“Here, Yellerrrrrr! Come back, Yellerrrrrr …

Best doggone dog in the West.”

Guess what we watched tonight.

A few years ago, Aunt Knockknees got the boys a dog omnibus - The Greatest Dog Stories Ever. Until then, I did not know there was a sequel to Old Yeller. Savage Sam is the son of Old Yeller, but, unlike Old Yeller, Savage Sam requires blood pressure medication to read.

Tonight, after I baked another batch of Gingersnaps, we sat down and watched Savage Sam. I didn’t even know this movie existed until recently. I’d have to reread the book but it seems like there was a big chunk missing.

I kept Dub on Benadryl today based on previous incidences of hives. He slept all morning and part of the afternoon. Apparently he didn’t sleep well last night! Hopefully we’ve headed the hives off at the pass this time.

Yes, I did mention that I made more Gingersnaps. I thought I’d mention it because there was a big difference in the ones we made today compared to the ones we made the other day.

For one thing, I remembered not to mix in that last 1/4 C of impure, adulterated white sugar. The finished product was definitely sugar coated! It was a bit much and I don’t think I’ll roll them in the sugar again.

For another thing, I used vegetable oil instead of Soy Garden. I said I was going to use Soy Garden but thought the oil would be less fattening. Fattening schmattening! The cookies turned out puffy, not flat and cookie-like. They looked attractive, just not Gingersnappy. The higher fat of the shortening worked better. I’m sure the Soy Garden would be good, too.

Once again I saved out three(they’re really small) for each person and stuck the other several dozen into freezer bags for later use. I am so proud of us! We have a stockpile of cookies in the freezer and have only had one per person since we started stashing them there Sunday. It’s quite a milestone. We Nicklebees traditionally do not save cookies, and that’s all I’ll say about that, though I should think the extra poundage speaks volumes!

Wednesday

All of the Nicklebees awoke to another day again. That’s pretty convenient most days. [Ack!! Edited to add: I mean that some days it's inconvenient to wake up when I'd really rather sleep through the day, not that I think that it's inconvenient for someone else in the house to awaken yet again!!]

Dub awoke early this morning to the sensation of hives forming around his eyes and elsewhere on his face. I wonder if we’ll ever figure out what causes that. He seems to get hives at random and they seem to cover his whole body so quickly that I need I need to give him something, this morning it was Benadryl, post-haste.

I was just reading Psalm 107 this morning and thought it was curious that people think that the God of the Old Testament was so unloving. I suppose He is as unloving as the parent who will allow her child to make his own decisions and suffer the consequences of acting on foolishness. And yet God, when His children cried out for help, rescued them. Yes, He disciplined them but when, by their own wickedness, they got themselves in trouble, He always heard them when they turned from the ways and cried out for His help. Even though He met their every need, they turned to other gods. Even though they worshiped false gods, when they repented and turned to Him for help, He heard them and saved them from calamities of their own making.

1 John 3:1a

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!