The Dog Is Driving Me Crazy!

All over a little thunder.  As Charlie Brown said, "Oh, good grief!"  Every time we have a little thunder (or a lot of thunder), the dog goes absolutely insanely crazy!  How? you may be asking.  He barks!  and barks and barks and barks and barks!  Last Wednesday he barked for six hours straight!  No exageration.  I thought I was going to have to put him out of the house.  So today, here we went again.  Now my lady loves storms, so if she's home when a storm comes along, she usually wants to sit out on the porch, and you know I have to go sit with her.  Besides, if I'm honest with you, I have to admit I am a little afraid of thunder.  So if you're afraid of something, what's the logical action to take?  Seek protection and comfort with your lady or your man.

And for added protection and security, if you can wedge yourself in between your person and the side of the chair, do so.  Just so you'll know what to do.

Now, the dog?  I don't know if he's scared or just plain crazy, but if you want to see how he behaves during a storm, just watch this little video clip:

If you got a chuckle out of that one, and you're just a glutton for irritation, watch the next video.  I actually got into this one.

See what I mean?  He's crazy!!  Oh yeah, did I mention that it rained today?

My Sunday Stills

My lady does a post every Sunday on her blog,
A Garden of Thoughts, called Sunday Stills.  It's a group thing in which she participates.  You might want to check it out.  In the meantime, I do Sunday Stills, too.

Every Sunday.  On this pillow.  On this couch. 

The Pampered Chef (aka my lady) Cooks for Me (and the dog)

Wow!  and Yummy!  My lady made me and the dog a real treat today!  They are cookies, but they are cheeseburgers. 

It all started when I noticed the dog was carrying on about something in the kitchen.  Silly dog! 

He thinks every time she cooks it must be for him.  So he goes in there and lurks around, bumps the cabinets, jumps up and tries to see what's on the counter.  You get the idea.  Well, he kept on and kept on until I figured I better check it out.  After all, I didn't want to miss any thing.

Yep!  She was cookin' and man oh man it was smellin' wonderful - -
kind of like hamburgers.  Well, while the dog kept an eye on the lady, I returned to couch with my man.  Meanwhile, in the kitchen, she just kept on cookin'.  Little did I know!!  Here's how she did it:

Grillin' and Chillin'

1 cup oat flour                                  

1 cup potato flour

1 cup shredded low-fat cheddar cheese

1 cup lean ground beef

1 6-oz. can tomato paste

2 tablespoons sesame seeds

1 tablespoon dried parsley

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1 egg

3/4 cup water

Using her microwave pot, she browned the ground beef and chopped it up with her special chopper (also from Pampered Chef - read the title of this post).

Next she stirred in the everything else except the sesame seeds.

She stirred it all up really, really good.

The she got out the ice cream scoop!  No kiddin'!  She used that little tiny Pampered Chef ice cream scoop to scoop out little globs of the mixed up stuff.  She put them on a big baking pan.

Next she dipped her fingers in water and flattened out the little blobs so that they looked just like little hamburgers.  Finally she sprinkled them with sesame seeds (because they're good for us, she said).  Man, I was absolutely drooling by the time these things came out of the oven.  I decided I better get back in the kitchen and see what was happening.

After the "burgers" had been in the oven (@ 350 degrees) for 15 minutes, she took them out and put them on a wire rack.  We couldn't eat any until they cooled.  I didn't think she'd EVER get finished with those burgers.

Finally, and at long last, the little burger cookies were ready and my lady and my man were ready to go out to lunch. 

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! TREAT TIME ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Ummm, ummm, gomph, smack, smack, 'scuse me, but , gulp, oh my gosh these little burger cookies are delish!  You just gotta try them.

You can tell by the blurriness of the pictures that the dog could not control himself!  I think every doggy owner (and owners of canine people) should cook up some of these burgers for their little friends.  Happy grillin'!