Day 91: Knick Knack, Patty Wack, Give a Dog a Bone!

I'm an impulsive shopper.  Lemme re-phrase.  I'm an impulsive shopper in the grocery store.  I see it. I want it. I buy it. Simple as that.  I need to eat...and I really don't care if my Braeburn apples are 10 cents more expensive than Red Delicious...if I want Braeburn, I'll buy them. End of story. 

Which would explain how I ended up with dog bone cookie cutters.  Don't ask. I can't explain. No use trying.

Anyhoo - this little purchase came with a recipe for dog bones, and even though it called for bizarre ingredients (powdered milk, whole wheat flour, unbleached flour, corn meal, etc.)...I somehow thought it would be a good idea to be a vixen in the kitchen...and whip up a batch of...oh...say 60 dog bones.

Just for the record...dog bones aren't nearly as easy to make as they seem.  The smiling dog cartoon on the side of the box is totally deceptive.  I ended up with this doggy batter matted on my hands like a catcher's mitt...I then proceeded to gracefully wipe my face...and ended with a giant smear on my face...and when I tried to get rid of the smear...I got my hair stuck in it.  It wasn't pretty. Not in the slightest.  Then...when the instructions called for rolling out the dough...I knew I was in trouble, because I don't own a rolling pin.  lol.  Seriously...the whole thing was a mess.

But in the end...it all worked out...I have more dog biscuits than I know what to do with...

And I'm using my surplus to spread the love...by packaging them up and mailing them out in a small series of Random Acts of Kindness...and I'm excited for that.  But more than the karma points...I have a happy puppy.

  
And I'm thankful for that :)