Get your Ice Cream!

It is hotter than Hell outside, well maybe  Hell is a little hotter, and what do we want when it is hot?? ICE CREAM! What about your best buddy spot??  Dogs love ice cream.BUT human ice cream is like so many things, BAD for dogs.The sugars and fats are more than Fido needs.  Now you can be all fancy and go buy the gourmet dog ice cream that some of  your grocery stores sell. Then you can be all hoity-toity and looking down your nose at the next person in line and loudly state that "FeFe only eats the best!". If I am the person in line I am going to laugh my butt off at you dropping $8 for 4 little cups of dog ice cream, when in my cart, for less than 5$ I have the makings for 1/2 a gallon of frozen heaven for my furry buds.  I have been working on some ice cream recipes with in put from my local Veterinarian. Sarge and Doppler have sacrificed themselves and agreed to test each one.  Here we go:



Yogurt is a safe substitute for milk. The probiotics are great for your dog's digestive health, and this "good bacteria" breaks down most of the lactose when it is cultured.

Sugar is not safe for dogs, but bananas, berries, apples, and other dog safe fruits can substitute in to make a sweet treat for your dog. A small amount of honey can sweeten the frosty paws while still being healthy for your dog- and is a great way to make the treat beloved by kids and pets! Keep in mind that your dog won't mind if it's sweet. Savory flavors can be added with low sodium chicken or beef broth, peanut butter, or even, if you are brave enough to prepare it, liver.

Eggs- Dogs love eggs, and eggs are a fantastically nutritious treat. If you blend your Dog Ice Cream, toss an raw egg in the blender! (Though some dogs may object to the texture, if your eggs are organic- include the shell for a boost of calcium that mimics what your pet would get by crunching raw bones in nature)

Nanny Nutter Pawsome Nuggets!

Ingredients
3-4 ripe bananas
32 ounces plain yogurt (I used lowfat)
1 cup peanut butter (organic if you have it)

 The ice cream just takes a minute to make. Toss the bananas, peanut butter, and yogurt into a blender and blend until it’s mixed.

"Is it ready yet?"

Next, pour the mixture into ice trays. You’ll need about five or six ice trays for this amount. (If you don’t have that many available, just pour some of the mixture into a plastic zippered bag and toss it in the freezer to break up when you’re ready to serve.)

Pop the trays in the freezer and in a few hours your doggie ice cream is ready to serve!



Sarge  gave it 3 paws up. He felt the peanut butter used should have been crunchy.

Doppy gave it a pawsome  4 paws!

Dinky gave it 4paws!





Peanut Honey Frosty Paws Noms

Sarge gives this a 4 paws up.

Doppy was more a 2 paws up.  He kept looking around as if waiting for a different choice to be offered but he did eat it all.

32 oz. plain yogurt
1 mashed banana
2 Tablespoons peanut butter
2 Tablespoons honey

1. Mix all these ingredients in your blender, then pour into ice cube trays or even a kong toy to freeze and serve. Be sure the mold you freeze your treat into is either 1. large enough that your dog won't be able to swallow it whole when frozen solid. or 2. Shaped, like a bone ice cube trays, with slender sections so it can be crunched easier.

2. If you want to go all out for your mutt you can freeze these  just like you would homemade ice cream. A salt-less automatic ice cream maker makes this as easy as using any other appliance in your home and the frosty paws will be ready to serve in 10 minutes.

For the ultimate treat, appropriate for desert at a doggy birthday party, follow steps one and two, then take the mostly frozen dog ice cream product of number two and spread it about 1.5 inches thick on wax paper. Freeze for 5-10 minutes and then remove from freezer. Next, use a paw shaped cookie cutter to cut a paw shaped “frosty paws”, remove ice cream around edges, and return paw shapes to the freezer to freeze solid.





Sarge and Doppy have a FB friend Sweet Pea who is a wonderful handicapable  Southern Belle,in  her honor  we have named these :

Sweet Pea's Perfectly Pawsome Pucks!

