Wipe Your Paws: Four Years In The Kingdom Of Dog Blog! Part 1!

Saturday, November 28, 2015

Four Years In The Kingdom Of Dog Blog! Part 1!

Today marks four years since Janet started our blog. She did it on a whim as Aunt T and Devon each had a blog and she admired them. Phil had to show her the ropes and she started whilst in PDX dog sitting for Mike and Bronwyn who went on vacation.

So, what has happened in the last year? So glad you can hardly wait to find out!

The whole family came home for Christmas!

Everyone helped out to make Brunch. Janet was super sick, so was really relieved.

Each one of them brought every piece of footwear they own!

Janet's new Holiday tradition for the last two years is Cinnamon Buns from The Pioneer Woman. This year was somewhat taxing as she neglected to read the expiry date on the yeast and managed to screw up another time before the third time was the charm. This is how sick Janet was - she didn't go out for family Sushi lunch or for Boxing Day Chinese!

Yummy!

Janet cannot recall our children laughing so hard they were splitting a gut as they played the very politically correct game "Cards Against Humanity". They were having such a good time, Janet could hear them laughing from the far end of the ~~wing~~ hall.

The latch on the microwave broke exactly when Janet predicted it would - over Christmas. This is the new one which looks exactly like the old one.

Because Phil refuses to part with anything, they were able to haul out this Bad Boy and put it in the back porch, where it is freezing cold. It was big and it was ugly, but at least they had a microwave.

Sisterly love.

Thanks for coming!

The people started out the year by going to The Big Island. They had a great location.

Phil was able to relax. Please be sure to note that Janet is still sick at this point in time.

At home, they discovered a new Japanese restaurant that they really like. Not for sushi so much, but for cooked Japanese food.

My New Years Resolution was to start standing my ground on changing spots just because Mrs. Anal wants to mop. Yes! I did it! I'm even starting to stand firm on not moving for the vacuum, but it's a bit more scary than the mop.

Janet finally moves into the real world with a phone that doesn't fold in half. It can text! It can take photos! It can get email! Now Janet can look as cool as everyone else out there, staring at their phones all day. These are important things.

Then, in April, Janet was lucky enough to go to Maui with Meg and Finley. Bronwyn joined in last minute which was great for Janet as Mr. Baby's Auntie was a big help in the child care department when Meg went diving.

Meg was able to relax.