Feeling a Little Crispy

I want to start off by letting everyone know I found my scarf...I prefer to not go into details, all that matters is I have my scarf back, even though the weather hasn't been quite bad enough to wear it. I hear it is supposed to snow today and tomorrow, which I find ghastly, but I suppose we have had a mild winter. I would say we have been spoiled by this brilliant weather but personally I think we deserve it after all these years of bloody terrifying winters! Do you know how hard it is to find small critters to hunt in the winter??
But enough about the weather, I want to tell you about a recent night at Steph's with Jodi. We didn't do a whole lot, since the girls spent most of their time watching this...Vampire Diaries. I am not sure I get the fascination with it, I mean, there's no Alice in this vampire show! What kind of vampire show doesn't have my beautiful Alice? Then on the second night Tasha joined us and they hooked her into it, too!! Before they glued themselves to the telly, we made a delightful treat! I was quite tickled at how it turned out. They were peanut butter rice crispy treats! Doesn't that just sound scrumptious?

We gathered up all the ingredients, Ringo was distracted by all the goodies

And again...

I managed to get one good shot
I helped Steph pat down the first layer of rice crispy treat. Meanwhile, Jodi is making a peanut butter fudge. YES! A fudge! Once we put the fudge over the first layer, we added the little mini peanut butter cups. I forgot to capture this part in a photo because I was too busy trying to eat the cups...

Then while Steph made the second layer of rice crispy treats, I helped Jodi melt chocolate chips and peanut butter for the topping. It took all my willpower to not jump in this pot. I figured Steph wouldn't like me getting this all over her new kitchen...You. Are. Welcome.

Voila! The final product! Sadly we had to wait to try it until it set in the freezer for a while...

*La sigh* once again, Ringo can't control himself...

Soon I will be travelling to Florida with Steph! I have been spending some time at her place, although she has been too busy watch this Vampire Diaries to spend time with me...Ringo was lucky enough to join Jodi in a dog sitting adventure! We kept in contact through text, but he failed to send me any pictures of this pup. I hear I missed out on a jolly good dog time! Well, they are going to miss out on a jolly good Florida time! Check back for some more posts!

Cheerio!

Pinky

Heeh heeh heeh

Me love snow!

Wedding Bells are Ringing!!

That's right folks.....Jodi is getting married! Blimey, that makes me feel all sappy inside. I can’t believe the youngest Barkman girl is going to tie the knot. It know it won’t change anything, but I’m sure going to be the odd ball out, since I am will always be a terminal bachelor, famous ladies panther. The big day is August 11th. I know it will come much too quickly!

Here is a lovely picture of all 3 of us together. Steph maybe isn’t holding me the best, but I’m just so blessed to be part of this trio, so I don’t even care! I will always treasure these times together, even as we grow older.

Also, this is my favorite picture of Jodi and I! I wanted to share it. Just a special moment....

Jodi-to one of the best gals I know.....wishing you a life of happiness with Kevin! He better treat you well, or I will maim him.

Cheerio!

Pinky

A New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all had a brill Christmas and New Year, I know I did! To top it off, it's nearly 60 degrees in January, how much better can that get? But since I have so many pictures to show you I will just get right into it.

Once Steph and Nick arrived, Ringo and I went right to the gifts. We were looking for something with our names on it.

Ringo checked every corner.

We even enlisted The Dog to help us.

Even with all three of us, there was no success.

With a little team work, Ringo and I almost got a peek at this one.

Fail...

We decided to retire from gift hunting and check out what was cooking in the kitchen.

Making scrambled eggs, we waited patiently...well, we waited...

I wasn't sure what he was looking at, but I decided to join. It smelled luvvly-jubbly!

We wanted to munch on something while we waited. Party mix sounded like a brill idea. Ringo was pushing with all his little might. Poor bloke just couldn't get it.

We kept trying.

Nothing would work!

I contemplated eating some fruit that they left unsupervised. In the end, I figured it was best to save room for the meat.

We were so knackered after all the hard work, so we took a kip in front of the telly.

I found Jodi's pain hilarious, Ringo felt sorry for her. How daft do you have to be to grab a hot pan??

We approached the strangers with hesitation. It appeared that one was holding a weapon of some kind.

