On Dogs

When you decide to take a real dog home you make a choice to take on huge responsibility. 
     You agree with your pet that you will feed him, water him, take him out for walks,clean up after and take to the vet.

     This is the minimum in most cases you will agree to love your pet, talk to, scratch behind the ears, give a cheese treat to, to sneak a bit of ham off your plate, to check for fleas and ticks, to hold his feet when he's out in the below zero temps, to take out at 5 am when necessary, to  allow on you bed, to give a small bit of the bed near your feet to sleep on, to give a blanket to nest on, to remember on Christmas time, to give the Ham bone on Easter, to not yell too much when he steals a hamburger, to run after when the kids leave the gate open, to roll down the window when you come along on rides, to play with, to chase around in the back yard, to give a chew bone to for no reason, to say hello to first when you come home, to put to sleep and give a dignified end when you become sick and too old to be comfortable any more, to cry when its done, to remember him.

They agree to love you unconditionally- that's the deal.

Pizza Puff

I think that some of the best things to your child is to introduce them to new things. I love to see that spark in their eyes as they enjoy the same think you do. Yesterday I took my son to a little Greek style Gyro stand. He did 't want to go. he wanted a hot dog from home or pizza. I introduced him to a pizza puff. I described it to him as a pizza bite thats HUGE! We ordered it and waited a but to wonderfully deep fry. It came out and he looked at in distain. I cut it open and the smell of sausage and cheese just hit him. I could tell that in the first bite that he was hooked.  I never really liked them and can honestly say that I have maybe had less than 10 in my like, but to see him just enjoy it was great.