Cookie Crazy!!

I´ve got a problem. A Cookie problem. Look....

Do you understand my problem? DO YOU??? I mean, when I got a little dog, I told myself she was going to be a regular dog...I wasn´t going to spoil her, treat her any differently then my other dogs...no matter the size...but look at her...

It´s her fault...she´s so freaking cute, I´m helpless. I can´t even get mad at her even though she is the naughtiest little pup I´ve ever owned. She chews on everything, she finds things on my floor I never thought existed- and insists on chewing them and not giving them to me, and when she barks at the big dogs I can´t bring myself to tell her no, even though I know I should...and sometimes I can mutter a little, "No no little Cookie bumpkin...don´t do that!" I´m really giggling at how incredibly cute it is to see this pint size puppy take on my giant lion dogs...Cookie´s insistence that she WILL be friends with the big dogs, despite Nanna´s grumbles to stay away, get me all gooey inside.....I need help!!! 


And there´s more....look what I´ve bought so far for her...

Alright, in my defence...I was told by her breeder I couldn´t leave her alone the first months...so what am I suppose to do? Not do anything the first months because I have to be with her? Or find a way to take her with me....ok....so I chose option number 2 and got the incredibly cute (according to my teenage daughter) doggy bag you see above. I´m also not suppose to take her on long walks in the beginning...however, I have five other dogs who would very much like a long walk...and I can´t leave Cookie...so what to do? Yeah, you get a doggy backpack like the one shown above the doggy purse...that way when she gets tired you plop her in there and keep on going...win win for everyone! UGH....but there´s more...

Clothing....I got her clothing....WHAT??? Why are you guys looking at me that way, she was cold....shivering actually, the other morning when I took her out to go potty after she had slept a whole night! (which she has done every night since I got her- lucky me!) I mean, shall I just let her freeze??? No, I think not....and this is Norway, it´s dark in the winter...very dark...almost all day long...she needed a reflex vest like the big doggies...so what do you think? Am I hopeless? Am I doomed? I feel like everything is out of control and all the things I promised myself I wouldn´t do I´m doing...but I feel like many of these things are justified, it´s not because I want to be a Gucci Mamma....really, I don´t...completely want to be a Gucci Mamma,  maybe a little less country bumpkin but never a complete Gucci Mamma..;-)


Yesterday I was having some ladies over for a Tupperware party and so I was making food and Cookie was chillin´...

She can chill just about anywhere as you can see....isn´t that just sooo cute??? Ok ok, the food...I know the usual fare at tupperware parties is cakes...but this is me you´re talking too...it´s not every day I have visitors so when I first get  a visit I have to go all out, especially if I have warning someone is coming! So I cooked up a yummy batch of CORN CHOWDER. I did mine slightly different as I didn´t have any onion in the house (I know, what the heck?? Isn´t that weird? Me with no onions in the house?? HUH??) Anyhoot...I did have some shallot onions, so I used about 12 of those. I also added some garlic because....well....ya just gotta have garlic...I used about 3 cloves finely chopped. The rest I pretty much followed and I actually bought fresh basil to put on top of the soup and then totally forgot when I served the soup...ugh!!! So mine looked like this...but if you remember the basil then yours can look like Sweet Pea´s....

I let this baby sit all day long on a low heat and as with any soup that is allowed to marinate for several hours...the flavors just became better and better. This is a simple, warm, and delicious soup for those cold winter days when you need something warm and filling in your stomach...I even think you could get small children to eat this as there isn´t anything really "weird" in it- bacon, potatoes, onion, and corn....how simple can life get???


Then we had to have some cakes or it wouldn´t be tupperware, right? So I went with a Brown Buttered Brownie...

Julia asked me if I used dark chocolate in these as she felt the taste was really strong and she didn´t like dark chocolate (you see it´s not just Cookie who is spoiled in this house)...the strong flavor probably comes from the browned butter which will give it a little more nutty flavor and there is a teaspoon of espresso powder in there...but I thought they were really good and am glad I don´t have to share that many with the kids...hahahaha...of course that´s not good news for my arse, I´m usually quite happy when my children devour whatever I bake so there is less for me...but once in awhile it´s ok to have the whole bunch for myself!! :-) I got that fancy doggy backpack now...I´ll grab Cookie and a couple leos and we´ll walk off these delicious little morsels....


I also made a yummy cheesecake I´ve made before...the Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars. 

Unfortunately or shall I say fortunately (for me) my kids are crazy about this one...so I don´t have to worry about finishing this one off...*puh*.....this time though instead of making my own caramel sauce, which you can do....I bought some and it worked just fine. 


Cookie was a sweet girl and slept pretty much the entire time I was making food....

UGH....look at that cuteness...you´re weak too aren´t you? She has that power over everyone I think....and you think this is cute, you should see her run....ugh, if only I could run like Cookie, I wouldn´t have to cook food to get people to like me...they´d just be like..."Oh Amy, skip the cheesecake...just run for us girl...it´s so cute!" But nooooo.....so I guess I´ll stick to what works for me and Cookie can stick to what works for her and I´ll just have to accept that I´m doomed to spoil this baby...maybe I can try and balance it a little with sensibility and a little spoiling?? That might work? Ugh...who am I kidding??? I´m Cookie Crazy...ugh!!!


Have a wonderful Saturday everyone! Until next time my friends....