Treats

BOW WOW: This afternoon, Annabelle and I finally got around to making some doggie biscuits. We've been wanting to do that for a long time. She found a recipe online. Its ingredients were flour (we used gluten free), a couple of eggs, pumpkin, all natural peanut butter, a little salt and cinnamon.

The consistency of the dough with the recipe ingredients was super dry, so we had to add water. We got it to a consistency that could be rolled out.

We used an assortment of cookie cutters (dog, bone, hydrant and a heart). 

We used our dogs as taste testers. They were a little leery of the first one, but the real test was giving them a second one to see if they went after it. They absolutely did, so we consider that a success. 

BALDING: After running an errand today, when I got out of the car, I was basically buzzed by a pair of big, beautiful bald eagles. They were so low, right over our driveway!

I yelled at Annabelle to get out of the car and yelled, "Look up!" We stood there for a couple of minutes and watched the pair circle overhead. I finally thought to take a photo with my cell phone. You can't even tell it's an eagle in this shot, but you can see how close it was to our roof. And in this photo, it's about 15 feet higher than it was when I first spied it. Cool!

GREEENER: Another day, another option for CJ. He found out yesterday he was accepted by The Evergreen State College. That's my alma mater, and his big brother Rick's undergrad school.

Now, he needs to apply to their Tacoma campus. The first step of gaining admission there is getting accepted by the main campus.

CJ also took his last test today for fall quarter. He was pretty nervous about it beforehand, as it was a proctored online test. He's never done that before. However, he did quite well, despite having a bad feeling after finishing it. He said the online calculator he used was unfamiliar and missing functions he's used to having. I think him getting a score of 88 percent on the test is pretty darn good, all things considered. I think he wound up with a 95.5 percent for the class overall, so good for him. He is also done with biology 101 and his favorite class, rock history.