The Young and the Restless

Pretty Dog-on Cute

I have so not been in a blogging mood lately. I'm either too busy or too lazy, so now I've got all sorts of catch up to do, so bear with me. I've been feeling a lot better lately, it seems like the good days are out weighing the bad and my diet is starting to consist of more than just Honey Nut Cheerios. I still can't do salsa and I still can't stand the smells, but we're definately making progress. Although the other day the kids followed me into the bathroom as I started throwing up. Being the sweet, sensitive kids that they are they both stood there laughing at me. What the heck is so funny about my puking my insides out??? Then while I'm in mid hurl, Kylie proceeds to say "um, Mom, I know your throwing up is important and all, but there's a spider right here so could you please hurry up". What a little angel. Without further ado, on to the blogging....

Just like every other kid, my kids are always asking for a dog. Growing up I was a self-proclaimed dog lover (When I was younger I even attempted to start up a doggie club with my friends that included services such as dog walking, bathing and dog sitting. We thought our fees were competitive and our service outstanding, but unfortunately our clientel never reached outside our own families). My all time favorite Christmas was when my parents surprised me with the cutest little Cockerspaniel/Poodle puppy that I named Carson. I always thought that I would be a loyal owner of man's best friend, but once I had kids that all changed. I didn't understand why I would want to voluntarily add another mouth to feed and more poop to clean up after. Not to mention the cost involved and the need to find yet another baby-sitter if we went out of town. My kids were rewarding enough and time consuming enough to get me over any doggie desires. So everything was good until my kids have started asking for a dog. Every mother wants to make their kids happy and I am beginning to feel like I am depriving them of their childhood if I say no to a dog. We ended up with the perfect compromise when our next door neighbor got the absolute cutest little chiuahua puppy. Not only can my kids play with it whenever they want, but we are also the official dog sitters. It's kind of like a "rent-a-pup" deal where they get their doggie fix without the commitment. It was perfect. We had her for 4 days last week and the kids had a blast. They played with her from the moment they woke up until they went to bed and they loved taking her to the park and playing dress up and baby dolls with her. It was cute to see them with her and I began toying with the idea of getting them a dog, until I dealt with certain issues, namely: poop on my carpet; chewed up toys (who knew such tiny teeth could do so much damage); constantly worrying about her (when she was in the backyard I worried about her slipping under the gate or falling into the pool, when she was inside I worried about her bathroom habits); she took over the laundry room and it stunk for the whole week; I worried about her when we were gone for a long time and I had to pack food and water for her whenever we took her somewhere; she whined every morning.....but she was pretty darn cute! So for now I'm thinking we've got a good thing going on here, so we'll just enjoy it while it lasts!