He Came and Picked Us Up!

Yay......Phil didn't leave us at the groomers.   He picked us up and took us home.  Janet says we are all soft and sparkly.   Phil had to pay $10 more for me because I am bigger than Noodles.  Good thing Grooming Lady doesn't have scales as "The Chubster" with her recent weight gain may have been an additional $10 as well!

We were so happy to see Phil!  For a minute.  Then, we remembered Grooming Lady gives out cookies on departure.  Waiting, waiting for her to come around the corner with the cookies!  Hurry up, Grooming Lady; we need to get out of here!

I went shopping to buy a gift for the Bump's Mother.  It was Meg's 38th birthday on 23 April.  Janet says when she was 38 years old, Meg was 16 years old!

I didn't really get to go shopping.  This is very shocking to us, but Janet says dogs aren't welcome in all stores!  Now we have decided we would like to move to the UK, where dogs actually get to go into the pubs!  Imagine, Noodles and I, quaffing back a pint or two and perhaps having a pudding later!

Almost every Friday, Phil and his friend Peter play squash and then Peter comes to our house for a beer.  They always have edamame, which we love.

Noodles would walk through a ring of fire to get some edamame.

This is National Volunteer Week and they had a big party at Our Place for all the volunteers.  There was a guest speaker, music, tons of door prizes, food, food and more food.

What they ate this week.

Shepherd's Pie.  This is a highly unusual dish for the month of April as normally Janet would have stopped working from her "winter menu" and moved onto her "summer menu".  Our children think its beyond crazy that she won't make curry in the summer!

Chicken with Pine Nuts, Sun Dried Tomatoes and Basil from the Hali'imaile General Store cookbook.