We freeze them in lids from our old mayo jars to make the puck shape.  You freeze them in the jar, put them under very gently running hot water until  the puck pops out.lay them single row on a cookie sheet and refreeze. Store by stacking with wax paper in between each puck.

32 oz. plain yogurt 1/2 apple, seeds removed. We also tried applesauce and found that it worked as well.  1/4 cup of applesauce and take out 1/4 cup of the yogurt 1 egg 1 small handful of lettuce/greens/or fresh parsley (add parsley as breath freshener) 1/2 cup fresh or frozen peas

Add first four ingredients to blender and puree well.
Add peas, pulse blender to coasely chop peas.
pour into molds and freeze.

We took these in puck form to the dog park today and no dog turned their nose up at them!  Miss Sweet Pea this one is a winner!

Minty Pear-Melon Paws

8 oz. plain yogurt 1 handful fresh mint (any variety) 1 cup melon chunks 1 pear, cored & coarsely chopped water (add as needed to get smooth consistency)

Add ingredients to blender and puree well.
pour into molds and freeze.

Lucky Leftover Bones

8 oz. water Boiled or grilled meat, any type prepared without salt/sweeteners, coarsely chopped

Fill molds halfway with water
drop chunks of meat into molds and freeze.



Now my friends as you enjoy your Rocket Pop on a hot summer day, your furry buddy can too!

Dear Blue Fairy..Can you make me real??

 DO NOT READ THIS BLOG IF YOU ARE OFFENDED AT PARTIAL NUDITY AND REVEALING PHOTOS OF WOMEN OF EVERY SHAPE AND SIZE.







So, I am sitting in Ringo's, a little hole in the wall  burger place and bar, and I over hear a couple of guys discussing the ladies sitting at the bar.  They seemed to agree that the cute little 21 year old who was probably a size 6 in the jeans and a 34 D  up top.  I over heard a comment "yeah nice and curvy...a "real" woman!  They all decided she was a "9". Now don't think I am just being jealous.  I thought she was pretty too.  And  as far as the skin tight "skinny jeans" and the  tight tank top...I say "If you  can pull the look off and you are comfy  --if you are happy wearing it by all means go ahead!  Now the men also spoke about this girl's companion. This lady was a tad bit chubbier than her friend, but she had lovely skin and hair to die for! In fact, if I had my embroidery scissors I prolly would have had the hankering to cut that and go get a wig made!  But they all agreed that this gal was "ok" but not as nice as the first gal. Then there was the third gal. This young lady was super skinny, kinda boney skinny.She had maybe a -A cup...do they come that small?  She had short hair and didn't look sickly she was just one of those ladies  who just don't have Angelina Jolee curves.  I got to thinking about how on FB I often seen people posting comments about if someone says they love you they should take you as you are.  And that just because I am over weight or have gray hair yadda yadda does not mean I am not beautiful in my own way.  It got me to thinking.  So a real woman has fairly big boobs, a thin waist line, slightly bigger hips and a nice tight butt...so what about  women with small breasts and narrow hips are considered “fake women”?  Is this like telling the difference between a real Louis Vouitton purse and a knockoff?  Who comes up with this shit? What is the definitive criteria for being considered a real woman?  How many curves are required?  Is there a minimum and/or maximum measurement of these curves that are considered requisite to being categorized as a real woman?  Are there certain areas where curves must be present and other areas where the curves are irrelevant?  Is it okay if one has narrow hips but has big boobs or big hips and no boobs?  Must you have  both?  If a flat chested, narrow hipped woman purchases boob and butt implants, does she get promoted to “real” status? What about athletic woman, like runners or swimmers?  They are typically very lean, does that make them fake?
I have some images that I need categorized; are these women real or fake:

Ok This bitch has some major curves. Is she a "real woman", even though these curves are after market upgrades?

I assume this woman falls under the "real woman" umbrella?

