PinkPetunia's House

I am very thankful for a good dog

Today, I am thankful for a lot. I am thankful that I was given fifteen years with my wonderful dog Maggie. She was with me for the bulk of my adult life and for all of my highs and lows. I am thankful that I had her in my life for as long as I have and I am thankful Rob and Ellie came to love her as much as I did. I am thankful I had the courage to make the hard decision. I am thankful I was able to keep the promise I made to her a very long time ago, to do what was best for her no matter how hard it would be for me.

Last night, I made the hardest journey of my life. I drove Maggie to the vet knowing she was not coming home with me.

Today I am certain she is doggie heaven taking long walks, chasing bunnies and laying in a nice sunny spot warming her fur. I know she is happy and without pain.

 

We miss you, Maggie.

Guilty Pleasure: Frozen York Peppermint Patties

 

Someone at work offered me a a mini York peppermint patty right from the freezer today and man-o-man was it good. Good thing there aren't anymore left because I could easily plow through them...not that I would...ok, maybe I would.

Bug's Life, building a tent, baking bread and a whole lot more

What do you do when you are home with a sick child? Well Ellie and I had a great day yesterday. We started out the morning snuggling on the sofa under her blankie and watching the movie A Bug's Life. She absolutely loves that movie. I sure hope no one is waiting on it from Netflix because we might have it a few more weeks.

After the movie, we made cheesy eggs and toast and had a breakfast picnic in the living room.

We played hide and seek. I cleaned her room and put away all of her clean laundry while she played in her room with her books, puzzles and Melissa and Doug bake and decorate cupcake set (she loves them).

Once we went back downstairs, she decided to build a tent but did not have a good place to do it in the living room. Since I was in the kitchen, she came in there to do it. I took a sheet and draped it over two high counter stools, the stair bannister and the kitchen counter. She took every blanket and pillow she could get her hands on. She had quite the tent going in the kitchen. She said it was for all the people and dogs. Thankfully Maggie and Abigale were thrilled to join her in there. Kito was too lazy on my bed to be bothered until she took a snack in the tent. That sure got his attention.

 
I had to include this picture because it is the only one where she actually looks sick.

We made two loaves of bread. One was an oatmeal sandwich and the other was a dill onion bread. Both were really good but the oatmeal sandwich was the better of the two. I will post the recipe tomorrow so check back.

 

We made pork and sauerkraut for dinner and vanilla milkshakes for desserts. After her bath and a little play time in her room she picked out her book for the night. I was surprised at her choice tonight - Peter Pan. The version we have is a big book with very few pictures. It was already 8 p.m. so I had to negotiate how much we were going to read. She managed to sucker me out of another chapter. When we negotiate reading time, I always let her get one over on me (shhh, don't tell on me, it's for good cause, right?).

Other than Ellie having a slight fever and a very runny nose, Ellie and I had a great day. How was yours?
 

First time for everything

Today was my first time to make and eat a peanut butter and banana sandwich. I have to say it sounded ok at the time. I did not set out to make it. I was in a huge hurry this morning trying to out the door with Ellie so I made a peanut butter sandwich for lunch and I grabbed a banana. Fast forward to lunch time, I had the sandwich and the banana sitting there. "Hey, why not. Elvis loved it" I thought.

 

Yeah, I should have known better when I thought something Elvis did was a good decision. The sandwich was ok. Most people think peanut butter sandwiches are just ok but I love bread and I love peanut butter so let's do the math here. 

Peanut butter + bread = HEAVEN for me.

Peanut butter + bread + banana = so so lunch.

So-so lunch - banana = HEAVEN for me.

So based on the above equations, I will no longer be messing with the PERFECT FAST FOOD LUNCH! Peanut butter and bananas must remain seperate at all times.

Early Morning Trip to the Sunflower Field

For the past few months, we have driven past a field and wondered what was going to sprout up. Well, we sure know now. Look at the gorgeous sunflowers that have popped up.

This morning we packed up Ellie and met Shannon and Katherine at the field. Here are a few highlights.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

What a fun morning. After all the pictures, we came back home and had a nice breakfast of quiche lorraine, berries, cantalope, lemon cranberry scones, bagels and cream cheese, juice and coffee. Yeah, I know. The amount of food was a bit too much but it was worth it. We had a nice time and Ellie got to have a little girly playdate.