Tennis Ball Anyone

My sissy was here for soup dinner last night.     Please toss the ball to me☺

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Tennis Ball Earrings

They're not really my earrings.  They're moms but she was nice enough to let me wear them for the day☺

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Flower Friday

So far, mom has been faithfully watering our houseplants and nothing has died yet so she decided to get risky.
Let's see if you can keep these African Violets alive and flowering, mom!

 The pink one and the blue one came from Paradise Nursery, which is only a 5 minute drive from us.   

 And she discovered this one at the grocery store this week and couldn't leave without it.  

We don't have any plants emerging from the ground outside yet and the grass is still its yucky winter bleh color.    The blooming flowers inside are making us smile☺

Happy Friday, everybuddy!

Love ya lots♥
Molly

I Met GW

Guess who I met today?
I met George Washington!  Today is his birthday!

 He gave me a cookie - for HIS birthday!

How lucky is this AireGirl!

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Honest Kitchen Bone Broth

So many of you reviewed the Honest Kitchen Bone Broth that mom decided that it would be a good thing for me to try out to.    We decided on the Beef flavor with turmeric.

 The beef broth powder is dehydrated beef broth, dehydrated beef, dehydrated pumpkin, dried parsley and turmeric.
Mom mixed two tablespoons of the powder with 8 oz of warm water, stirred it up and pressed out the lumps~

 She poured approx 1/4 cup of it over my kibble for breakfast.  Because I weigh over 50 pounds, I get to have the other 1/4 cup for my dinner.  

 If you recall, mom soaks my foodables, so my meals have really soaked up the bone broth.  

 This is yummy stuffs!

 Five minutes later, I am still licking my dish clean!

We have to thank all of you who gave rave review for Honest Kitchen Bone Broth.    Without your great reviews, I might never have tasted this yummy stuffs!   Thank you so much!

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Winter Storm Dakota

Guess what was waiting for me when I headed out this morning~

 Comin' atcha, mom!

 Nothing makes me happier than snow - well, maybe my tennis ball☺

 This snow is not the powdery kind - this is the wet, sticky stuffs that makes snowballs on my furs.    

 I cannot even believe you have the nerve to post this picture, mom.   How rude!

 I'm resting up so I can go out and romp in the snow again.  

What a fun Sunday I'm going to have!

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Whole Wheat Sweet Potato Bread

Mom felt like baking.  Yay!
She tries to avoid desserts that use white flour and white sugar and she found this yummy whole wheat sweet potato bread.

Ingredients

• 2.5 cups whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp allspice - we used cloves because we didn't have allspice
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup (4 tbsp) melted butter
• 1/4 cup sunflower oil - we used vege oil because we didn't have sunflower
• 1 cup mashed sweet potato - we used canned yams
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup buttermilk

Procedure

• If you haven’t already, make the mashed sweet potato: peel and chop 1 sweet potato into chunks. Simmer in water for 15-20 minutes or until the potato is soft enough to mash. Drain, let cool, and mash.
• Preheat the oven to 350F (175C) and grease a loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the ingredients from flour through salt.
• In a second bowl, combine the wet ingredients (butter through buttermilk) and stir to combine. Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ones and stir until just combined (the batter will be quite thick).
• Spread the batter into the loaf pan and bake for 40-45 minutes, until a knife inserted comes out clean.     

I got to lick the potato masher clean☺

 Two teaspoons of baking powder sounds like a lot but it wasn't.  And all of the spices make it seem like it would be overly spicy but it wasn't.
And we ended up baking our loaf for 55 minutes.  

 It's so moist and yummy.     We'll be making this sweet potato bread again.    It's a winner!

Love ya lots♥
Molly

A Valentine Surprise

When we went outside last night for the last time before bed, we discovered that the FedEx man had delivered a box from Chewy.  

 Cookies!  Beautiful cookies!   And heart candies!

 Thank you so very much, Chewy and team.   You guys are always so thoughtful, considerate and generous.   

Love ya lots♥
Molly and mom

Happy Valentine's Day from Paris

Happy Valentine's Day from Paris!

I promise that I didn't run through the beautiful Tuileries Gardens or tinkle on their gorgeous green grass!

I'll be home soon!

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Happy Mardi Gras

Today is Mardi Gras in New Orleans! 
My uncle and aunt and cousin are all there celebrating!
These doubloons belonged to my Uncle Stephen~

I am rich!!
Happy Mardi Gras, everybuddy☺

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Dr Lyon's

Mom went out to lunch with her friend and when she came home, she discovered that the FedEx man had brought us a box from Chewy.   Mom knew that she hadn't ordered anything recently and wondered what it could be.
Miss Natalie and the Chewy team sent us Dr Lyon's Hip and Joint Support chewable tablets for me to try out and review. 

 This is the literature that came in the box.   You can bigify it if you need to.

There are 250 tablets in this container.  The tablets are kind of pricey but mom says that if they work out for me, I am worth every single penny!

According to the label, I get 4 of them for my initial break-in period of approx 4-6 weeks and then just 2 tabs a day for maintenance. 

The tablets contain glucosamine, chondroitin, MSM and manganese to help support mobility and promote the production of healthy cartilage and tissue.
This supplement is ideal for pups with occasional stiff joints or for everyday maintenance in dogs of any size.
That's me!  I'm only 5, soon to be 6, so I don't have any real issues yet.  I have been getting Acti-Flex 4000 practically all my life so we shall see how Dr Lyon's stacks up to Acti-Flex.  

The tabs contain all kinds of good stuffs and they have a natural chicken flavor.

Did I mention that they are very yummy!

Mom is hoping that she notices a positive change in my occasional stiffness over the next few weeks.  We will let you know how it goes.
Thank you so very much, Chewy, for letting us review Dr Lyon's Hip and Joint tablets!

Love ya lots♥
Molly

February Flower Friday

We are joining Rosy for February Flower Friday~~

We can finally say that we couldn't find any flowers blooming on our latest walk.  But our Primroses are still cheerfully blooming in the bedroom.   Mom moved them out of the kitchen so I hope she remembers to water them!

 I have flowers on my tennis ball hat!

 And there are always silk flowers to keep mom smiling☺

Happy Friday, everybuddy!

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Treacherous Thursday

Mom is being a real meany today.  She's refusing to go on our daily walk.

 This is all the snow we got yesterday before the freezing rain started to fall. 

 This is wet and cold and icky and no fun!

 I know you are trying to get me to play in my fenced in yard, mom~

 So you don't feel so guilty about not walking on the icy roads and sidewalks.

 But this is just not doing it for me.

This morning, mom and I made Madi's yummy soup again.   One thing that we can agree on - this soup is the absolute bestest and becoming one of our very favorites!

This time, we added a can of pigeon peas.   Dr. Oz is always saying how healthy pigeon peas are so mom decided, why not. 

yummmmmm

We have lots of sun today but it's cold and breezy out.   Hopefully, some of this nasty ice melts so tomorrow we can walk.

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Wacky Wednesday

It's starting to snow!
Pay no attention to the snool art on my storm window.  

This isn't enough snow to have fun in, mom!

Unfortunately, the weather peeps are saying that today will start out as snow, turn to freezing rain and then all rain and the overnight lows will be low enough to cause everything to freeze.  

This is NOT my idea of a fun day!

Love ya lots♥
Molly