Okay. I’m not even kidding you– this completely true. Today, I was driving by a huge work out facility in my town (notice how I didn’t stop, but drove by) and I spotted this hideous green truck in the parking lot. On the side of it was written DOOTY CALL. If I could have, I would have stopped to take a picture with my phone (a terrible habit I’ve gotten into, btw, which I’ll have to talk about another time). Apparently, it’s a company that comes to your house and cleans your doggy’s business out of your yard so that you don’t have to. Now, I don’t know whether to think these guys are geniuses or if I should cry for them. Who is that busy? And if you are that busy, why do you have a pet? In my opinion, if you have a pet, you should take care of it yourself. If you don’t have time then you shouldn’t have a pet. When did pets turn into luxury items? Having a dog is not like having a swimming pool, you know. It should be part of the family.  Right? I don’t know, but I just feel like if you don’t have time to clean up after your own pet then you need to do some serious prioritizing. So, I wonder how DOOTY CALL is DOOing with all the snow we’ve had???

This is my dog Bear. I’ve trained him to go in my neighbor’s yard

Good Boy!!!

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We’re all waiting for the snow to start. Predictions are we’ll get up to 9 inches here in Richmond and up to 21 in surrounding areas. May not last until Christmas but with today being the last day of school, it certainly will be enough to put me in the holiday spirit. Just hoping the power doesn’t go out. That is never a fun experience.

So, move over Marley. My puppy, Bear, is officially the World’s Worst Dog. A few months ago, I mentioned that he chewed up my deck furniture. I don’t know if I mentioned that it was made of mesh metal.  He chewed through 8 large chairs that went to the table and the chaise lounge (shown above before chewing) which have now all made the trip to the local dump. The table, made of metal and tiles, is the only thing left. He even climbed on top of the table during the summer and chewed up the giant umbrella which covered the entire set and kept the sun out of my kitchen. Thanks, Bear. I would have asked for new deck furniture for Christmas but seeing as yesterday I hung my icicle lights out back and Bear completely destroyed them within minutes, I’ve decided to hold off on that. Now I’m worried about the trampoline we bought the kids for Christmas. How will we keep his little choppers off of that?

No idea. And look at him. Does he not look like a picture of innocence?

Oh well. Enjoy the snow. If it actually comes…

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