Janet Goes Back To PDX!

Janet really wanted to see Watson again, so she flew to Portland for 10 nights.  This little 40 pounds of soft, fluffy fur is turning out to be a major shit disturber in our old doggie lives.

He is so cute and sweet that Janet thinks the sun rises and sets on his puppy dog butt crack and tells him numerous times a day how much she loves him.   Plus, the little sucker helps with chores!

He rinses the dishes before the wash cycle:

and the mopping:

the gardening:

He takes the toilet paper to the spare room in case Janet wants to wipe her nose:

and helps Janet unpack her suitcase:

Janet says he can put his nose into the smallest zipper opening on the suitcase and in moments has it open and is dragging stuff out!

He does his best to get $10 grocery money out of Janet's bag so they can go shopping.

Not that $10CAD is going all that far in the U.S. of A.

You will have to trust Janet when she says she did not leave her bag beside the dog bed.  Nor did she leave the TV remote on the kitchen floor!

In other words, major thorn in our sides.  So, when he's not helping with the housework, he goes to swimming lessons.  Seriously.  Why were we never offered this opportunity?  We might be more well rounded and personable if we had been afforded these activities!  WTF - it's not like we grew up in the projects!!  Why him and not us?

Swimming teacher says "come in Watson, little boy"  Watson says "not bloody likely, lady!"

Watson says "OK, OK, I didn't know cookies were going to be involved!"

It was also a week of food from hell.  Bronwyn strongly suggested asked nicely if Janet could make Circus Circus Pasta.  Despite the fact that Janet had made it at home recently, she was pissed more than pleased to make it again.  She purchased Lucerne Monterey Jack cheese which was a huge mistake as the cheese congealed to the chicken and the sauce was as thin as water.

These leftovers were thrown out the next day.

Next up was a batch of chili from Silver Palate.  Bronwyn found the recipe online at Epicurious and was clearly labelled as Silver Palate's recipe.  The entire recipe had been halved on their website.  Janet couldn't believe how bad the chili was...so unlike the 50 or 60 times she has made it previously.  She checked her cook book when she arrived home and it turns out that it had  been halved, EXCEPT for the chilli powder and cumin!  Janet said it was dreadful.

She did manage to pull off some very basic burgers with toasted buns!

 In addition to a near week of bad cooking experiences, Janet went to yoga.  They had a special for 30 days, unlimited for $40 if you were a new customer.  It wasn't the same type of yoga Janet does at home, but she was a major trooper...at least according to her!  It was the kind of yoga where you "flow" from one pose to the next, but it was more like "jolt" for Janet.

That's it....we are pooped!

Watson says it's exhausting throwing down the super cute doggie routine, day in and day out!