Did you say it was mom and dad’s anniversary today. Yes, Shoks. They’ve been married like way too long. Well, I’ve only been here for 8 years Kali and they were married then. Were they married when you came here? Oh yes, they’ve been married for 45 years. Cwap, that long!! That’s like 3 lifetimes for us cats. So where did they go for dinner. Mom made reservations at The Twisted Cork. Let me guess. There are corks all over the floor and the servers have twisted personalities. MOL MOL 
They’re home! Tell us mom what did you have for your special dinner? OK girls, listen to this. I had a Caesar Salad tossed with bacon and parmesan cheese. You must have had more than a salad. Then I indulged in pan seared Pacific scallops in a saffron cream and topped with red caviar. Caviar…fish eggs….what were they like? Very tiny Shoko and not much flavor. 
What’s the black stuff under the scallops? I’m ashamed to say I don’t know but it was delicious. It wasn’t chocolate but what a delicate flavour.
What did dad have? Dad eats meat like we do…..none of this salad bit for him. Dad had a New York Steak, thick cut with a house dry rub and six large prawns on top of the steak. The potato was coated with seasoned bread crumbs and baked. He also had a vegetable ragout with red peppers, zucchini and broccoli. That steak makes my mouth water. You can keep the veggies.
So the dinner was a success? Not everything. We each had sparkling water and it tasted…bad! It tasted like someone threw baking soda into the water. Yuck.
How about us mom, we’re getting hungry. You got any Fancy Feast for us gals? Sure enough….Make room for the beef girls. 
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SHOKO…..BLACK
KALI…..ORANGE
MOM…..PALE GREEN
May you never suffer from insomnia my furry friends. 
The Canadian Cats 
Happy anniversary, Jean and Bill!
Kosmo and his family.
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Thank you my dear friends.
Jean
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That black stuff under your Scallops was probably Balsamic vinegar…used to do (make) the same dish! glad you enjoyed your anniversary! Hugs from T & Buggz the Shz-itzu !
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The scallops were out of this world and so moist…that doesn’t sound right. They were tender and not dry. Balsamic vinegar? I would never have thought of it. Thanks
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Balsamic Vinegar can almost be sweet if a good product is used, it’s great with seafood! Glad you enjoyed! 🙂
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Happy Anniversary!!! It was the best idea to visit this restaurant… the food looks great… do you think it is possible to make this tasty fish at home too?… sorry about the water, it happens that it has a weird taste.. I bought one too what I can’t drink. the name was holy spring… it was more howly than holy…
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You mean the scallops? Scallops are wonderful and easy to cook at home. They hardly take any cooking at all. Maybe 5 minutes but they cost plenty. This is why I was only given 5 scallops. Perhaps if one could get them from a fisherman they wouldn’t be so costly. The scallops and Caesar salad filled me but Bill would want more meat so he didn’t get any…hehe I have never tasted water so bad. Our tap water would’ve been better. The expression on our faces after a sip must have been hilarious. That’s the time the server should have come by and said, “How is everything.?” hehe It was an experience.
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Oh my! Looks like a beautiful dinner to celebrate your anniversary – HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO TWO SPECIAL PEOPLE! Too bad about the water though -you’d think that was a SAFE thing to order!
Love, Pam
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Thank you Pam. You and David have been married about as long as us and it is a long time but only when one stops and thinks about it. I’ll think twice about ordering sparkling water again. It sure didn’t make us sparkle after a drink.
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Happy, happy anniversary.
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Thank you my Canadian friends. How’s the weather back there? It is cold as as can be here. We have been spoiled with -1C and now it’s -28C during the day. No time to adjust to cooler weather.
Jean
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A big, big, anniversary to your mom and dad! That is wonderful! Sounds like it was a good dinner too, except for that baking soda filled water. MOL!
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It was a fun time. I ‘m usually stuffed and uncomfortable when I leave a restaurant but I had just the right amount. I must order two appetizers in the future cause I was still ready to paint the town. Unfortunately it was very cold and unpleasant, hardly anyone was out so we went home and had a game of scrabble.
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Happy Anniversary!
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Thank you my Alberta friend. I guess it’s cold there too.
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Happy Anniversary my sweet friends. I have taught you well to take pictures of your food – I’m a proud mommy!! Love you guys. XOXO – Bacon
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We forgot the camera but had Bill’s cell phone…not as good. Yep, we think now before we eat….like, “We’re suppose to do something before we chow down.” hehe
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Snorts! You know it’s about the food – the food – the food – always the food – LOL. XOXO – Bacon’s MOM
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Happy Happy Anniversary to your Mom and Dad!!
