Dog Treats

Gurgi is in love with these!
I found a recipe online and made a change.

Recipe adapted from mrsfieldssecrets

Peanut Butter Dog Cookies

adapted from allrecipes

1 cup rolled oats

1/3 cup coconut oil

1 cup boiling water

3/4 cup cornmeal

1 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons sugar

1/2 cup milk

1 egg

1 cup peanut butter

3 cups whole wheat flour

Directions

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, combine oats, shortening, and boiling water. Allow to sit for 10 minutes. 
• Add cornmeal, salt, sugar, milk, egg, and peanut butter and mix well. 
• Slowly add in flour until you have a thick dough. 
• Roll out dough to 1/2 inch thickness and use a knife to cut the dough into strips, then cut into squares at the size of your choosing.
•  Bake for 25 – 30 minutes, or until barely browned around the edges.

Makes 2 – 3 dozen, depending on the size of the squares you cut. Store in an airtight container for up to 4 days. 
Since it makes so many, I suggest freezing a good portion of the batch to keep them from going bad :)

I used coconut oil instead of shortening because coconut oil is very beneficial for dogs! Coconut oil contains lauric acid [a medium chain fatty acid found in mother's milk] which helps prevent viral, bacterial, and protozoan infections. As well as, reduces risk of cancers, improves digestion, promotes normal thyroid function, prevents and treats yeast and fungal infections, helps balance metabolism, and supports healthy skin/coat.
Not to mention dogs go coo-coo for coconut oil!!!

Today I felt like a zombie!!! I thought I was tired yesterday, holy cow today was even worse!
BUT, I am so grateful to my good friend Brittney! She watched both my girls [Ryann's first time being babysat!!!] so Mark and I could go to lunch together. It was a quick 30minute lunch with a 5 minute stop at the store, but boy am I so glad I got to spend that little time with him!

Today I started calorie counting. I'm determined to lose some weight...
Calorie counting sucks. 

lol
I'm just glad I have some friends who are also dieting so I don't feel so alone.
My goal is to lose about 20lbs.
Luckily I found an awesome Iphone app called MyFitnessPal
If you are looking to lose weight and have a smartphone add it and let me know, we can be friends :)

So I was on the verge of getting rid of Gurgi, our puppy. He is a good dog, he was just getting on my nerves.
But my mom talked me into training him more and seeing if things improve. [I think she loves the dog more than I do LOL]

Anyways. Here's our spoiled pooch who we love to death.

Emmie has been fighting sleep lately. When we go to put her to bed, she comes up with every reason for us not to leave her room. Tonight, the only way I could get her to go to sleep was telling her I was going to get her a new princess book and she would only get to read it in the morning if she went to sleep.
Lucky for me, D.I. had a princess book for real cheap!

I also found a few more [saving for her stocking] and a Book of Mormon Stories book. We've been reading her the scriptures every night, but I'm excited that now when we read certain stories, I can bring out the book and have pictures with summarized captions to help teach her :)

Oh, and I also came across a cute Family Home Evening book with activities that Emmie will love!

Anywho....Tomorrow I'll be making a batch of Homemade Deodorant...maybe I'll take some photos and post a tutorial tomorrow :)

Night all!