CRYING OVER HER DOG

Everyone in out family are dog lovers. I have 4 granddog's and yes I call them my granddog's because I love them like my grandchildren. In another post I was talking about my granddaughter losing her black lab. She came and stayed all night with her little cousin who was in visiting. They had went to bed and was singing over one of the mikes you can buy now that lets you here yourself sing. Now my mother-in-law loves to sing, she was in the room with them in another bed so she ask them to let her sing them a song. She sung a very old song that my father-in-law used to sing to my kids when they were little. It was about two little girls with golden curls who had got some matches and played with them and then got burned up. Now these two was listening to every word taking it all in. It is such a sad song. Now my granddaughter just could't take this so she began bawling . She cried for at least a hour and my mother-in-law could not get her to stop. So they ask her what was she crying so about and she said my dog. Now this went on for at least another hour. When she starts crying she goes into fits. So here I get a phone call to come get her as they were leaving the next day and had to get some sleep.  I walked down and got her around one in the morning and brought her up to my house and  her face was swelled and eyes so red and I ask now what has caused all of this. I miss my dog she said and I can't stand to think that I can't get to see him no more and play with him. A big snow is on and he is in his grave and I know he is so cold. Now what do  you say to this.....
She finally stopped crying and got a piece of paper and began drawing. She drew a picture of a man and put Jesus under it and then she drew a picture of her dog and put Patch then she wrote Patch is with Jesus in heaven. This calmed her down by drawing . So if this ever happens just get a piece of paper and let them draw it will take their mind off of what they are crying about even if it is three in the morning. It don't matter how long your dog has been dead you still miss them. Mine has been dead for at least 10 years and every time I see a picute of her I cry and me a old grandma. She was a long haired golden retriver and my kids grew up with her. They are the best dogs to get for a child for a pet for a large dog. They watch out for them and really are very protective of them. They are also so gentle or the girls are. No wonder Oprah loves hers so much.The labs are the same way. But for a small dog for a pet for inside the house to me a yorkie or a poodle is the best. But that is just what we have been around alot. I love my other granddog's which are toy yorkies and a toy poodle. The one named Lucy is such a big baby and oh yes you can spoil them just like a child. Cody , the poodle is around 18 years old and has lost his teeth about two weeks ago and now is on soft food. He still loves to be petted and loves running outside altho he can't see that good now. He keeps up with the other ones tho.
 It is so sad to go by the roadside and see all the dogs people sit out to strave to death or get killed with a car. If I see them I always try to take some dog food back with me to feed them. I know I can't keep them but at least they won't starve for a while as long as I can see them.

ANGIE'S PECAN FROSTING

8 Oz. Cream Cheese, softened
1 Stick of butter or marg.
1 Box of Powdered Sugar
2 Teaspoons vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans

Cream the cheese with the marg. or butter and then add the powdered sugar, then the vanilla. Last the pecans. Mix well. Put on a choc. cake or a yellow cake. Also good on a Swedish Nut Cake.

AMY'S WEDDING FRUIT SALAD

2- 8OZ. Cream Cheese, softened
1 Large box of Instant French Vanilla pudding
1 Small Cool Whip
1 Can of Mandrian Oranges, drained
Green and Red Grapes cut in half
Strawberrys cut in half or sliced
Chopped Pineapples or tibits

Mix the pudding with room temp. cream cheese. Do not add the milk to the pudding, just use the dry mixture.Then add a small amout of cool whip to this. Mix well. Taste and see if it is enough to your liking.
Then add the fruits and mix and ref.

ABOUT MY BLOG

Hi, everyone I hope you will enjoy my blog. I am trying to copy our recipes from our family website that we had when MSM closed. I am just getting started and so bear with me while I try to do this. I have all kinds of new recipes that I get from different members of our family and from our churches  and showers as we are always having something that includes FOOD. lol. They may be like the recipes on  some other cooking sites as there are so many recipes  with the same ings. but with different names. So just check them all out. It will take a while to get them on here and I don't post to this blog every day. I don't do like most people and write on my blog every day also. I guess I am just to lazy. I like to write about the funny things that happen to all of us. NO we are not crazy but if you read my writings you might think so. lol. My son says he had never seen so much drama going on in a family like we have, but it is a big family so we never know what is going to happen from week to week. We could almost start a tv show. But anyway thanks for stopping by and just come back from time to time. Lynn

MOMMY'S BUSY DAY CAKE

Mommy's Busy Day Cake




1 Yellow Cake Mix

1 1/2 cups Graham Cracker Crumbs

3/4 cup Brown Sugar

3/4 cup Walnuts or Pecans, chopped

1 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon

2/3 cup Butter or Margarine, melted

Powdered Sugar for glaze

Milk and vanilla for glaze

Directions:



Combine Graham Cracker Crumbs, Brown Sugar, Nuts, Cinnamon.

Mix in the butter or Marg. until well combined and set this aside.

Then fix the cake according to the directions on the box. Pour half of the batter into a 9 x 13 sprayed pan. Then sprinkle half of the Graham cracker

mixture all over the top of this. Spoon the remaining batter on top of graham cracker mixture then sprinkle with the remaining Graham cracker mixture

on top of batter. Bake at 350 for 40 to 45 minutes or until golden brown.Cool completely.



Glaze:

Combine

2 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar

1/3 c. light corn syrup

3-4 tsp. warm water

Put in a bowl and beat all ings. on low until blended. Will be thin. This makes about a cup of glaze.



Or you can take:

1 cup powdered sugar, sifted

1 1/2 Tablespoons of milk

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Mix this up in a bowl.

Spoon over cooled cake if you like.

PEPPER JELLY AND CREAM CHEESE

1 block of Cream Cheese
1 Jar of Pepper Jelly /Jam
Place Cream Cheese block on a  serving platter. Spoon several tablespoons of Jelly/Jam over the Cheese can use whatever amount you like. Serve with Tortilla Chips or Ritz or plain crackers.

FRENCH FRY SAUCE

If you are like me and just love to dip about everything then try this easy sauce to dip in.
All you need in some good flavored ketchup and some mayo and black pepper. Now in
A bowl pour you out some ketchup and then add the same amount of mayo. Stir this up.
Now then you pour about a Teaspoon of black pepper over all of this. Stir again and add
Another Teaspoon of pepper and stir again. If you don't like black pepper then leave out
This has been around for years.
This a good dip for frys, chicken and cheese sticks
Or about anything you want to dip. Now my kids can't understand when I go out to eat and
get frys why mom sits there and puts packs of pepper in her ketchup to eat with frys. Just try it.
Have you ever bought a Frosty at Wendy's and dipped your frys in it. My kid's grew up doing
this and still do and so does dear old mom. Never to old to dip...........