Good Friday... :)~

This Sunday we have been invited to celebrate Ukrainian Orthodox Easter with 3 of my friends who are sisters...... Lisa, Jen, and Christine...... and their families....Good times, good people with good food...has to be a great time!
With my family being so large on both sides...I really don't get to visit with my friends on the holidays. I hope this is the beginning of a new tradition!
Thanx for thinking of me girlies!...I lurve you guys! :)~

..........AND WE"RE BACK....... :)~

Daaauuuummmm! I can't believe I haven't blogged in almost 2 months....For some reason I just couldn't bring myself to sit for a couple of hours and write......and it wasn't writer's block either.....Cause sooooo much has gone on in the past few months to blah, blah, BLOG about......

I think it was a matter of not wanting to waste hours sitting at the computer...Instead I spent them being out of this apartment..... Outdoors..... with friends or family....Or sometimes just myself down at the beach or at the park...... I have found myself Seeing... and Being..... and Acting upon things differently since I have known about my surgery. You know... the whole mortality thang!... Especially since I have a date for it to happen.....

I've found myself not caring about allot of stupid shite anymore!

Like yesterday..... I hosted a GRLZ brunch out on the patio..... My close buds....The "regulars" were there....
But I had invited 2 cousins and 3 of my friends that I have known for a few years now .....and have been to their places plenty of times.....but have never been invited to ours........
WHY???.......
Location ...location....location.....

Kat and I are city grlz.......We live on a street of color, ethnic diversity, and....... the occasional crime scene.....For the most part this street is pretty quiet for being a major road with a high school 1 block away.......but for a few hrs. a day, while the gang bangers ...errrr I mean kids that are getting out of school are on the street..... I even plan my outings around them...lol........

Anyway back to the point.......you know ......
NOT giving a SHITE about the stupid .... :)~
To quote Stan from South Park...I think I've learned something here today.....

A few months ago I probably wouldn't have invited those people over .....
But instead........ I chose to share a little bit more of myself, my home, and my food with people that I care about!... :)~
Hope everyone had a good time!......and those of you who couldn't make it were truly missed....
PEACE OUTIE......TMC

Good Golly!!! ...Lil' Miss Molly turns 1 :)~

Sunday, Kat and I went to ( i kid you not...LOL...) a birthday party for my friend Ella's Beagle.....Lil' Miss Molly....She turned 1 this week....Looky how sweet she is!
Last year in early May, Ella needed someone to help her pick up Molly from the airport, so I got to hold her on the way home. She was soooo stinkin' cute. I didn't want to give her up at the end of that ride!!!... So I self proclaimed myself to be her Auntie Tina....LOL

I wanted to make something special for the occasion, so I surfed the net for a cool recipe. Of course I switched it up a bit to make it mine...and made a double batch so our Alex could have some too!...He loves em!!!....did you have any doubt??? (Scroll down for the recipe!)...So I packaged them up in these cool bags with ribbon, and asked Kat to make some tags and ingredient labels....it was kinda cute if I do say so myself... I found a cool pink Kong flyer for her too...

Here are some pics of Molly with her some of her presents, Kat and I.... and Molly in her faux fur, that Nicole gave her ... too stinkin' adorable I tell ya!

We had a really nice time, and got to meet some cool people! Especially Ella's friend Nicole!...Man that girl cracked me the F--- Up! After the food was done ...Which was awesome by the way!!!......and there were only a few of us left....we just sat around the table shootin the shit....Hope we do it again soon!...Thanx again ladies for an afternoon of great food, and conversation!

Here is the recipe for the dog treats: Mine are the heart shaped ones, and the cocktail glass was one of the treats Ella put in the goodie bags!...Ha!...gotta love it! :)~

Cheezzzy Bacon Dog Treats

2/3 c organic unbleached flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 c butter
2/3 c organic brown sugar
1 large organic egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 c oatmeal
1 c cheddar cheese shredded
1/2 c honey crunch wheat germ
3/4 lb. raw bacon....small dice

Cook bacon till crispy , drain and cool and set aside. In a bowl combine flour, b.s. oats, wheat germ and salt. mix well... In a separate bowl cream the butter and sugar, and beat in the egg, and vanilla. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the butter bowl while mixing on low speed. Add bacon last. I pressed them into cookie cutters. You can roll them into balls or what ever shape you want! Bake at 350 for 15 min. Turn oven off and let cool for a few hrs in the oven. Over night if you can to get them crunchy.