Sunday, August 07, 2005

What are puppies good for...

1. Cleaning the house
- the kids are being very careful not to throw their things on the floor because Jack, our 17 week old puppy, chews almost everything in sight. For the first time in a very long time the livingroom floor is toy free.
2. Making us appreciate the early morning calm
- every morning, like clockwork, Jack has to go for a pee so, needless to say, there is always one of us up bright and early. Things are so quiet before the rest of our little town gets moving and, when it has been my turn, I have enjoyed the early morning calm.
3. Exercise
- everyone knows puppies need to be walked
4. Scrubbing the floor
- who would have thought there would be a flood in the kitchen everytime they drink

5. Making us forgive little mistakes
- puppies are cute and thank goodness they are because they certainly are a handful and with such a giant learning curve there are lots of little incidents that go unpunished because all you have to do in look in their eyes and you know they didn't mean it
6. Laying a new floor
- seems Jack has a thing for carpets and underlay. Oh well, we are in need of a new floor anyway, maybe we'll get it sooner than we had planned or atleast sooner than my husband had planned

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