This momma is tired! I'm a long way past middle of the night feedings... I'd take a nap, but as his meds are spaced an hour apart, by the time I wait for round two, I have generally found something to keep me awake. They just finished breakfast and next meds are in thirty minutes, I figured I might as well enjoy my coffee and empty my wiped out brain.
I believe I mentioned trying my hand at making yogurt, if you have an Instapot, some milk and a bit of plain yogurt, do it! Never been a huge fan of plain yogurt, but this is a keeper. It's wonderful and after doing the cost/chemical additive comparison... well it's a no brainer. Even a super busy person can handle this one, the Instapot does about 90% of the work.
I've reached a point that I am beyond tired of the lengthy list of chemicals on all of our "food" products. I'm worn out from trying to figure out what is trying to kill us off now. It is not better living through science as the saying used to go. I am fairly certain that none of us were born to eat food like substances.
In a short bit, I am going to try my hand at making cheese-its. I have all the ingredients and they will be a nice snack to have in the pantry for us and for the grands. I think I'm also going to make up a batch of the Parmesan/Rosemary crackers we love to have on hand too. Those are great with a nice salad or a quick charcuterie board when I don't feel like cooking.
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| He needed support yesterday... |
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| Or maybe it was her. Super protective Sis |
After a lengthy chat with the vet yesterday at Beau's follow up, I feel confident that I am on the right path in eliminating as much of the crap as I can from our diet and the pups. She fully endorsed them not being fed kibble, yup, I was shocked. I've been scolded repeatedly, but when I told her what they are now eating, she was supportive and encouraging. Beau's medicated butt even lost 1.5 pounds last month. I already know he will have a life long struggle because of the medications.
As I am working on eliminating crap, I'm also working on eliminating more of the waste, with just the two of us there are some recipes and meals that are really hard to make small. I'm also working on figuring out how to have access to things like my raw goats milk year round. Since I can't have my own goats or chickens where I live.
Some things simply can't be canned safely. Well, along those lines, I did a thing.
I finally decided to purchase a freeze dryer. I've been pondering, thinking, pushing it aside and regretting the decision for a really long time. As a result, I never bought one. Hubs and I realized we've been buying a lot of freeze dried treats and meals for the pups. Our grands are addicted to freeze dried sweets and candies. The cost of those things is a tad outrageous. So we did the next logical thing. We bought our own.
I need to get down to the basement and clean out space in the cantry which is where it will live, because it arrives on Friday. I am a touch overwhelmed, excited and probably crazy.
We've been talking for days about what we are going to freeze dry first. It will probably be either candy, yup bad for you - 100%, but for a maiden run, it's quick and pretty fail proof, or some fruit, again - how badly can one screw that up? Besides, Easter is around the corner and the grands do love freeze dried candies and sweets.
After that initial trial run, I am fairly sure my Pups will take the center stage for awhile, they haven't disliked anything freeze dried yet. Liver, salmon, sardines, turkey hearts, you name it they are game. I figure I will finally over come my revulsion and buy a cow heart and tongue and get those freeze dried up for their meals. I can't bring myself to figure out how to cook them, and it will definitely require gloves, I just need to focus on the fact that it is really good for their health and not focus on what I am cutting up. Blah!
Then the focus needs to shift to camping meals. The idea of taking a lightweight bag of food along, instead of hauling all the jars, etc... well, I have to admit, it has me dreaming and planning. We will be camping this year, we both need it. Last year was brutal.
I will still can, there will always be room for dehydrating, this just puts another option into the arsenal. I definitely have some good plans with my newest toy.
Now if I could just get past my fear of sour dough. I'm sure it is no where near as overwhelming as my brain has created it to be. In fact, I'm sure it is something I would enjoy, if I could just stop obsessing over it. Well, we'll see, that might be more adulting than I am ready for.
The pup has been medicated and he and his sister are down for their morning naps. I always worked outside of the house with all my other pups, I guess I just assumed they played all day while we were working. Now, I am fairly confident in stating they slept. Evidently dogs are a lot lazier than I assumed.
I guess I will take advantage of the downtime to make my crackers and maybe a nice homemade pot of tomato soup to go with it, its cold outside with a slightly brisk breeze, I'm thinking that means the opportunity for a little bit of cozy on the inside.
Although a nap myself... awwww stop with the daydreams, maybe some other time. There is serious adulting that needs to happen. Especially now that Beau has moved off the non-stop watch list and back on to the use caution leaving him alone for long until he's stabilized with the new medication regime. Life is sliding back into the normal bubble.
Oh and if you are wondering about Hubs' birthday... I'd say it ended perfectly! The oldest grand made him brownies for his "cake"...
Adulting is calling and I must go! Love and prayers everyone!
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