Doggie Treats

Why?
Look at that face!!!
Meet Chewbacca aka Chewy (what I call him) aka Chew-bark-y ( what LR calls him)

failure?

I made 3 different flavoured doggie treats. Chicken liver with mint, peanut butter and cheese.
Chewy rejected the peanut butter treat. He is an extremely fussy eater. You can tell by how he is so selective of the fruits he eats. He goes for more exotic ones like peaches, kiwis and strawberries but scoffs at apples, pears and papayas.

sucess?
He finishes the cheese treat in 30 seconds, which means he loves it. buttttt........
The top prize goes to the chicken liver with mint. When the treat is presented before him, his tail wags violently, he stares intently and given to him, he takes 10 seconds to finish it! It's no wonder why he loves it so much, it is a combination of chicken liver, lamb broth, wheatgerms and mint(home-grown).

A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T cookies

why?
In chronological order,
1. I bought alphabet cookie cutters.
2. I read KUIDAORE's blog and was inspired to decorate cookies.
3. An expression of how much my friends mean to me :)

failure?
This is my first attempt at icing, and seriously, from the photograph, it goes to show that I can't 'write' neatly. Totally exhausted from wrestling with how to work the piping instrument, deciding the nicest combination of colours and actually icing each cookie, I garnered enough energy to reflect on the whole process. Somehow painful memories of Chinese homework came flooding back. I remembered the times where I was made to write the same character many many ridiculous times and yet during Chinese spelling, I would still get it wrong! Okay, the icing process wasn't that bad, but just that it frustrates me because I want to get it right and coupled with the fact that I can actually visualise what bring right would be like and me not being even close, was tiring. But I haven't given up, after reading many websites, I've come to the conclusion that icing beautifully is about practice, perserverance and patience. It's exactly what I envision my growth in knowing God to be like. This Bible verses just sums it all up...

"Perserverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything"

James 1:4

Oh and I also really like this quote from the book Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren

"I am how far I have come, not just how far I have to go. I am not where I want to be but neither am I where I used to be"


success?
i made them for a bunch of very appreciative and encouraging friends. Enough said :)

Sticky Tomato Chicken

Chocolate Maltesers Cake