Today's Journal entries

1. If you could teach your pet one trick to do, what would you like her to do?

I have a trained cat and dog, I am very proud of this fact. Like raising children, when you have expectations that are high-they will rise to meet it. The cat, in absence of the canine, BECOME the dog for many, many moons. She wants to be held, she actually speaks on command. Then the dog? She is so smart, she learned, 'can you move out of the way, please?'

She'll follow up by moving SIDEWAYS out of your path.

She even knows 'inside voice.'

So to train either one? There's really no point. However, Penelope, the corgi has terrific potential and I think I might be missing the opportunity here to have a show dog. She still jumps uncontrollably if someone doesn't pay attention to her; she can be very rough on those she bumps into and doesn't know.

For me, I'd love for her to learn to be one of those pets that helps childen in the hospital. If only she would be willing to just lie there with some kind who only has cold stuff animals on their hospital bed; I'd love to see her sitting at attention to an elderly person who can't move.

To me, those would be the kinds of tricks I'd love to see her have.

2. If you could have a servant come over to your house once a day for an hour, what kind of servant would you have?

My relationship with the cleanilness has been in a state of flux lately. I know full well that my husband stop by this website as much as I wished he would. So I guess my candor can be more open here. But I used to be a neat-freak.

But living with my husband's tendencies, I've realized I can be just as satifisied with much, much less. He only picks up when someone is en route. Even then, he won't self start until I start waxing down the bathroom.

Don't think I didn't realzie this going into the marriage. He rarely cleaned up his hold home either. So, with him not going to the gym any more, but still picking things up a bit less then ever before? I can live with further disorganization.

That doesn't mean I enjoy it. It means I'm too tired these days to do more.

So if a servant was to come to the house? You got it, a decent cleaning lady.