Now THAT was hot! - FWF #26

Hello, everybody! Hope everyone enjoyed a good Father's Day last Sunday with the family...we didn't have a lot of time (Mika had three softball games that day) but we were able to give DaddyDude his cards and presents before we left the house...at 5:30 am...!

I thought this would be a great sketch to make a masculine card... but I found it a little stark afterwards, so I added some fun hearts with pop dots...

This All About Dad kit (Stamp of the Week) is great, because there are FOUR stamps! All are great sentiments.The hearts are from a Unity kit, but for the life of me, I cannot remember which one (this is what happens when you keep a stash of miscellaneous Unity stamped items on your craft desk - it's very handy, but if your collection is as large as mine, good luck remembering which one it came from!).

We just returned from Scottsdale last Friday,where it was really VERY hot.  How hot...? Well, there's an idea - this is a screenshot of DaddyDude's phone on our last night there (at 9:17 pm).

It was very relaxing, though, and the girls enjoyed playing at the pool on most days. They also went ice skating (can you believe there's an ice rink there?!) while DaddyDude roasted on the golf course (scored an 83, not bad for not having played golf in three years!).

Gosh, I just love having a good camera! Marika kept asking her father to flip her in the air and asking me, "Did you get that?! Did you get that?!"  Yes, honey, I did...!

We also finally took our first family photo in two years. I am getting really tempted to get one of those selfie sticks - is that a bad idea?

Unfortunately, on our drive back, we saw the effects of a semi-local fire. This is the Lake Fire (south of Big Bear Lake), burning after about 48 hours (June 17) - and as seen at least 60 miles away (in Indio) from the fire itself. Today is June 26 and the fire is still only 19% contained and almost 30,000 acres have burned.

But wait! I have another Unity project! Marika was invited to yet ANOTHER party (a "Teen Beach 2 Movie/Pool party" today) and since I didn't want her to go empty-handed, we tried out a new doggy biscuit recipe (the mom has 3 huskies and a Chihuahua - and the grandma has a German shepherd). Our dog, Bo, watched dutifully from the second I opened the peanut butter jar, to make sure I did everything correctly...(and yes, he loved the treats!)

This tag was based on a Viva La Verve sketch (June 2015, Week 3) and I used Unity's Thanks stamp and their Puppy Ruff Itty-Bitty. Gotta love how the googly eyes add some fun character to the puppy!

I made a simpler tag version for Max, since he's an only fur baby...

And because I don't want to take the chance of risking food allergies, I always include a list of ingredients/recipe on the back so the owner can decide whether to feed them to their dog...

Last but not least... my recipe of the week. At long last, I decided to make some stuffed mushrooms. I love to eat them at restaurants, but never understood why they were so pricey. And now, I know - they're very labor intensive! I spent a long time making a dozen and DaddyDude and I polished them off in 5 minutes! Yes, they were very good. Although I didn't have any ground Italian sausage, so I cut up some hot links instead. I also had tons of stuffing left but you know what? It was AWESOME to eat for breakfast the next morning, topped with my homemade salsa. Who knew? So, I'll have to try this recipe again, but do the full amount, instead of halving it. Yum yum!

Thanks for bearing with the long post  - don't forget to shop Unity for their first "buy one get one free" sale! There is also free shipping over $20 and you get free stamps for orders over $35!