Spring + No Lawn + White Dog = A Hot Mess!

So we finally have had a weekend to spend some time at home together! No trips, no work, no plans, no shoes, no shirts, no problems! It's a song people! Anyhow... the weather was great this weekend and it was finally warm enough to get Chris out on a walk with the dog! How he can sit on a bucket on the ice for hours and not be cold but a little walk around the neighborhood is torture is beyond me, must be the beer! Along with the great weather though comes melting snow and sloppy mud. That is not the best combination when you own a white dog. We had planned to give her a bath on Saturday anyway so we let her have the run of the road on the walk. What a mess!


She looked so guilty...



Just short of rolling in the mud she was completely covered!



This is where she figured out the consequences of her actions.



For a short while after her baths we think we own a sheep dog...



All pretty again...minus the super long hair that you can see is now beginning to part down the center. She is getting her first puppy hairdo next week :)



As the afternoon began to wind down we decided to rent some movies and make a great big feast for dinner since we love to cook together. Lately, we have been seeing the Olive Garden commercials for the Four Cheese Stuffed Pansotti with Chicken or Sausage. SOLD! We had no recipe to go by, but went online to look at what ingredients we could pull from there. With our list in hand we set out for the grocery store. There was no decision made on whether we would be having chicken or italian sausage(<-- my week spot!) instead we decided to make both...why not!? this was a feast after all!

Four Cheese Stuffed Pansotti with Sausage in a Tomato Alfredo Sauce



Four Cheese Stuffed Pansotti with Chicken in a Portobello Mushroom Sauce



It was our first time making/stuffing our own pansotti's (a.k.a ravioli) so they didn't turn out the greatest...but were still definitely edible. All in all they were delicious!! After using nearly every dish in the kitchen and one bottle of wine later we were pretty proud of ourselves and pretty darn full! No room for garlic bread or dessert! So worth it!

Lastly, this was our Sunday morning feast...another of Chris' many cravings...

Chirizo, Mozz, and Tomato Omelet with a side of Pancakes, English Muffin and his personal favorite, gag me, Corn Beef Hash...