Shirley Time!

We hadn't had Shirley over for dinner in a long time and now that it gets dark early, we decided to take dinner to her for a change. We arrived with chicken pot pie and a cheesecake and were in business! She had her table all laid out for us and we ate without any carnage or chaos. I'm always worried about her carpeted dining room! It always feels so risky! We managed to leave it unscathed yet again and Checkers refrained from adding anything to the decor in other areas of the house this time so that was nice of him!

The girls found Shirley's Russian nesting dolls and played with those enthusiastically for awhile. Several were named and various scenarios were acted out while we were there.

It was a great visit and it's such a nice change from dining at home (except for all that carpet stress of course!)

As we were leaving Murray took Checkers out to the car. Unfortunately he was holding the leash in his hand that's attached to the broken arm when the dog decided to bolt for the car. The jerk on Murray's arm had him gasping in pain. I was afraid it had re-broken but after a minute the pain subsided enough to head home.

Since I remember what a pain it was to cook for myself when I lived alone, I always try to make a meal big enough so we can leave Shirley an extra portion for her lunch or supper the next day. This time we had enough for her lunch and Murray's lunch too! Chicken pot pie for everyone, hooray! We packed the leftovers into the back of the car but when we got home, this is what I found. Checkers had no comment as to the whereabouts of the extra serving...