Just a few things I've noticed lately. Things related to the new little fur-ball in the family and I thought I'd share.
1) There has been significantly more laundry. The odd housetraining accident. A puppy bath, changing the "linens" in the crate. (cause we roll Classy around here, people!) Laundry.
2) I feel the inexplicable need to converse with the puppy when it's just me and her in the house. I'll be doing my thing in the kitchen or whatever and whenever she walks by and looks up at me, I feel like I'd be rude to not, well, SAY SOMETHING. What's that?? It's kinda embarrassing, is what that is.
3) The children have come through with approximately 3.675% of their pre-puppy Promises. 3.125% is due to the Princess. .55% is due to the Kid. This is REAL WORLD MATH, readers. Don't doubt.
4) I have come through with 145% of pre-puppy Promises and 239.75% of all puppy-related obligations. This roughly translates to a rising trend of Alpha Mommy Syndrome. The puppy worships me. When it's not trying to pee on my stuff.
5) Puppy stretches, snurgles and snuffles, and puppy yawns are insanely cute. So cute they could be measured in gigawatts of cuteness.
6) Having a puppy gives you repeated opportunities to walk in the backyard and talk about "taking a whiz" and "going potty". I'm sure the neighbors have never been so entertained.
7) Repeated walks in the backyard at ridiculous hours of the morning, evening and night makes me ever so glad that we don't have much snow at all. I am so loving El Nino at the moment. And so dreading the day when it all hits us like a mack truck of snowglobes.
8) Having a puppy means I am once again stepping over a baby gate and periodically almost killing myself.
9) I cannot leave a garbage bag out of it's receptacle for the afternoon to fill it just that last little bit full before taking it out.
10) I cannot leave anything out.
11) Unless I put it on something higher than she can reach.
12) Thank God in Heaven she is a Chihuahua and not a Great Dane.
13) Puppy feet smell like corn chips.
14) I may have difficulty ever eating corn chips again.
15) I like the *snick snick snick* sound of her nails on the floor. Cute.
16) I have realized that, while I probably am truly a Cat Person, I'm pretty fond of my lil pup. She's pretty precious.
3 comments:
As much as I think puppies are adorable, I just don't think I could ever handle the headaches.
Good for you guys to make it work.. proud of you Flutter!! Enjoy the ride.
Just between you and me, I don't think I've ever thought very deeply about what puppy feet smell like. In fact, I've probably worked pretty hard to AVOID thoughts like that. . .
And you remind me of our old neighbor, who would, from time to time, be breaking in a new dog, and we'd be beside ourselves, hearing him say, at all hours of the day or night, in a slow drawl, "GO POTTY, PRINCESS!" ('cuz, see, his dog's name was 'Princess'; nothin' whatsoever to do with yer daughter. I promise.)
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