I received this email from Kaitlin yesterday:
It is a snowy day so we were going to set up tree, etc this afternoon. Then we starting thinking about Tempi’s philosophy of life, namely: everything is hers, and therefore rightly belongs in her mouth.
So, well, we got a bit more decoration for the front outside and will leave inside decorations to the windowsill above the kitchen sink. Will give her a challenge to see if she can get up there.
In her latest post Tempi shows us a recent adventure with books.
Fortunately (1) we don’t have to be perfect to be lovable, and (2) humans are adaptable.
December 5, 2016
I’d rephrase that ever so slightly: Your mother will love you. Despite of it. Humans may muster the will to adapt to circumstances.
Dogs? You chew my books, my shoes, my anything and I will swap you for a cat. Cats may bring home half dead prey because they can’t “buy” you a present but not in a million years will they destroy that which is beloved to you, like, say a first edition of G B Shaw’s essays, ca 1932.
So, my dear Jean (and Kaitlin), as much as it pains me to point out the obvious: Dogs (not all of them) are destroyers. Attention seekers. Cats? I don’t know. They just stretch and yawn, in the face of the ennui of it all.
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How boring would that be? Fortunately Tempi has a talent for looking adorable, and she knows how to use it.
a puppy for Christmas! tell kaitlin she is being wise!
I remember the first year I had sara’s first Christmas. the decorations were fascinating to her. and apparently delicious.
she woke me one weekend with bright RED all over her mouth and paws.
I thought she was bleeding!!! OH NO!
turns out she had ‘eaten’ some faux holly berries in my ‘natural looking’ décor for the tree.
Yes, one needs to puppy proof the house. 🙂
I hope that you read my comments on Katilin’s blog.
Yes, I did read that. 🙂
I have much the situation as they do with Tempi.
Jimmy Chew.
And yes, it helps that they are both adorable.
I disagree about cats.
(I have both cats and dogs)
and my cats have destroyed a lot of things.
They have taken Christmas ornaments off the tree in the past and then lobbed them down the stairs into a shattered mess at the bottom.
Then they climbed the tree, toppling it over.
They have also broken vases and various ceramic objects.
I also can never have fresh flowers in the house.
But my cats are adorable too, so I just deal with it.
😉
xoxo