Saturday, January 30, 2010

Irresponsible neighbors+dogs=puppies (again!)


Our neighbors are at it again. Or I guess I should rather say their dogs were at it. =) Yesterday, my husband noticed there was a new litter of puppies in the neighbors back yard. This is the third litter they have had in three years. They are simply irresponsible and we are not sure what, if anything, we can do about it. They started out with two dogs, a mutt (the one that had the first two litters) and a beagle. They got rid of the first litter of puppies, but after the second litter they got rid of the mom and kept two of the puppies. (So they now had three dogs.) Later they let their beagle loose to roam the neighborhood and we assume it got taken by the pound as we haven't seen it since. But they did manage to bring home another smaller beagle instead. Then one of their four or five cats (we're not sure exactly how many they have) had a litter of four kittens. These are already getting bigger and are staying around (as it doesn't look like they plan to get rid of them). They constantly come over to our house when we feed our cats and try to eat their food - they are obviously hungry and not getting fed enough if at all. And now on top of all that there is a new litter of puppies as well. There are far too many outside animals in our small cul-de-sac but what can we do about it? Nothing I guess....but oh well. Just a little ranting for today.

On another note, I was trying to think of how to cook our chicken leg quarters we were going to have for dinner last night. I normally cook them with rice and two cans of cream of chicken soup and some milk to have chicken and rice. But I didn't have any soup, so I just made something up and it turned out quite tasty! I just put the chicken in a 13x9 and dumped a can of diced tomatoes on top. Now these weren't just any diced tomatoes, and I think that's what made it so good. They were fire-roasted diced tomatoes with adobo seasoning (made my Muir Glen - and I'm not sure where to find them again). Then I sprinkled a Parmesan cheese mixture on top and baked it in the oven. It tasted really good! I'll have to try that one again if I can find those tomatoes....

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