This woman is a cancer survivor who underwent a double mastectomy. According to the rules of what constitutes a "real woman". she is fake. Right? ( I made Janey's photo larger because quite frankly she is my hero  more blogs about her later!)

Dara Torres is a world class athlete but the saying isn't "real women have discipline and great eating and exercise habits" is it?

Real woman?

Women with untreated psychological disorders are not real?

If these are all "real women", the expression should be "real women have curves and a greater risk of heart disease and diabetes".

I am  5 feet 2 inches tall.  At my last doctor appointment I came in at 180 pounds and a size 14. (Down from 225 last December with a size 22)   I have curves to spare.  My boobs are comically large and my stomach is huge and my ass is catching up to my front.  I have many scars from various surgeries and  one bad marriage,   I just didn’t think that my measurements were the defining characteristic of  “real” womanhood.  I thought it was a vagina.  Do very thin, narrow hipped, flat chested women not have vaginas?  Does it turn into a penis or close up and become smooth, like a barbie?  Although, barbie’s actual measurements would have made her very top heavy, with a small waist and large hips, so she would have been “real” by the curves rule of thumb. I have been chunky from the time I hit puberty , but even  when I was really thin and had almost no curves, I always had my vagina.  I  think it is pretty pathetic that in this day and age, so many people (and trust me it is not  just the men, women do it to!) over look a woman's intelligence, kindness, courage, mental strength, and ability to love ..nope it seems to have nothing to do with those attributes.  Simply bra size and curves...I think that we women need to join together and change this definition.  Now, I can get behind changing the rules to “real women have vaginas”.  Let’s make it official and get t-shirts.

With Apologies to my cats......

 A little music for your enjoyment as you read.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eE3dhys7J8    

I have been doing a little thinking about the creatures who have made my home their home.

If you would be inclined to call this an opinion piece, you have an inclination to being wrong.  What I am going to explain to you is  nothing short of cold, hard facts.  I’m sorry to let the wind out of the sails of every cat lover that reads this but it is time that someone told you that you are devoting yourself to an inferior species of domesticated animal.

Let’s just start out with the most obvious reason, shall we?  Cats prefer to pee and poop in a box.  Inside your home.  Hell, they are trained to do so!  Now, how society has accepted this is beyond me.  The fact that most people can go to the homes of friends and family that own cats and remain completely oblivious to the plastic bin, usually in plain view,  that everyone knows contains cat  ppop and pee boggles the mind.  Strangely, if a dog owner were to train their dog t "due the job"  in the same corner, even if it was on paper, and it was left out when people were over, rest assured that person would be judged a bit harshly.  Dogs, on the other hand, are trained to go outside.  While accidents do happen, especially with puppies, I have yet to hear of anyone throwing in the towel and dedicating a corner of their home as the dog’s restroom.  I am just sayin…

Another point is that dogs like to sleep when you like to sleep.  They are not nocturnal creepers.  When I go to bed, my dogs go to bed–whether it is a nap or down for the night.  Cats like to creep around and they make noise, climbing curtains or “meowing” around the house.

My dogs have never been compelled to use my furniture or curtains as manicure tools.

If someone walks into my house, my dogs are going to notify me.  Okay, okay–sometimes–alright, A LOT of times, I am alerted if someone walks BY the house.  Or drives by. Or is across the street.  Or if there is a gust of wind.  Or if there is oxygen present in the room.  NEVERTHELESS!!  I know when stuff  is going down!!  When is the last time you heard of a cat alerting a family of an intruder? That is, unless you are most worried about other cats breaching your property perimeter. 

My dogs don’t go pawing around in their crap and then take a leisurely stroll across the surfaces we prepare and eat food from.  I mean, sure, they would if they could but that is neither here nor there, since they don’t.


Hairballs.  Need I say more?

 On top of all that, my dogs will kill mice and rats too.  They also kill stuffed animals but I am pretty sure that they do that in self-defense.
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Argument over!  I win!