A Peanut Butter Carrot Doggie Cake//Oddball turns 2

   If you have ever read my blog, especially the beginning posts, you will know I love my animals.
So If you aren't that much of an animal lover you may want to leave now because this post is going to be mostly me talking about my dog, Oddball who is 2 years old today.

 Oddball and his siblings were unplanned, but adorable little surprises seeing as Marley wasn't fixed yet because there weren't any male dogs around until we got Blue  who was suppose to be taken to get fixed by the person who found him. But that never happened and I get a phone call while I was in Hawaii from my mom saying that Marley like most likely pregnant. Needless to say Blue had a vet appointment soon after to prevent any future "surprises". Our older dog, Playful (or Mama since she's the matriarch of the animals) came to us when she was pregnant and had 8 puppies so that was the number we were expecting for Marley to have..except she added 4 more to make a litter of 12! Out of 12 puppies, only one resembled Marley's tan coloring while most were either black or black and white.

Peanut Butter Cake Bars

Need a quick, last minute dessert for the family or potluck? 

We were having family out for our usual Sunday Supper and I had no idea what to make for the dessert so searched around Pinterest and found this easy recipe.

Peanut Butter Crinkle Cookies

  I originally posted this recipe last year before Christmas, but I decided to re-post it with better pictures and content.These cookies were a hit seeing as  I made 2 or 3 batches for the holidays and another batch for a family friend's birthday. Peanut butter has always been a staple in our house, but for some reason I never made peanut butter cookies. I'm not sure why though since I have tried many other cookie recipes, but I decided to try a recipe from Everyday Home Cook.

Peanut Butter Coconut Cups

  This weekend I was looking for more gluten-free recipes. After looking through several recipe that I had saved via foodgawker, pinterest, and some magazines, I decided to make a new recipe. I wanted to do something with coconut, but I didn't want to crack open to 2 fresh coconuts that we have sitting on our counter so I went with shredded coconut (i'm lazy today).
  I thought about making this recipe or this one, but I made my own recipe based off the peanut butter cups recipe I made a while back.

No-Bake Energy Bites & 2 Orange Kittens

  Meet the 2 newest occupants of the Ranch, Charlie & Mel Gus Gus.

 Mel Gus Gus saying it was feeding time.

  A Family friend found these little babies at his work and decided to take them home to care for them. After seeing pictures on Facebook, I told them that I could take care of them if they wanted since they are still really young. So Friday night my mom and I went over to pick up the kittens. These babies brings my total for kittens that I've hand raised to 13 16. They are quite older than the others that I have received seeing as they are about 3 weeks old. We named them after the couple that we got them from and it turns out that Mel is a little boy and Charlie is a little girl. I had to give them a bath since they were found in an engine and were covered in dirt and they both hated it, but they will need a few more to get completely clean.

  Mel Gus Gus, who I really want to rename Elvis since he is so vocal, is the darker & fuzzier of the 2, is an expert milk sucker, timid around dogs,but not cats, and is a huge cuddle bug! If I'm sitting down, he will curl up either on my arm or sleep under my neck.

  Charlie the little girl is a contradiction and I say that for this reason..she is the little explorer & isn't afraid of the dogs, but will hiss and hide from certain noises or movements.  She is a lighter orange than her brother and has bigger eyes, she reminds me of  a golden tiger. She is more advanced than her brother in the way they she bites on the bottle instead of sucking it, likes canned kittens food better than her milk, and was the first to try the little box.

Homemade Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

  Like I talked about earlier, I am trying to keep posting at least 3 times a week. I actually have several recipes saved as drafts, but I wanted to make something today.

 Tonight my mom and I are getting our hair done by a good friend, Linda who was recently diagnosed with Celiac disease. Linda was sick for a very long time since she went without the proper diagnosis for so long. I decided that since we haven't seen her in a long time, that I would make something to snack on for tonight since she only works 3 days a week and she is always booked up. Linda is a social butterfly and since she only works a few days a week, she usually can be found still working and talking long after everyone is gone (like 12am!)

Pumpkin PB Dog Treats

 It's been a while since I have made any homemade dog treats so I looked up and found a really good recipe. These are actually okay for a wide variety of animals. I split 1 4'' heart treat between our 2 goats & chicken, and another treat for our 2 horses and they all enjoyed their little snack.

When I was making these, I had 4 of our 6 dogs in the house with me because we had some guys come out to remove a few dead trees on our property. Marley and Oddball {my dogs} are the rambunctious ones, especially when they get to come in the house, but they are generally good when I'm in the kitchen cooking or baking. Once they figure out that i'm not going to give them anything they usually go to take a nap, but that doesn't mean that they won't sniff around to see if they could grab a bite.

Meet Porky & Funky Chunky Cookies

I survived my SAT test , but now I have to wait 3 weeks before finding out my scores......
Oh, I got a hedgehog too! Who was named Mad Martigan, but is now called Porky or Hedgie.

 Ive always wanted a hedgie, but my mom would never let me buy one. Rabbits, hamsters, turtles, fish, goats,cats, and even a crawfish from our pond- she would let me have, but never a hedgehog.
   Porky, the hedgehog who I find myself calling him "Hedgie" more, was my cousin's pet, but she recently had to move back here and with her being pregnant and trying to get back on her feet, she didnt't have the time for Porky so he came to live with us. Simple as that. Tigger hates him though. He doesn't even have to see him for him to start hissing. Its funny because Porky "huffs" when he is nervous and scared and Tigger hisses back at him. All you hear in my room at night (hedgehogs are nocturnal) is huffing and hissing.
Porky is prickly, but not sharp. He likes to lick my fingers. He likes both can and dry cat food. He has a fleece blanket that is decorated with puppies that he loves to sleep in/on/&under. He's cool.

  I originally was going to make Spinach Artichoke Dip That I found in a magazine, but for some reason when I was at the grocery store, I didn't feel like making it anymore. I blamed it on taking the SAT-its kinda ruined my saturday. I mean, who wants to get up at 6am on a saturday morning inorder to sit in a room for 4 hours to take a test?. No one thats who. The teachers even were falling alseep.

A few cookies were topped with caramel candies and some with butterscotch chips.