Sunday Selfies ~ Another Week Has Flown By!

Wow, time does go by quickly, even when there are no special days...we had a bit of snow, but not really that much. The ice melted off the trees, but it has been cold enough that the snow left on the ground is still crusty and that ice hunks from cleaning the walkway are still there. It makes for interesting yard cleanups...OK, we know, TMI, TMI!! Think 'Poopsicles'!

 It has not been very bright out the past several days, though on Saturday the sun decided to show up for a change...we almost fell over!!  BOL! So we were left alone while our pawrents went on a car (for Pawppy) search. There are 4 on the 'short list'...and we test drove them all. (They are certified, used Hondas, similar to the one that got wrecked.) So soon a decision will be made and then it will be great to see the driveway full of the right number of cars again:)

But well, we didn't get to go along for reasons that we were not informed about, so we sulked in our nest while unfurbro-the-elder kept guard with us.

Past Tuesday over at Teddy's blog, petcretary was one of eight commenters that managed to crowd the doorway there in the first minute after it went 'live'! Eight!! A record! Wonder if we'll ever break it!!

However we were not first with our guess, though we were correct!! Well, you can't win em all! BOL!

Meanwhile things at petcretary's workplace have finally calmed down, as to where only new admissions are on quarantine, as a precaution. While they still need to wear all the PPE, at least they are headed in the right direction. And this week, there will be a clinic there for all of the staff and residents to get the covid vaccine. Its kind of scary thought, but...well, *she* is going to take it. Pawppy will be able to get one too, maybe in a couple weeks, as his age group puts him in the next category for receiving it.

Sadly, earlier this week,, we had to say yet another goodbye...this time to Zoey from The Island Cats, and it was a shock to all, including her family...and she will be sorely missed, but never forgotten.

Zoey

We are in the Sunday Selfies Blog hop!

This fun feature is hosted each week, by The Kitties Blue and we love them all as much as we love doing the selfies. We thank them for their hard and diligent work to keep this going, for several years already!! Imagine that! Thanks so much:)

The Cat On My Head ~ Sunday Selfies

In Purrsuit of Flavours ~ Sauces

 We are joining up with our hosts, The Canadian Cats, and the Weimie Twins to present our recipes this month, and the theme is sauces.

Creamy Jalapeño Dressing and Dip (Yes, it IS a sauce!)
 
Creamy jalapeño dressing is like ranch with a spicy Mexican kick, and it is delicious on tortilla chips, salads and tacos. Or to dip crunchy veggies!

 

This is great on just about anything in the realm of Text Mex food: tacos, burritos, quesadillas, salads, chips. Or just plain old crunchy veggies!

Creamy Jalapeño Recipe


Course Sauces
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword, creamy jalapeno
Prep Time 12 minutes
Total Time 12 minutes
Servings 16 servings (2Tbs,each.)
Calories 67 kcal
 
Ingredients
* 1/2 cup mayonaise *
* 1/2 cup sour cream *
* 1/4 cup milk* 
(*Make substitutions if needed to eliminate dairy.)
* 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
* 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
* 1 teaspoon chives
* 2 cloves garlic, medium to large
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
* juice of 1/2 lime (about 1 Tablespoon)

*  1/3 cup cilantro leaves
* 1/4 cup sliced pickled jalapeños
* 1 Tablespoon of the pickled jalapeño brine/ juice
* 1/4 cup salsa verde

Instructions
Add all ingredients to a blender of food processor and blend for about 25 to 30 seconds. Try a stick blender, if you prefer.
 Store for up to 1 to 1-1/2 weeks, depending on the expiration date of your ingredients.


 

Recipe Notes
This recipe makes 2 cups of dressing/dip total.
Note: You can always add more jalapeños for even more heat. Its recommended to start with what is written and tasting before you add. 

Enjoy!

 

Time For Selfies Again!

 Oh, how fast the days go by lately.

Petcretary didn't even make any pics this past week...slacker! BOL!

So we will look back in our selfies and see if we can find one that you haven't seen yet, Hah!

The New Year's celebrations are over and we all look forward to a better year than the past one. 

Benji got another card from one of our FB groups...for his Gotcha Day.

Good thing we didn't have that kind of snow here...but we did have an ice storm on the night of Jan 1 to Jan2...followed by heavy wet snow.

Lots of peeps not too far from us, had power outages, cause the storm caused trees to come down, with the effect of taking down power lines with them...and the roads were treacherous as well. Good thing by the time *she* went to work it wasn't too  bad. It WAS pretty though, like a Christmas card! She and Unfiurbro the elder took a good long while to clean it all up and get the salt/sand applied.

When she got out of work, last night, it was raining again...and the temp was 30F...Yikes, more icy conditions and snow overnight. Hopefully it won't be as bad, there was over 1/4 inch of ice before the snow came...

