About the Only Time Daisy Obeys

Pet Rocks

Daisy has been out on the porch a lot today (due to the arrival of fall...finally).  The porch is also where we keep our "pet rocks."  The pet rocks came with the marriage and since I couldn't really find a good way to decorate with them I just set them out on the porch to be part of "nature."

Daisy has a slight obsession with roughhousing the rocks around and letting them know she is alpha-pet.  There used to be 3 rocks and I think that one met its inevitable fate of being pushed off a 3-story porch.  I have already rescued a second rock a few times today and thankfully the third is too big to fit under the railing.

The rocks have provided many hours of content fascination, and I am truly grateful for the sacrifices they have made for the sake of Daisy's entertainment.

Table Manners

 

Daisy wanted to join me for dinner :)

 

Ingenious little pup, isn't she?

Peanut, Peanut Butter (No Jelly)

Yes, that is a jar of peanut butter.  It is pretty much empty and I was about to throw it in the trash.  While I was putting something else away Daisy came and got the jar out of the trash can and started chewing on it.  So I thought: "why not?" and just took the lid off so that she could lick out the inside.

She is loving it.  Best idea I've had all day!

Momentary Peace

 

 

God gives me moments like these so that I can remember that my puppy is not always a royal terror and there really is HOPE  that someday she might actually be well-behaved all the time!

Someday....

 

Puppy training fosters patience, perseverance, and teaches me how incredibly selfish and short-tempered I can be.  So maybe the real goal here is that I rid myself of sinful ways and learn to be more loving, understanding, and long-suffering.

Someday...

P.S. Remember when I wrote about the Glade carpet powder I bought a few weeks back.  Well I used the rest of it tonight and just for the record it did not smell any better the second time around.  Hopefully my apt will air out by tomorrow! Glad to be finished with it, will not be repurchasing that product in the future!

T-I-R-E-D

Tired: this word sums up exactly how Daisy and I feel, except that we are not tired for the same reasons.

I started work this week so I have been gone from 7-5 due to orientation.  While I have not gotten into the actual nursing part of my job, sitting in a classroom trying to absorb details about what my new job will be like is extremely exhausting.  I am a creature of habit and any time I am faced with change (even if I have been anticipating and looking forward to it) my body responds by going into shut down mode.  This means that I get extremely tired and want to sleep all the time.  I knew this would happen when I started work because of the change of routine, but I am currently experiencing the effects of this.

Daisy is tired of staying in her kennel for extended amounts of time during the day.  For a dog that is used to being in her kennel only a few daylight hours at a time, mommy's new work schedule is just as trying on her as it is on me.  When I get home at night she has TONS of pent up energy and an appetite for attention.  So while I want to come home and veg out, she is raring to go!

I know that things will settle down in a few weeks and we will get into our new routine.  I won't have to work every day of the week so my dog won't be so spastic...but I can't wait for those days to get here.

What a depressing post!  When I have time to gather my thoughts and put my life back in order this weekend I'll post about more interesting and entertaining facts of life :)

Poor Puppy :(

Doesn't she looks so sad :(

This morning we went on our walk/run (due to rain we hadn't gone the past two days...needless to say we were a little out of practice, but that is another story)  and when we came back home Daisy took her usual post walk nap.  Usually she sleeps for a couple hours after walking and plays/lays around for the rest of the afternoon.  Well today she seemed a little more mopey that usual.  She kept following me around with these sad eyes and laid down at ever chance she got.

I figured out what was up about 2 pm as I was sitting down to lunch.  I walked into the dining area and saw Daisy standing over a heap of regurgitated breakfast.  Poor thing, no wonder she was so down.

Now that she has gotten that bug out of her system she is back to her normal self:

Random wish of the day:  I do not want Daisy to get very much bigger because then I won't be able to pick her up any more.  Tonight when we went outside to make a potty run something spooked her and she didn't want to go down the stairs, so I picked her up and carried her down.  She put her head on my shoulder and leaned into me...so sweet!  She weighs 25lbs now and is supposed to double that by the time she is full grown.  Can I just freeze her the ways she is now? I don't want my baby to grow up.

I'm pathetic, I know :)