I use this recipe...and sub about 1/2 cup of AP flour with whole wheat...so the rolls are brown like bunnies! And sometimes I sub half the white sugar fro brown. 2C Scalded Milk, cooled to warm temperature 3T Shortening or Butter, Melted ½ C Sugar 1 t salt 2 eggs, beaten 2 pkgs yeast (or 1T bulk yeast) 1/3 warm water 4-5 cups flour Dissove the yeast in the warm water (about 105 degrees) with a teaspoon of the sugar, wait until it foams. While waiting for the yeast to foam, mix the milk, butter, remaining sugar and salt. After the yeast foams, add the yeast mixture to it, and the two beaten eggs to the mixture. Either by hand or in a stand mixer, blend in flour a cup at a time until the dough is soft and fairly sticky. Turn onto a floured board and knead just until the dough is no longer sticky, but is smooth and satiny. Let rise until doubled, punch down, knead a little, then shape into rolls. Bake at 350 until golden. May brush with egg wash or butter and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Also good rolled in butter and cinnamon sugar. Dough is a good base dough for a variety of sweet breads like cinnamon rolls or brioche. I use an egg wash and usually do a round ball for the body another smaller one for the head...a teeny one for the tail and make a strip about an inch long and split it for the ears. I often add current eyes...but they always fall off! Or you can shape them by the coil method...make a long skinny rope and coil one eld for the body and coil the other end the other way for the head...attach ears and tail. I'm warning you!! Labor intensive and once you start there's no turning back...and yes they do freeze! Maybe I should get that done this weekend...last year I didn't do it...just said you are all teenagers...live with round buns....and they whined! LOL! Linda C

I just finished my menu too. I'm actually allowed to play with the menu, and there will only be 8 or 10 of us, depending on whether Ashley has to work. Elery will be here, with Dad and Shirley, Amanda, David and the kids. Ashley will be here if she doesn't have to work and will invite the boyfriend. Elery loves lamb, everyone else hates it, but I'm making it for him anyway, probably a small roast or rack. My family always wants ham, and I don't care much for either of them, but there is always so much other stuff that I fill up on the rest of dinner. So, my tentative menu is: Appetizers: Cheeseball for David and Devilled Eggs, dyed a la Marilyn. Meats: Baked Ham and Roasted Lamb, cooked medium. Sides: Au Gratin Potatoes, Green Beans sauteed with bacon and almonds. Salads: Apricot Cream Salad (yes, the dreaded Jello is in there, ick) and Strawberry Mandarin salad with Cinnamon Viniagrette. Bread: Sol's Honey Rolls and Terri's Honey Wheat. Yeah, I'm in a rut. Desserts: A sugar-free fruit tart with a cream cheese base, a chocolate multi-layer cake and a Dairy Queen ice cream cake which is everyone's favorite and will probably be devoured while the others are left. Go figure. The layer cake will be decorated with the panoramic sugar egg I'm working on, covered in fondant and royal icing flowers so it looks like the Easter Bunny hid an egg in the flower garden. Or so my imagination says. LOL Annie

Loving all the pics ! They're all adorable =) To aswer the initial question, I could put up a sign saying "It's really the dogs house..... we just pay the mortgage" LOL .We have 5 furry kids . the 2 yorkies sleep in bed with me and the big guys live inside ,roam free , but are not alowed on the furniture (for obvious reasons) Franny ,I have 3 Newfie monsters too ! I received 3 siblings last July, plan was to keep 1 but we ended up adopting all 3 of them , 2 boys and a girl .... at 2-3 months .. at about 9-10 months ... Sorry for the crappy pics, killed my cam. And to answer your question as to decorating around dogs , yes ! These are my permanent residents but we do rescues so there's always visitors. Floors were picked acordingly and furniture , at least in the family room will be an indoor/outdoor fabric . I'm leaving adequate spaces between furniture for the big guys , etc ...Tell me ,do your dogs sleep on their beds ? Mine insist on sleeping on the floor , even when it's cold .And right now that the weather is getting hot , I have to beg the 2 boys to come inside and not just sleep on the grass ! V

My husband used to roll his eyes at me every time he went to mow. Before he would mow I went outside with buckets looked for the baby bunnies put a bucket next to where they sat, next I found the bunny holes and put buckets next to those. He'd get so frustrated with me because he had to mow around the buckets and there would be tall patches of grass left. Most of the times the baby bunnies were in the same spot after he mowed so I feel I saved them. Happy to say we never had a bunny accident. I loved seeing them this time of year and I'd go out and talk to them but never touching them. Another reason for my husband to roll his eyes at me lol!