Minou and her cake. She wasn't hungry so this is where she put it for safe keeping.

The couch cushions. The Dictator and I didn't notice and were seated quite comfortably on it all evening for her while watching Hell's Kitchen.
One of my bestest buddies is running her first marathon this weekend and the girls and I are going to cheer her on. I figured they needed some appropriate t-shirts to wear.

HEE HEE.. Can't wait!

Minou hid her cake in the couch pillows last night.... heh heh
pictures to follow

It is my favourite girl's birthday today.
HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY MINOU!!!!

Reasons why I love Minou:
1. She waits up for me every night no matter how long I stay on the computer or how late I stay out with friends
2. She is always up for a nap in the middle of the afternoon
3. She is clumsy and accident prone - JUST LIKE ME!
4. She doesn't like pickles
5. She looks good in pink
6. I love the way she tucks her little pink nose under her back legs and sleeps rolled up in a little ball
7. She likes to sleep in until at least 10:00am everyday
8. She understands every word I say to her
9. Minou loves everyone and will often try and get into strangers cars because she thinks she knows them
10. There are people who know Minou that I have never even heard of
11. She gonna be a famous actor as soon as her movie is released
12. She loves me on days when I feel super crappy and sad
13. She loves me on days when I feel super happy!
14. I love how when she sees me at the door she wags her tail so hard it looks like her body will split in two
15. She always sleeps in between my feet - every single night for the last 5 years, I can't sleep without her there
16. I love how she lets me torment her with new clothes and silly cuddling
17. I love that her favourite toy is a baboon twice her size from the value village in Dartmouth. Probably the only toy the dictator has ever bought for her
18. I love her big brown eyes - truly sad puppy dog eyes.
19. She knows when I am feeling sick and makes the perfect hot water bottle.
20. She knows the timer on the stove going off means the cookies are done and will cry until she gets one.
21. She always comes to the bathroom with me - weird, maybe even creepy but hey how many of you have someone to talk to while you are on the throne.
22. I love that she is so tiny and she works - without batteries or anything! She is the smartest and loves with all of her heart. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE HER!!!!!

Minou here is hoping we have another 20 years together! And yes - you can have cake for supper..... MWAH BABY MIN MIN!!!! Greenies and kisses for you!!!

Happy Belated Easter.
We were away for the weekend and my sister somehow lives with dial up. I wasn't even going to try looking anything up.

She is living in Castlegar out on an acreage. It could be nice if it WASN'T SNOWING. None of us Vancouver types were prepared. We showed up in jean jackets and hoodies, no winter boots or mittens so we stayed inside most of the time.

Minou decided to spice things up a bit our first night there. Madelaine and her have NEVER gotten along. NEVER. But usually scraps are avoided. This time we weren't so lucky. Jenn went to pick up Minou and Madelaine lunged - just cause she wanted attention too. Minou of course freaked and nipped at her. This is when Jenn claims she pierced Madelaine's tongue. We have no actual proof of this. I can't help but wonder if Madelaine didn't pierce her own tongue as she always has it hanging out.

Well Madelaine retalliated and within a second she was on top of a screaming Minou. I grabbed Madelaine by the collar and pulled her up with Minou still in her mouth so the two of them were dangling. I was sooo scared my sweetie was dead except for the fact she was still screaming. Madelaine let go and I might have kicked her for good measure - I don't really remember I was in full on 'get minou back' mode.
I grabbed her and she continued screaming for a bit. But finally quieted down. She was just clinging to me so I couldn't even see what the injuries were. Everyone jumped up to look at her. She is lucky. She is fine. She could have lost and eye amoungst other things - she was pretty banged up on the one side with cuts in her neck and on her eyelid. This picture is from the next morning and the swelling around her eye was already gone and alot of the redness disappeared.

So that was fun. Madelaine was kept on a leash in the house for the rest of the weekend and I wore Minou in a sling all day Saturday as she was totally freaked out. Birdie was pretty shaken too and kept going up to Minou to check her out.
My sister likes to blame Minou - and maybe she did instigate it but Madelaine shouldn't try and EAT HER. A simple warning shot back would suffice.
The rest of the weekend was fine. There was a few more dog fights - none of which involved Minou or Birdie.
There was lots of wii playing.
LOTS of eating. Although I am on a no caffiene no chocolate diet which is brutal over Easter... The dictator got his second birthday cake. (it was his birthday on the 17th)
Now it is time to get back to studying for my last two weeks of classes and exams.... EEPS. I am already procrastinating.

Hope everyone had a much less eventful vacation then us.

Mommy came home with a bag from barking babies today and she won't let me look at it. It's my birthday on Sunday and I think it is a present!!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately if it is from babrking babies it probably means it is clothes. At least I didn't have to go along and try everything on this time. Last time was so embarrassing. There isn't even change rooms she just stripes me down in front of the other customers.
Mommy and Daddy has just discovered I am psychic. I can predict the outcome of the canuck games. Mommy has asked me the last two games and I have been right. Tonight I predicted the ducks will win and well - it is looking like I will be right. Mommy asks me by saying that her right hand is the canucks and her left hand is the other team - then she asks me to lick the hand that will win. Sometimes i sniff one hand first but I always lick the winning team. I am so smart. I am so smart.
Back to my birthday - I still need a cake - I hope we go to the bakery to get one soon.
birdie is trying ti tyowe to makin this vey diggfcukt. sher always gets un the way when I am blogging. She better nit get any oresent son my birthfdya. IT IS MY BIRTHDAY!!!!

It was Dictator Daddy's birthday today. I didn't get any cake or presents.
Grrrrr....
Mommy did. It's not fair.
Mommy got this necklace and matching ring.

Apparently Mommy and Daddy traded birthdays this year. Mommy bought Daddy a present on her birthday and Daddy bought Mommy a present on his birthday. They are weird.
I was supposed to go back to the vet today to have another urine test but Mommy didn't take me - she says she will on Monday though. That dog food recall talks about kidney failure which sounds a bit like the problems I have been having ONLY the dog food we eat isn't in the lists! It must be something else. And if it was the dog food Birdie would have it too.
She is still fine.
Not much else is new.
It is way past bedtime though.
Goodnight.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNTIE STEPH!!!!!!!!!
We miss you terribly and wish Dictator would win a lottery so we could go for a long plane ride.
We hope you get everything you want for your birthday including lots of greenies, pupperoni, a new t-shirt, a big bowl of crunch crunch with gravy on top, a special baboon friend, and lots of sloppy sloppy wet kisses!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh and I guess some yarn or needles since Auntie Steph likes that stuff.....