Warm Weather Has Arrived!!!! May 5, 2013
I am sorry that I haven’t been on to post as much as of late, but that’s all changing moving forward! I have been taking a course for work which was occupying much of my time but I have now written the exam (no results for a few weeks yet) and am ready to get back to the blogging world!
I have been scouting out Pinterest and other sites online for new craft ideas, decorating ideas and recipe ideas to check out and share with all of you! Also have been getting things prepped for our upcoming Charity Dinner for the Expedition of Hope and purchasing more and more of the gear that we need for the climb so there are sure to be some updates on that coming up!
The pups are excited by this warmer weather and we’ve even already pulled out the kiddie pool for them to play! We’ll be scouting out the dog friendly beaches before we know it! Looking forward to summer fun!
Expedition of Hope Banner April 25, 2013
This is a banner I painted for the Expedition of Hope. Leading up to the actual trip in September we will get as many people as we can to sign the banner, symbolic of climbing with us.
This climb is my way of showing that Ovarian Cancer can’t keep me down…. Nothing will keep us from finding a cure… We will win… No mountain is too high!!!!
Nails How To – Take 1 April 15, 2013
Ok so I did something fun with my nails for a recent girls weekend and decided I needed to share a little how to… Mainly because I got a ton of compliments and they were SOOO super easy!
All you need is:
- 2 colours of nail polish of your choice
- Glitter (just the regular craft store stuff is fine)
- Top coat
- Scotch tape
Step 1 – Paint your nails fully with colour number one. I used the teal colour.
Step 2 – Take a piece of scotch tape and place it across your nail covering up the part you want to keep the original colour. Where you place the tape is going to depend on how much of the second colour you want. I went pretty much 50/50 with mine.
Step 3 – Paint the second colour ontop of the exposed part of the nail. The scotch tape will give you a nice clean line. Sprinkle a bit of glitter into the nail polish while still wet.
Step 4 – Allow the polish to dry. Carefully remove the tape from each nail leaving a clean edge.
Step 5 – A couple coats of your favourite top coat to make it last (and keep the glitter on our nails lol)
Hope this works great for everyone! Super simple to do and looks great for a fancier occasion 🙂
Soft Paws… Lets Give Em A Try! April 4, 2013
I love all our pets, I do… However we all have things our pets do that drive us a little batty. One thing about Jinx is her need to shred my couch! No matter how many times we have tried to teach that cat its wrong, she’s determined to do it anyway!
Now I don’t believe in declawing, not one bit, so in doing a bit of research online I came across Soft Paws! We ordered in a set for each cat, but started just with Jinx to see how she handles them…
Putting them on wasn’t hard. I would say if your cat will let you trim their nails, then your cat will let you put them on. She adjusted REALLY quickly, and within 20 min was running around with Pippen again happy as could be as if she didn’t even notice.
I will make sure to post an update as time goes on, but as far as Day 1 goes… Love em!
Tuna Treats March 24, 2013
Ok, so we’ve all heard the news recently. Dog treats are being recalled left right and centre, and there’s no telling what brand will be next! The amount of recalls recently has me, among many pet owners, reluctant to trust the store bought treats any longer. SO…. Why not take into our hands and make our own?
My first hold up was that it would be difficult or super time consuming. However when I was introduced to this recipe I realized it doesn’t have to be either… infact it can be super simple! Here’s the recipe:
Tuna Treats
2 6oz cans of tuna (or salmon but make sure you get the salmon with the bones already removed)
1 – 1 1/2 cups of flour (pending consistancy)
2 eggs
1. Place your tuna into a blender or food processor. DO NOT DRAIN. Liquify the tuna to the best of your ability. You may have to add water to get it down to a liquid state, and that is ok!
2. Blend the liquified tuna with the flour and eggs in a bowl. This will create a cake batter type blend. Spread this into your pan. The thickness to make it depends largely on the thickness of treat you prefer. I personally purchased some tinfoil cookie trays from the local dollar store and kept my treats fairly thin so make small ‘training treat’ size treats. (This is the stage where my goofballs love to lick the spoon that I have used to mix/spread the treats lol)
3. Place it in the oven at 350F for 15-20 min. The cooking time may very pending on the thickness of your treat, but just like a human cake you can test if its ready with a toothpick.
