I’m a pretty good baker but kind of an average cook. I’m good with cakes and cookies and stuff but when it comes to cooking I need to improvise better. Maybe you and I should mix our abilities or something till we can do both?I want to be the sort of person who can whisk up a gourmet meal from anything in the cupboard.

Ah - the poor sweet thing. I didn’t realize that was a terrier trait - that’s what our old dog did. Winston just buries everything.

I hate Martha Stewart. Fucking hate her guts.

In baking, there are rules but they are somewhat flexible. It depends on the results you want just like anything else - you can’t quite wing it but you can substitute. It just takes a little more finesse and practice. And it’s really hard to cut back on fat and sugar and maintain a good product. It helps to bake a lot to become that comfortable. I used to be.

Jeannie- I love you for hating her.
Veg assassin- Just think of the shit we could come up with! (booze would have to be involved.)

I think I love Lucy. I also KNOW I love you for taking a puppy mill dog, with all the accompanying issues. I’m pretty sure that’s where my next one is coming from. Lucky girl.

A dog learning to play is a wondrous thing. The other that always makes me cry like a girl is when they realize that there will ALWAYS be enough food and stop scarfing it down in 20 seconds.

Sniffle.

Good for you! Do it. Once they know they’re “home” they’re like a little velcro ball of love attached to you.

Slack- I know exactly what you mean. Like she was shocked that it was hers- it wasn’t a trick and she got to eat it all. Everyday.

This is exactly why I LOVE cooking, HATE baking. I don’t do anything “precisely” or “to an exact amount” or “use timers.” I’m a fly by the seat of my pants kinda gal, and that’s extended to food.

Plus, the wine I drink while cooking makes me a little forgetty.

A little LOTR puppy? That’s pretty darn cute

I like baking, but I suck. Oh well.

I have the “forgetty” problem as well….so all of my cooking times need to be “ish”

Taylor- What’s LOTR?

Again, thanks so much for rescuing a perfect baby. I hate animal abusers. I hate them like I’d be fine with killing them, and I hate killing too. A bunch of sons of bitches. I look at my teeny little Sophie-baby and wonder how the hell someone could be anything but adoring to such a creature.

I know- It baffles me- i just don’t get it. (and am pissed that I’m not allowed to do the same to them. Lucy is doing brilliantly- fitting in well and relaxing. She follows Maggi around like a little shadow!

My baking skills are about as good as my sewing skills: embarrassing.

my favorite thing in the world is pretty much when matilda starts throwing toys in the air and pouncing and growling. hilarious! one time she did that with a blueberry.

it makes me smile that lucy is getting better and better. yayee! so cute!

I love dogs but sometimes they make it hard; my son just called from home and our golden Riley (the canine garbage disposal) just got into the food we were organizng for a fly in trip on Saturday and ate 6 bananas, an entire bag of cherries (with the pits), and a bag of Doritos. I think he’s half jackass actually.

Maggi eats about 15lbs of cherries per summer from the tree in the back- she shits out about 20lbs of pits. The math just seems wrong on that.

i am so happy for lucy! animal rescues for the win.