Things are calming down at petcretary's work place, now there is a large part of the facility that is not under quarantine, and she was working there, in the 'green zone'. Phew!  Work had not been that pleasant for many weeks! Still no word as to when the new vaccine will be given, though some other facilities from the same company have received them.

Our peeps are still dealing with the car mess, and we still do not have a replacement for Pawppy, though he has his eye on a couple...hopefully soon there will be two cars in our driveway once again. Its sometimes rather awkward to juggle the driving needs...

OK, We found an 'Ussie', from way before the snow and ice blew over our neck of the woods:

 

 

Petcretary was up early last Tuesday, (Dec 29), so she was one of the first commenters at  Teddy's Blog. Hooray and congrats to her!

She got this 'badge' to mark the occasion:

But while she guessed correctly, she wasn't first....oh well:

This was her reward for the right guess:

 

We have joined with the Selfies Blog Hop, at The Kitties Blue! The first Selfie Sunday of 2021!

We are thankful that Miss Janet of The Kitties Blue faithfully hosts this fun feature each week.

Happy New Year! 2021 Has Arrived!!

Benji & Dalton and Petcretary Ingrid wish all our furends a Happy New Year! May it be 1000% better than 2020.

 

Post Christmas Selfies

We had to put Christmas sort of hold around here, as petcretary had to be at her work that day...she hopes she brought in some holiday cheer to the little old peeps she was taking care of...cvovid or not, they still need to be looked after in all their daily doings.

But she did get the trees up, and their lights are so pretty, including the very old ceramic tree that came from our Granny's home.

Well, we got a lot of email cards and many snail mail cards too! Thanks to all of you who sent them to us, we loved them! We didn't send any by snail mail this year...maybe there might be new year's cards for some of our friends and relatives who don't use computers...

On Christmas Eve Pawppy came home from some errands, looking rather glum and upset...the insurance dudes came and took another look at his car because the shop said it needed way more work than what the insurance was going to pay...anyways, they deemed it a total loss. Sheesh:( 

Merry Christmas?? OMD:(

So now he has to get out all the accoutrements of several years out of his car, and then bring back the rental car. all on the same day...sigh....which means petcretary's day off will be spent being a taxi once again...as then he will have to go car shopping. Of course he won't get nearly enough from the insurance to get a car of his heart's desire, but there are a few in nearby towns he was checking out online. And of course in Michigan, one can't sue the at fault driver to recoup the difference for getting another vehicle...at least he wasn't injured and that is the main thing to keep in mind.

Well, then it was the (not) Christmas, and the snow came down too, so pawppy didn't dare to go out in that either,, so he missed the church service...sigh...since he still uses a cane, and his right leg is still weaker than the left, he didn't want to risk slipping and falling.

Then it was Boxing Day! And hooray petcretary was off! We had her here all day!

Being as *she* is a transplanted Canadian, she will always call Dec 26th, Boxing Day!

Dec 26th was also the birthday of our granny, Pawppy's mother.

And Dec 26th, 2004, was also  Angel Pipo's Birthday...he would have been 16, this year...sigh...sniff...

By the time we get to post yet again,, it will have been Angel Minko's Birthday, too, his BD was Dec 29th, 2004...our two WeBeesSiameezers were like twins from other mothers! MOL!!

There was one day last week when *she* found a few moments to take some festive selfies of us, so we now present ourselves in red and green finery! BOL! 

The next day there was about an inch and a half of snow! Perfect timing:)

Sorry, I am a wee bit out of focus...

It WAS very windy so my hat blew off, honestly!

But mine stayed on! BOL!

Tomorrow, (the 28th) is Benji's Gotcha Day! Whoot! He's been here two years, now:)

He wasn't too happy with *her* on Saturday, though...he had dug out a mole and was playing with like a cat...but  *she* intervened and rescued it and put it in a safer place outside the fence...and was hoping it could dig him/herself back into the ground where Benji can't reach it...he is obsessed with digging out those varmints, but in all honesty, their messy trails are way better than his huge cavernous digging exploits! Oh well, dogs will be dogs...got a love a good terrier...

Happy (Early) Gotcha day, Benji!

We also have a guest Selfie in holiday mode:

Eddie, our Canadian Cousin.

And since we likely won't post again till after New Years, we wish all our family and friends a very happy....yes a way happier and better year than 2020. Adios, 2020, we don't want to remember you with much kindness, BOL!

Happy New Year! Happy 2021!!

We hope your 2021 year will be happy, safe and healthy.

We are joining The Kitties Blue for the Sunday Selfies blog hop. Thanks, Kitties blue and your staff for always hosting this fun weekly feature! Its the last Sunday Selfie blog hop for 2020!! Imagine that!

