Ollie is a bit of a picky eater, but there is one thing he just can’t turn his nose up at – and that’s peanut butter. I felt like a mom sneaking veggies into my kid’s dinner by adding organic pumpkin to these peanut-buttery treats, but he was none-the-wiser. There are tons of recipes for dog treats online, but I started with this one and ended up with the below, which Ollie loves. Your house will smell divine and your puppies will be happy and healthy. Win-win!

weiner dog treats for my weiner dog

Pumpkin & Peanut Butter Dog Treats

• 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 cup canned organic pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
• 3 tablespoons organic peanut butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• water if needed

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl or stand mixer. Sprinkle with water if needed to form ball. Roll dough to 1/2 inch thickness and cut into shapes. Bake until hard, about 30 minutes. Cool completely before serving.

If there weren’t witnesses, no one would ever believe this story.

On our drive home from South Padre Island this weekend, we stopped at a Dairy Queen in the middle of nowhere. I rolled down the window, placed our order, and started to pull forward to pay when I spotted a big, friendly looking mutt outside the front door of the restaurant. Being the dog lover that I am, I said hello to the pup who cocked his head and perked up. I thought he must be waiting for his owner inside, but no; he wasn’t on a leash so he jauntily ran towards my open window. He jumped up to say hello and was as sweet as pie so I gave him a scratch behind the ears. He circled my car and came back to the my window where I gave him some more love and looked around for his owner.

That’s when he proceeded to launch himself through my open window and onto my lap.

Not a lap dog. But a damn good cuddler.

By the time he made it through the window I was in panic mode, hoping he was friendly as I judged him to be, when he places a paw on each of my shoulders like he was giving me a giant hug.

(At this point, I feel like I shared a bit of a moment with the pooch, so I’d like to refer to him as Herbert from here on out. Herb for short.)

Herb wasn’t a small dog and I honestly don’t know how he fit through the window in the first place, but when he did, he knocked my car into reverse, got tangled in the seat belt, and honked the horn with his tail. I was able to open the door while my friend got out, ran to the other side, and coaxed Herb off of my lap.

Thankfully, he just wanted to give me a hug and not maul my face off. Unfortunately, none of us had the wherewithal to snap a photo until after I regained control of the vehicle. And rolled up my window.

But now I can’t stop thinking about Herb.

He looked well taken care of and was clearly used to someone loving on him, but his collar had no tags, otherwise I would have contacted the owner and waited for them to come pick him up. Hell, I would have given Herb a lift home. I told the restaurant manager what happened and she said that he had walked in and out of the restaurant a few minutes earlier and they were calling the animal shelter for help finding his owner. When we pulled away, he was laying safely in the shade in the patio area.

Thanks for the memories, Herb. I hope you found your way home. Your owners will never know what a day you had.

xoxo

I don’t know how you all feel about Instagram recaps (and everybody seems to be doing them lately), but I love them. It’s a nice way to slow down and remember the week that was.

On Instagram? Leave your username so I can follow! (I’m CorrinRenee. But you probably could have guessed that.)

Forget the rides. The best part of SeaWorld is dropping $6 on trays of slimy dead fish to feed the animals.

Ollie was up to his usual shenanigans last week. And by shenannigans I mean snoozin’ and treats.

While it all looks tasty, the most important element of this photo is the oyster panino (bottom left) for Enoteca. It may be last-meal-worthy.

The shopping sabbatical is going…well, it’s going. I’m trying to find new things to wear in my closet but I just keep going back to the same old outfits and getting depressed by how much of the clothing in my closet doesn’t fit. Good thing I’m now training for a 5k.

I love that the new Instagram for Android app has doubled the amount of pretty pictures I get to look at all day on Instagram. If you’re an Instagram user, find me (I’m CorrinRenee, like, everywhere). If you’re not an Instagram user, you can see all my pics (and everyone else’s) at Followgram.

Here are the snaps that sum up my week.

Despite the two bottles of wine on my desk at work, I don’t like wine all that much (I always expect it to taste like yummy grape juice and it never lives up to my expectations). The only exception is Muscat Canelli from Sister Creek Vineyards right here in Central Texas! I discovered it at a wine tasting while poking around Dripping Springs and it’s been my one and only ever since. Bonus for being only $10 a bottle.

And speaking of Texas, I spotted these little gems around Austin this week. I want to live in that teeny little house (which someone on Twitter who lives in the ‘hood tells me isn’t so teeny) with my dog, the internet, and UPS delivery. I’d have everything I could ever need.

I’ve worn the same heart necklace (a gift from my parents when I finished grad school) for years, but I’m loving changing it up lately.

PS You get a lot of new Instagram and Twitter followers when you show a little cleavage. I didn’t think it was anything to get all worked up about, but apparently it’s quite salacious.

I got called out on Facebook this week for being one of those crazy pet picture posting people that I would judge if I weren’t one of them. There’s no denying it.

Happy Friday the 13th! Godspeed.

• Gwyneth Paltrow signed on to play Dora Maar in the upcoming Pablo Picasso biopic, 33 Dias. Antonio Banderas will play Pablo. I going to need to noodle this over for a bit before making any judgements.
• I just finished reading So Big by Edna Ferber and it is excellent. It’s a Pulitzer Prize winner from 1925 and I can’t believe I hadn’t heard of it until now.
• These mini crocheted animals are amazing.
• Sperry Top-Siders. For babies. And then I died.
• This neon sign needs to be in my house. It’s in the window of a shop near my house and I’m afraid to go in and ask how much it is.
• My dog wears a bathrobe. Is that not the most ridiculous thing you’ve ever seen?
• Jean Paul Gaultier for Coke. It’s everything you’d expect and more.
• Text from Dog. I can’t stop laughing.