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Thank you very much. What a ride we’ve had during that 45 years. You know I think the hard times brought us closer. Besides I have somebody here that still remembers the same things I do. Like our first washing machine…a wringer washer. Looking back is fun. Doing my washing in the driveway…not so much. hehe
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*ahem*
“Happy anniversary, Happy anniversary…
Happy anniversary, HAPPYYYYY Anniversary!!!”
Woo Hoo!! 45 years iss a berry long time an iss pawsum Lady Jean!!
Shoko an Kali just fink you will all ways bee luvved an inn a grate home….
An mee iss with you Cuss-innss: Pass thee steak rite on over, mew mew mew…
***nose kissesss*** Cuss-inn Siddhartha Henry xxxxxxxxxx
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Thank you cuz. It is a very long time but they somehow seem to make it work.
That steak sure looked delish! Of course someone would have to make pate out of it…that’s where mom’s experience comes in handy. MOL
Cousin Shoko
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True LUV all wayss findss a way Shoko!!! 😉
An pate iss furabuluss! Mee had to give uppy mee beef pate; it was too harsh on mee system…..so pleeze have sum beef fur mee ok???
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I love beef FF but Kali can’t hack it for long so mom changes to the other FF pates. I don’t like the expensive wet cat food so mom is not trying it on us so much. I’ll have a bowl of beef and holler, “To my cuz Dharth….a beef lover of a mancat.”
Shoko
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Happy anniversary! I’ll have some of Bill’s steak, please, but he can keep the prawns. Oh yeah, I stick to tap water in town and plain bottled away from home. I don’t understand the sparkling water craze.
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Mom loves sparkling water. She has some lime sparkling water at home. That’s why her mouth was all set for some delish sparkling water…what a let down.
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Oh, so it wasn’t that it was sparkling water…it was BAD sparkling water! Bummer.
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So bad!! I won’t have sparkling water out anymore. Of course, I could always take my water bottle full of sparkling lime water to a fancy restaurant! Red neck attack…hehe
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Love it! Next thing I know you will be taking your own teabag and asking for hot water. 🙂
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Have you been watching me? Of course, I always take my own t-bags and sugar substitute. When we go on a trip, I take enough t-bags for 2 weeks and sugar sub. So, I have one suitcase full of sugar sub, t-bags and my pillow. I look like I’m moving in wherever we go. hehe
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Ummm, I was kidding, LOL!
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I’m not!! I take home with me…I do have a bit of class though and don’t pull t-bags out in nice restaurants. hehe
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Yums! Happy Anniversary! May you have many, many, many more!
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Thank you so much. I wonder why they got married at such a cold time of the year? I must ask them.
Shoko
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Happy Anniversary! Congratulations on 45 years 🙂
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It’s been quite the ride…never a dull moment. Well, occasionaly. hehe
Jean
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happee annie fursarry two yur mom N dad guys….N we hope mom getted dad a swell new tie N dad buyed mom a 2017 mercedeez benz, leather inn teer ee orz, moon roof; de werkz !!!! heerz two another 45 anda yeer a head filled with happee nezz & health
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Thank you for the kind wishes for these two geezers…no, wheezers…no, let’s make than honorary meezers. Can you imagine mom with a Mercedes up here…slidin’ down the street? It’s the thought that counts….a toy one would be good for mom.
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Happy Anniversary awnty Jean and uncle Bill. We’re with you unc, dat steak looks delishus. Awnty Jean, you can keep your salad and even those scallops. We don’t each fish anyways, and mommy says we get far too many vegs as it is. MOL By da way, mommy said she’s go fur da steak too. MOL Big hugs to you all.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Thank you ladies. It’s a shame but mom has never developed the taste for beef. Oh, she has some but would rather have a hot dog than a steak. Her taste has got to be in her toes but thar you go..strange. We understand dad’s likes much better.
Loves,
Shoko
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Happy Anniversary to your peeps! 45 years is like forever!
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Happy Anniversary to your mum and dad. My mum and dad had their 45th in October. The food looked delicious.
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I remember that Flynn. Your mom and dad have been married about a month longer than mine. 1971 must have been a good year for marriages.
Shoko
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Happy Anniversary! Looks like everyone had a great meal!
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It was awesome…but then again we don’t get out much.
Jean
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Congrats on the anniversary.
Looks like everyone had a great dinner.
The black stuff under the scallops may have been a truffle cream sauce (looking at the online menu).
