It’s official!
April 19th, 2008
I am becoming like my Dad!
There are 3 things we heard as kids growing up more than once from my dear Dad.
- I wish the house had a floor drain, so we can hose the house out after you kids eat.
- Just give me a yard of cement and paint it green. Yard work is the pits.
- Humans are not meant to live with animals. They need to stay outside.
I have on more than one occasion said each of these things to our children. Heck, we bought a townhouse so we didn’t have to keep up with a big yard. (That and we couldn’t afford a house here.) Weekends are for playing NOT doing housework or yard work. I do wish I had a floor drain or maybe lived on a house boat. Spills and crumbs would just be hosed right out and now, our daughter asks daily, several times a day for a dog and a cat. She even tries to pet our Beta fish, and all I keep thinking is “Humans are not meant to live with animals. They need to stay outside.” That and, I surely don’t want to add that into the work mix, at least not right now.
I will go take her over to our neighbors to walk their dog and see if that pacifies her a bit. Better yet, maybe I should send her over to Grandpas, because even though I never got it when I was a kid, Lord knows, he would run her down to the first pet shop around and buy her the first puppy she saw.
Anyone else out there, ending up to be just like their parents?
2 Comments
Add your own1. Carolyn | April 20th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Amber, can I just put my full support behind you as you continue to not bring animals into the house??? We were all like, “the kids need a dog to love before they get too old and don’t care.” And we were all like, “there is a sad pooch needing rescued.” And then we were all about, “there’s another sad pooch who needs to be rescued.”
A quick trip to the vet (for shots, rashes, vomiting, ear mites, bloody stools, worms, or just a check-up) will always cost more than the $40 visit with the vet. ALWAYS ends up costing at least $80, sometimes $200.
The dogs must be walked by 8:00 Every Day of Your Life for All Eternity, or until 14 years are up, whichever comes first. I figure we have 9 or 10 years left.
Granted, one dog can be a lovely companion. But betas appreciate you for who you are without needing big puffy ticks pulled off their ears. Do they even have ears?
2. Amber(Homeschool Diva) | April 20th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Carolyn, You are adding to the long list of reasons why we are not getting a dog.
Beta’s and plants are good for me. I’ll take them horseback riding when they are older to make up for it:-)
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