We quickly becames friends when I learned they were from the same area as me! Ringo really took a liking to the owl.

I was a little disappointed when I realized I once again was not receiving any gifts. Jodi and Steph told me they have something for me, but they forgot to give it to me because they were too busy watching a whole marathon of Harry Potter. I must say, my new friends have a striking resemblance of certain Harry Potter characters...hmm...interesting. Anyway, they better give me my gifts soon, I am becoming impatient.

Enjoy this beautiful weather, everyone!

Cheerio,

Pinky

Which present is mine??

Today is Christmas Eve! And I am chuffed to the bits to report that there is no snow on the ground! Not a single flake. The Christmas tree is up and beautiful. Although, as I mentioned previously, the girls neglected to bring me along to put up the tree. But I have graciously forgiven them. A couple nights ago, I did a little snooping. I just want to know which present is mine!



Ohhh I just can't wait!! I am sure the girls got me something stupendous! They love me so much. And who can blame them? We have such jolly good times together. I also took some pictures of my favorite ornaments!

This is the newest addition to the Christmas tree. Steph said she fell in love with this sheep. I think it's not too baaaaad.

I thought this candy cane was real. It. was. not.

I love this snowman! Despite the fact that I don't like real snowmen. ugh.


This is a marshmallow on skis. Blimey, it's cute.

And this star. Reminds me of the Star of Bethlehem.

So, I know this was a quick post, but I just have so much to do to get ready for Christmas day!!

Have a holly jolly Christmas!

P

Five More Days!

We finally had our first real snow. Woohoo...I'm filled with joy...But on the bright side, it already melted. I managed to capture a couple pictures of the monstrosity before that happened. Frankly, I didn't care about the pictures, but Ringo seemed to want memories of his first snow.

Looking out the sunroom doors, ick.

I couldn't take much more of it. I had to walk away.

Ringo stayed a while longer, he was utterly fascinated by it.

I let him stay there for a while longer. I think he is barmy, but if he wants to freeze his end off, that's his problem, not mine. Give it a couple weeks and he'll come to realize it's not all that great.

One more thing, if any of you have seen this scarf, please inform me as soon as you can. I seemed to have misplaced it, or someone filched it. Either way, I am very gutted about it.

Hopefully I will get another post in before Christmas, but if not, I hope you all have a Merry Christmas! Check back for some pictures of Christmas day with the family!

Tootle Pip!

Pinky

Countdown: 12 Days

Twelve more days until Christmas finally arrives. My oh my this year is flying by! I hope you all have started your shopping (don't forget my list!) because before we know it, Christmas will have come and gone, and it will be 2012!
In honor of this Christmasy spirit, we decided to make Ginger S'mores last week! They were easy peasy to make and a blinding success for all...four people who tried them...

This is all you need to make them! Ginger snaps, marshmellow cream, and chocolate! Seriously, could this BE any easier?

When Steph and Jodi weren't looking, I tried helping Ringo into the bag to filch a few cookies. Team work, we have it!
Here I am, helping Jodi put marshmellow cream between two cookies.

We found that the marshmellow cream is...quite creamy...so it is best to do this fast and set them in the fridge for a few minutes.

Ringo testing out the sprinkles to make sure they are up to code. We chose to dip AND drizzle the chocolate. I am putting the sprinkles on the dipped ones. I must say, I did a fantastic job! I mostly had to steer clear of Steph and her crazy chocolate spatula...
After setting in the fridge for a few minutes, Ringo and I were able to enjoy these brill little treats!
Close up of me with the Ginger S'mores

It left me quite parched, so I took a sip of Jodi's drink.

Oddly enough, I slept like a baby that night...hm...

Before we knew it, it was time to say goodbye to Jodi. It made me quite sad so I decided to pack up and head to her house for a while. Ringo was getting pretty lonely without me. Besides, I am slightly bitter that Steph didn't think to let me out of her room so I could help her, Tasha, and Jodi put up the Christmas tree. I can't bloody open the door myself, woman! I tried, really I tried.

Well I am off to find my scarf, Jodi forgot to lay it out for me and I just can't wait to put it on! It is rather parky in her room!

Cheerio

Pinky