Mom would have like the steak & shrimp. She says one scallop is more than enough for her. Have you ever had abalone? If prepared well, it’s really yummy.
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A truffle cream you say? It very well could have been…it was delicious with the scallops. Never tasted abalone…I have a necklace a friend made from an abalone shell. Very colourful and shiny. I have never tasted the abalone itself though.
Jean
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We only have abalone when we go to Monterey, CA where we know it will be properly cooked and very tasty.
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That was a special dinner for a special day! Congratulations and happy anniversary.
Love and licks,
Cupcake and Mom
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Thank you Cupcake and mom. How was the visit with the publisher? Or has your mom had it yet? Curious minds must know!
Jean
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Happy Anniversary to your peeps. That food looks ritzy. Wonder if that stuff under the scallops was—oh I see Indulged Furries said what I was going to.
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Thank you for the paws…ents. We had a grand time looking for presents while they were gone. I’m getting a YEOW nanner and Kali is getting a tiny mouse she can fit between her 4 teeth. Shhh…don’t tell anyone.
Shoko
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Those nanners are the best!
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Happy Anniversary. Your dinner sounds great. We had our 45th on October 2. It was a good year. 😉
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1971 must’ve been a busy year for brides and grooms. Thanks for the warm wishes. Can you believe in 5 more years, we all will be married for 50 years? That’s something else.
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I know! 50 years!
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Fankss Shoko that wood bee pawsum!! Mee has not had Fancy Feest since a year ago October…only Royal Canin chunkss an Blue wilderness Chick-hen inn gravy an their flaked Tuna. They do not bother mee. LadyMum used to buy mee Performatrim Beef Pate an it was so-o tasty, butt it wood uppyset mee bowelss an you can guess thee rest……
So bye bye beef pate….**sighsss**
Butt mee can still have a bit of puddin or yohgurt so all iss not lost, mew mew mew….
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You told us about Performatrim before so we tried it. We liked it for awhile and then stopped liking it and would only lick a bit of it. So no more for us. This was the beef too.
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Mee reemeburrss that Shoko…an you know sumfing?? Mee finks they changed what they put inn it. Beecause at ferst it did not bother mee bowelss….an then this past Summer it reelly stirred fingss uppy. Once mee stopped eatin it mee system went back to calm…makess a kitty wunder doesn’t it Shoko????
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Cuz, I think you’re right. Why did they have to mess with a good thing? Did you know that Performatrim is Bosley’s own catfood. That’s what the sales lady told mom.
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LadyMum says too many companeess mess with fingss that were purrfect to start with. Mee has to agree….
An who is Bosley??? Mee not know him….sorry….
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Bosley’s is a pet store. At least here in BC. This is what the saleslady told me. She could have been full of it too. I just had the idea that Bosley’s was all across Canada….guess I was wrong..
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Nope no Bosley’ss here Shoko! Wee have Pet Valu with Misturss Doug an John. An Pet feed Mill with Lady Judy an now on east side a Pet Smart what LadyMum has gone inn to butt did not like..
Shee’ss a loyal Pet Valu customurr… 😉
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We have a new Pet Smart here and mom doesn’t like it either. Too pricey and they don’t seem to have the stuff we like. Bosley’s is a great pet store but obviously only western Canada gets them.
Kali and Shoko
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Happy anniversary to your folks 😊
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They have been married for a very long time. Dinasauers walked the earth when they were single. MOL
Shoko and Kali
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Mumma Mary-Ellen went to Pet Smart when wee were lookin fur a harness or vest fur mee an they said they do not do reeternss if the animal even triess it on…like efurryone iss goin to bring their katss inn to a busy store!!!! Then Mistur Pete had an idea fur mee walkin vest which werked. An when wee wanted a Winter jackit LadyMum an Mumma went to Pet Valu an they could xchange as many timess as needed (which was onlee 1 jackit!) 😉
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I didn’t know Pet Smart had such a dumb policy. Try it on in the store cause you can’t get it exchanged. How silly. I’m modest and don’t want to change in front of others….everyone watching me. Bad policy. Thanks for telling us.
Cuz Shoks
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Mee all so Shoko……mee not like to bee watched! When Mumma an LadyMum tooked mee to Pet Valu to bee fitted fur a harness Mistur Doug tookedus into a seppyrate room so mee could try harness on inn purrivacy! An it fitted an mee was happy….. 😉
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Late but very deep wishes of continued love with each other in the days to come! Thanks for sharing and are there any of those big prawns left?
Timmy, Dad and Family
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