Thursday, December 16, 2010
Baby, It's Cold Outside
Mr. Penguin is not a fan of the unusually cold weather we have been experiencing. This morning we had a bit of freezing rain. The trees were encased in ice. Luckily, Mr. Penguin has a big, bad truck to drive around in perilous weather. He had to venture out to the post office to mail out the last of his Christmas presents. By that time the roads were just wet, there was no ice, no snow. Schools are already anticipating bad weather tomorrow and are running on a 2 hour delay. They preempted my usual morning show to have the local news report on the weather. They sure are quick to get their panties in a twist over the tiniest bit of bad weather down here.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Buckeyes
Mr. Penguin is all about holiday treats and baking them. I feel like the woman would be on board if she felt better. The man complains about all the fattening sweets lying around but he eats them anyway. However, he is not about to make, nor help me bake, any. I have such a long list of things I want to try out!
So far, I’ve only been able to make one thing on that list--buckeyes. The woman and I made these last week, right before her symptoms got worse. Luckily, the recipe made a lot of them, so we’re good for a bit on sweets. But I’m hoping this week I can make a new treat. The buckeyes are good, but I would like something different, something a little less sugary. The man has sternly informed me that, as long as the woman’s symptoms remain severe, I can just forget about making any new tasty delights. Therefore, I have been concentrating my healing skills on trying to nurse her back to some semblance of health, or at least back to a level where she can be of use in the kitchen. I’m pretty confident I can get at least one new treat made this week. I will be sure to photo-record any kitchen baking adventure I can accomplish this week to share with my friends and fans.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
White Christmas?
We had our first bit of snow for the year this afternoon. Just light flurries, only a scant amount of snow on the ground.
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The way these southerners act you’d think it was 6 inches of snow. There aren’t many snow trucks here, in fact, our county has no snow plough at all. It doesn’t snow here enough to budget for snow removal. This is not a problem for seasoned winter veterans like the man and woman. To them this is nothing. It’s fun to watch the local news and all the talk is about the snow, they are all in a tizzy about it.
Good thing the man got new tires on my truck.
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Nothing can stop us now, not even snow. We just have to worry about all the crazy, inexperienced southern drivers on the road.
Alright, onto my other adventure of the day. Today Mr. Penguin finally finished his holiday shopping; what a relief! I just finished wrapping all my gifts and boxing them up to ship out. It feels good to have that task done and out of the way.
Now, it's time for me to snuggle up between the man and woman and watch a movie, which is just what I intend to do now that all my things are done for the day.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Mr.Penguin is getting into the holiday spirit. I got the tree up and decorated this past weekend and I'm working on busting out the Christmas songs. I don't know why the man and woman are so reluctant to embrace the holiday cheer. Perhaps it's because it's not cold and snowy down here in the south. Hopefully, they will eventually come around. Mr.Penguin is ready to start the holiday baking, but, sadly, the woman is not as eager as I am.
Yesterday, I had the woman help me with a new holiday background for my blog. After a few hours and multiple failed attempts, we finally got it to work. Mr. Penguin thinks he should get the woman some blog editing classes for Christmas. But with her crazy, drug-addled brain and lack of focus I feel like it would just be a waste of my hard-earned money. I suppose I’ll have to send myself instead, then I won’t have to rely on her or the man to help me out with my blog and things would get posted a lot sooner.
On a side note, Mr.Penguin was very distressed earlier this week to hear of his special lady’s knee injury. Mr. Penguin just wants to remind everyone that he is a highly skilled care-taker and has acquired a lot of experience nursing the woman on her bad days. He could be dispatched immediately to help care for anyone who is ill and requires the talents of a practiced nurse. Of course, it would mean leaving the sickly woman to care for herself during the day, which I don’t think she would like very much. But she needs to learn to care for herself if she doesn't get well soon. So, my lady, let me know if you need my assistance, I'll catch the next plane headed north.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Perfectly Portioned Penguin Pies
For Thanksgiving dessert the woman made these pies for me. They are the perfect size for a penguin. The only problem is I keep filling up on all the food--turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, etc--that I haven't been able to eat my desserts. I have had a taste of each via a bite from the man and woman, but my poor little tummy isn't accustomed to vast amounts of food at once; I just haven't been able to make room in my tummy for a little pie. I feel bad about not eating them yet, since the woman went through the trouble of making them for me, but I don't want to make myself sick. We already have one sickly person in the house, we don't need any more.
On a happier note, I was finally allowed to put our Christmas tree up. I have been begging to do it for weeks, ever since the woman bought a tree, but I was told I'd have to wait until after Thanksgiving was over. Well, today was finally the day. We set it up and Mr. Penguin did all the trimming and decorating himself. I had to have a little help plugging in the lights. I'm very pleased with the results. Let the Christmas season begin!
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving!
Phew, am I glad Thanksgiving is over. Now I can get back to my normal schedule and not be stuck in the kitchen with the woman making things. I was so tired from this week that I had a hard time getting out of bed; I was just so tired.
Before I could help out with the food, I had to fuel up. The woman made pumpkin bourbon french toast for breakfast. Yum.
The man got to play video games while I had to slave away in the kitchen with the woman. Puff. I can’t wait til I’m old enough to do what I want, when I want all the time.
After preparing the food, the man forced me to change into a sweater. At first I was all hot and itchy, still warm from cooking in the kitchen. But once I sat down and cooled off I felt better. Plus, I looked super snazzy in my sweater, as you can see.
Our feast started off with some light appetizers:
sweet potato balls, white bean and kale crosinti, spinach and artichoke dip and most importantly, shrimp
I was even allowed one glass of sparkling wine.
I was so full after all these tasty delights, I had to take a break from eating. A few hours later I was ready for the main feast. Turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, 2 kinds of stuffing (apple cranberry and regular), green bean casserole….yum. Right as I finish my plate I realized I forgot to get some cranberry sauce, but by this point there was no more room in my little tummy. Oh well, I’ll just be sure to have some with my leftovers tomorrow. I was even too full for dessert.
Overall, we had a nice, relaxing day. After the morning's activity, it was nice to just sit and chill the rest of the day and evening.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Tasty Treats and Helping Out
With Thanksgiving fast approaching this week, the woman has been busy planning out our feast. Thanksgiving is the man’s favorite holiday, so the woman has taken it upon herself to make all his holiday favorites, so he will not be cheated out of any of his favorite foods.
Since the woman has been sick and the man is away at work all day long, the burden of cooking for this feast falls upon Mr. Penguin’s [very capable] shoulders. The woman mapped out all the dishes she needs made for each day this week and gathered together all the recipes for me.
The kitchen was a disaster, so first I had to do the dishes and wipe the counters.
Then began the long marathon cooking session. I’m an expert at time management and was able to accomplish more than what was on the woman’s list.
I was even able to make some tasty little treats. I sampled one, but didn’t dare eat anymore. I didn’t want to get caught. Besides, these are the treats that will be served with after dinner coffee on thurs.
I'm tired and I'm ready for a well-deserved break. I'll have to go to bed early, because tomorrow I'll be doing more of the same thing.
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