Valentines Day

for the dogs :)

Jim and I aren't huge Valentines Day type people. First off... I hate going to dinner and being forced to order off of a limited menu. When we first started dating we would search for concerts to go to or other fun events. Now... we are just old and boring. :) Tonight I made a nice pot roast (i know... sounds sexy doesn't it?), we drank some wine and we caught up on shows we had recorded on DVR. I did buy the dogs a couple of Valentines Day gifts... a couple of teddy bears.

When we adopted Abbey, her birthday was listed as Feb 14th at Town Lake Animal Shelter. Sure they were just guessing but it still meant something to us.

Last year Taylor died on Feb 13th,

(http://austinfotofreak.blogspot.com/2010/02/taylor-april-1998-february-13-2010.html) so the superstitious part of us thought it was fate that Abbey was born on Feb 14th, the next day. I can't believe it has been a year since we lost Taylor, but I think of her often. She was such a stubborn dog, but I loved her to pieces!

I found these Teddy Bears at HEB and I knew the dogs just had to have them.
Abbey LOVES her stuffed toys. Unfortunately she doesn't exactly cherish them, so they are usually in shreds within an hour

Chewie isn't a fan of most teddy bears because normally they have a squeaky toy inside... which he is not a fan of

Chewie is still checking out the cute teddy bear

Chewie and the teddy bear took a tour around the back yard,,, he was being a nice host

They even hung out for a little bit and talked about the weather

Abbey and her stuffed toy got to know each other quite well




Here she is taking a moment to rest while gnawing on the bear :)

GRRRRR

Abbey brought her toy inside with her

The poor teddy bear lasted about 2 hours,,, which is a long time around Abbey. At least she had a good time on her first birthday!

These are awesome!

I don't know why anybody would buy store bought chocolate covered strawberries when they are soooo easy to make at home. Plus you get all the credit for making such tasty treats. :o) I bought chocolate pieces from Central Market to melt and use as the coating. I guessed when I picked the chocolate because they had like 10 different kinds. For the milk chocolate, I nuked in the microwave for a minute, then stirred. It was completely melted after I stirred it around a bit. When you microwave chocolate, the chocolate pieces don't always look as if they are melted, so don't give it another minute of nuking. The white chocolate was nuked for about a minute and a half. Once everything is melted, you can dip your strawberries into the chocolate or you can spoon it over the strawberry. Once you have your strawberry covered with chocolate, lay it on a piece of parchment paper. Then you can drizzle the other type of chocolate on the strawberries.

Chunks o chocolate

I had more chocolate than strawberries, so I made some chocolate covered pretzels. :o) What else can I cover with chocolate?? :)


Yuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!