4. Let the pan stand to cool, then cut into treats!
5. Share them with your furkid(s)!
I hope that this helps some of you pet owners out there to take control of what your little (or not so little) one is eating! Please feel free to share your feedback and let us know who out there is enjoying these fishy goodies!
Updates – Expedition of Hope March 23, 2013
For those of you that are not on our Facebook page, but rather use my blog to follow the information regarding the Expedition of Hope… I posted some great updates and information on there today!
Here’s the post that was shared:
Since first posting on here I have confirmed a lot more details about the climb itself, and wanted to share them with all of you 🙂
We will be flying into Tanzania on September 21st, 2013, arriving at the Kilimanjaro International Airport. We are still working on flight details with our travel agent, getting ourselves booked on a flight with as few layovers as possible (some of the flights have quite a few)!
We will be staying at Springlands Hotel in Moshi. For those interested in checking out our accomodations, here’s the link to the hotel’s website: http://www.springlandshotel.com/
September 22nd, 2013 is a rest day. This is a chance to just enjoy being in Moshi and prepare for the climb itself. This also happens to be our first anniversary!
September 23rd we will begin the actual climb itself. We will be climbing the Rongai route. I have included a map of the route itself so that anyone interested can follow what I’m about to describe. There is also a group that will be taking the Marangu route, which is an easier climb. On the day that we summit (September 27th) we will all be meeting up together.
Here’s the breakdown of the climb itself:
- Mon. Sept. 23 (Day 1): Moshi to Nale Muru to Simba Camp
- Tues. Sept. 24 (Day 2): Simba Camp to Second Cave
- Wed. Sept. 25 (Day 3): Second Cave to Third Cave
- Thurs. Sept. 26 (Day 4): Third Cave to Kibo Huts
- Fri. Sept. 27 (Day 5): Summit Day! Kibo Huts to Uhuru Peak, reach summit after sunrise
- Sat. Sept. 28 (Day 6): Horombo Huts to Marangu Gate
If you are not yet following our Facebook page but are interested in doing so, it can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/JanoBrittExpeditionOfHope2013
Introducing Our Newest Family Member… Indiana! March 18, 2013
I had posted in my last blog that Jano and I were on the search for a new pup. This search ended up spreading much more than we thought… We live in Southern Ontario. We had originally expanded our search area to include parts of Michigan. In the end we adopted our new baby boy from Ohio!
Meet the 1 year old Shepherd/Retriever we adopted, Indiana aka Indy:
We have had him in our homes and our lives for just over a week now, and its going GREAT! He and Dav have hit it off almost instantly as long lost best friends… They play together constantly, cuddle together when they’re tired and squeeze themselves into our bed at night. He’s also a TOTAL Daddy’s boy!
March Madness! March 6, 2013
Time I think for some updates on what’s to be expected for March 🙂
Firstly Jano and I have made the decision that dear Davi needs another pup to run the property and play with here! We’ve been searching a lot of shelters both near and far recently in the search for the PERFECT fit. I know that my love of Shepherds is the reason we are looking at that breed in specific, and Jano is adament on getting a boy (being every pet we’ve had together has been female lol). I will definitely be keeping you posted with updates on how that search is going!
I finally did it – opened my own Etsy store to start selling some of my crochet goodies that I post on here all the time! I’ve had a couple sales through that and its corresponding Facebook page already, so things are going well 🙂
Just a quick picture of one of my latest projects, a baby blanket/teddy for a friend who just had a baby girl! There will be a post coming soon with more of my projects and creative adventures in the near future!
Our church has started a new opportunity to serve our community. They have displayed at the church a list of items needed by local shelters and programs. This ended up presenting me with a perfect way to marry my love of crocheting and helping out… you see one of the items requested was blankets, so I have begun crocheting squares out of all my extra yarns lying around and will put together a couple homemade crocheted blankets to donate 🙂 I will be posting pictures as this continues to progress!
Anyone else out there getting crochet happy? Any fun pet stories to share? I have a good one involving dear Pippen but that’s for another post 😉
The Domestic Soldier 