Its Really Close To Christmas!

 Yup, less than a week, till The Day!  And now we really need to woof at petcretary to get on with putting up the tree(s)...we don't have room in our den for a big tree, (never had, she says...), so there are several little trees with lights on tables....we want them...hurry up, petcretary! Please??

She was busy getting the livingroom back in order, and then she had to spend time at her workplace once again...and she keeps forgetting to make pics of us...not that we mind, BOL!

Yup, the livingroom is looking like a livingroom now, instead of a  bedroom, Pawppy is doing pretty good and so now he can sleep upstairs again. Hooray! And the peep at the cart body shop got an OK from the insurance peeps to fix his car....but it will be a while before he gets it back...but better than a total loss!

She thought she had gotten all the kitty things out for donation, and when she was putting the livingroom back in order, she found more toys and playthings such as a 4 tunnel set...and an almost full case of stinky goodness! (Pipo didn't like it so she had put it in a closet...) So those things will go out to the shelter, too.

We made our Christmas card and a lot of you may have gotten it in your 'inboxes', if not check your spam folders. *She* wasn't paying attention and forgot to have a subject line...oopsie!

We think the next set of 'real' selfies will be after Christmas...She'll be off for a few days then. It is still a quarantine zone where she works, she comes home each night to report of peeps who had to go to the hospital, or of those who succumbed...she is beginning to feel robbed of all those sweet peeps....may God be with their families.

So here is our card to all of our friends, be they furry, or not....feel free to snag it if you didn't get it in your email.  She is not going to send snail-mail cards, maybe she'll send out a few of those to peeps who do not have computers or use email.

We made sure that *she* helped us send a birthday card to Eddie, our doggy cousin...

We are Pre-Christmas Hopping with the newest Kitty at Kitties Blue! Click here to go and meet her:)

Getting Close to Christmas Sunday Selfies

 Its Sunday once again! How fast the time goes, even as one day melts into the next. Petcretary was so busy she did not even have time to get out her camera...so we are going to use the 'Blessing Train' box car as our selfies this week.

Its still horrible at petcretary's work place. They lost more residents this week...so very sad. Including one of her 'faves'. Sigh...The best Christmas present for her would be to have this evil virus gone. The vaccine(s) might help, along with God's intervention.

She, thankfully, remains negative as per the twice weekly testing.

Petcretary was out shopping earlier this week, and she got a call from pawppy...'I was in an accident.' Yikes!

He was making a right turn, and he had the right of way, when he got hit by another driver, his car is out of commission and may even need to be totaled...but we sure hope not. Pawppy is fine, praise the Lord! As if we didn't have enough to deal with on our plates...

He continues to progress well with his spinal fusion recovery.

On Saturday, *she* gathered up all the kitty accoutrements and litter and food that was still here, and took it to a local kitty shelter. They thought it was like early Christmas presents. The kitties there are mostly free roaming, and they were all over the furniture such as cubbies and small cat trees, as soon as it was put down! So cute! No meezers there, though,, else petcretary might have been sorely tempted. Lots of kitties of all kinds, ginger dudes, calico, tuxies and tabbies, too. And not a few black cats. They were all so pretty and hoping for a new home for Christmas. But this evil virus mess has limited their access to public adoption events. So they work with virtual methods, and a lot of advertising.

Petcretary doesn't have a smart phone else she might have made some pics to show you all. Maybe they will email some to her so she can show them later...hopefully.

Speaking of Christmas, we still are in major shambles mode at our den, so the Christmas things might have to wait till just before The Day...but none the less, it will be Christmas, decorated or not!!

We have not seen *her* making a Christmas card to send out as yet....she was very busy doing memorial cards for us to send to the families of some new angels...sheesh, so close to Christmas, too:(

Cards for snail mail?? Not even those! She is bogged down and need an other holiday...not happening till after Christmas...maybe she should give up and just send out New Years cards!! BOL!

So here is our box car:

This is our blessing train Boxcar, for 2020...we are 'cheating' a bit and using this as our selfie for this week...actually its an 'ussie'!! LOL!

We are part of the Blessing Train of 2020

Angel Pipo

In these three Angel selfie flashbacks, only the halos were added, the hat and collars were actually worn by them, when these images were taken years ago.

Angel MrJackFreckles

Angel Minko

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Sadly there were several more new angels that we have heard about...so here the cards we made in their honor. We hope they give a tiny measure of comfort to those of their hurting furmilies.

Beau, from Pets Overload

Many of you might know Hershey from Hershey Barks

Jinx, from 15 & Meowing

Precious Dezi, from Dezi World

We are joining up with all the other Sunday Selfies at the blog hop, hosted by the Kitties Blue; Thank You!