okay, by the time i joined our family my dad had a rule about NO PETS!!! at first i didn't mind, but at some point i really wanted a pet. i would often tie my jump rope on my stuffed clifford and drag him around because i wanted a pet so bad. but i digress...
like i said we had a no pet rule. i'm not sure why we didn't seem to honor that rule, but my brother came home from work one day with a giant dog!! i was about 4 at the time and he worked at the local holiday inn. my details might be fuzzy, like i said i was 4, but they are what are deep in my mind. he drove in with this giant red great dane dog!!!! he had brought home clifford!!!! i think it was the pet of someone staying there and he felt bad for it so decided we could lodge it at our house - not sure on that one. i remember my dad not really being all that thrilled...but wow!! i had my very own clifford. that was cool. and since it was temporary:)
then there was this cat named mitz that i think was my sisters, but he loved to sit on the bean bag chair with my brother. mitz was allowed if he stayed outside. however, mitz had won a soft spot on us kids' hearts and he was always brought in while they(the parents) were away. when we knew they'd be coming home we would quickly set mitz back outside. after the first few times, mitz caught on and started hiding. do you know where that cat would always hide??? under my parents bed. well, they figured it out and that was the end of mitz.
so several years later, my sister calls to say her and her husband are moving back from pennsylvania and can they live with us for the summer while they apply for teaching jobs in indiana. sure!! and oh yeah...they are bringing their cute puppy with them and he is used to being inside and sleeping in their room. now....can you believe my parents okayed this!! but there were rules - only in their bedroom and the kitchen/bath area. well, they day they arrived we were gone. but we were greeted with their cute little puppy - that was a quite a full grown lab!!! i was in heaven, my mom was in shock!! needless to say little simeon wormed his way into their hearts and was able to spread his paws just a little more in the house.
after that - NO MORE PETS!!!
so - i get married, buy a house....and what do i want? a dog!!!! and now we have oscar the cutest little thing who runs the house!!!
there's the story of all the pets we were never supposed to have.
like i said we had a no pet rule. i'm not sure why we didn't seem to honor that rule, but my brother came home from work one day with a giant dog!! i was about 4 at the time and he worked at the local holiday inn. my details might be fuzzy, like i said i was 4, but they are what are deep in my mind. he drove in with this giant red great dane dog!!!! he had brought home clifford!!!! i think it was the pet of someone staying there and he felt bad for it so decided we could lodge it at our house - not sure on that one. i remember my dad not really being all that thrilled...but wow!! i had my very own clifford. that was cool. and since it was temporary:)
then there was this cat named mitz that i think was my sisters, but he loved to sit on the bean bag chair with my brother. mitz was allowed if he stayed outside. however, mitz had won a soft spot on us kids' hearts and he was always brought in while they(the parents) were away. when we knew they'd be coming home we would quickly set mitz back outside. after the first few times, mitz caught on and started hiding. do you know where that cat would always hide??? under my parents bed. well, they figured it out and that was the end of mitz.
so several years later, my sister calls to say her and her husband are moving back from pennsylvania and can they live with us for the summer while they apply for teaching jobs in indiana. sure!! and oh yeah...they are bringing their cute puppy with them and he is used to being inside and sleeping in their room. now....can you believe my parents okayed this!! but there were rules - only in their bedroom and the kitchen/bath area. well, they day they arrived we were gone. but we were greeted with their cute little puppy - that was a quite a full grown lab!!! i was in heaven, my mom was in shock!! needless to say little simeon wormed his way into their hearts and was able to spread his paws just a little more in the house.
after that - NO MORE PETS!!!
so - i get married, buy a house....and what do i want? a dog!!!! and now we have oscar the cutest little thing who runs the house!!!
there's the story of all the pets we were never supposed to have.
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