working on getting my skinnier, tanner me back!!

Too bad I don’t have one of these to take the puppies out with me. HA HA HA.

P.S.  Anna was tired and we told her she could sleep on the couch (during the second session on conference)  She feel right to sleep and has been there almost 3 hours! And then this happened…

Not great photos with the webcam, especially in Maddie’s dark room, but you get the hint.  EVERYONE is asleep, but ME.  I tried, but my 5 minute nap during one of the General Conference speakers was enough for my body I guess.