TAN #195 ExTANt Reality. (Page 22)

Or your Dad said "I'll give you my daughter, but first she has to finish IMNZ so I can say 'I raised an Ironman'"...

I found 2 chihuahuas on my run yesterday. I was SO ready to take them home with me! But darn it if the universe didn't lead me to a guy's house, who used to live on the other side of the duplex where these dogs lived, changed out of PJ pants and one sock, to walk me there himself. Strange, strange coincidence that I just happened to knock on HIS door..?!

The little one was a teacup, had to be like 3 pounds! When I was carrying both of them I put the little one on the bigger one's back, like it was riding a pony. Adorable.

Yeah.. I stay clear of all gun threads coz either way people just want to debate.. I like to as well, but that topic is a waste of argumentative energy.

He is ludicrously interested in my becoming an Ironman. He wanted my medal from IMWA for Christmas. But I keep giving the Devil the slip!!!

If it's heavy in the right ways, it could be very stable. Like 1970s Schwinn beach cruisers. Could ANYBODY lift those things?!

I heard that the Devil went down to Georgia.

I've been to Georgia.

Funny, I hear he's hangin' 'round the Philly 'burbs. Low-hangin' fruit and all.

I do love that song. They did a mariachi version of it at the LA Mariachi Festival in, oh, '07 or '08. It was awesome!

I could eat a peach for hours.

True, but I also have to be cognizant and realistic of how much time I have to offer.  Right off the bat, I have two days a week that are completely unchangeable that I'm gone for a full 16 hours of those days.  I don't even get to train on those days unless I go for a run after 10pm.  Sleep 7-8 hours a day, gone for work 10-11 hours per day.  That doesn't leave much and more importantly that is a LOT of time for a pup to be stuck alone and waiting for me.  Add in training time and it is even slimmer.

So, you're right that it is prioritizing, but the priority right now is training and triathlon... but, I can't help but look at puppy faces and think of how great it'd be to have a dog in the house again.

Wait what are we talking about again?

I guess I think of it this way.  A dog is a pack animal.  If his pack (you) are not at home the majority of the week, then he is spending more than 1/2 of his time sleeping (getting fat) and trying to entertain himself (by chewing things up).  

They can kennel for 8 hours continuous which is actually better for them than to let them sit in the yard or roam the house looking for something to make them sick.  

I would love a german shepherd or a Belgian Mallinoux because they can go all day but are smart enough to be trained.  But I have a feeling our next dog will be another little, white, furball.  But I'll love it just the same.

Take note ladies...

http://www.austincc.edu/dlauderb/2341/images/Good%20Wife's%20Guide%201955.JPG 

Someone at work said her husband sent that to her just a minute ago.  Hilarious.  But some of them make a lot of sense.  Just sayin...

ETA- **puts on apron to wash dishes...**

wow.  I'm finding it tough to even make a joke about that list (aside from "ahhh, the good old days").  I can't even believe that they were serious when they wrote that.... did 'Housekeeping Monthly' become 'MAD Magazine'?

soooo...get a cat. You'll have similar schedules, and he/she won't care that you can only snuggle for short periods of time

Hey late afternoon TANners!

Howdy!

Cats aren't an option... I'm a dog person  

After my HIM I've got a full marathon scheduled.  After that, I'll probably reevaluate things, specifically my time spent training.  I'm thinking a couple of French Mastiffs could use a home

No rush, though.

Love French Mastiffs ( Dogue de Bordeaux) but can't sell it to the wife. Been trying for several years.

I'm not allergic to cats and I like the way they feel and like petting them, but I really dislike their smell.  I'm fine with Dog stink but Cat stink makes me gag.

I also don't like the way cats have to attack dangling things... 

And with that, I'm off to ride up the hill.  See y'all later.

That sucks

Perhaps just have one show up in the back yard?  

That whole "it is easier to ask forgiveness than permission" thing.

I've been occasionally surfing PetFinder.com over the past couple weeks and there are a number of DdB/Pitbull mixes that I'd love to give a home to.  Maybe they'll still be available in May

ummm, just wear underwear around cats at ALL times.  Especially if they are not declawed.

Read...and scoffed at...those before. Seems like I've also read that a lot of women were being prescribed "happy pills". I'm sure there's no correlation.

haha..."not an option". I'm an animal person: lizards, hamsters, birds, cats, dogs, horses. Though I must admit my faves have been the dogs and horse, I need a warm little buddy around to feel truly happy. And due to college dorm rooms or apartment rules or classroom guidelines, I have settled for the smaller, more "appropriate" creatures when I must.

I don't dislike cats, in fact I lived with a girl once and together we had five of them... I just completely HATE litter boxes.

And as Matt said... the smell.  The smell of cats is WAY worse than the smells of having dogs, IMO, and these days I'd just as soon have no critters than cats.  Besides, I want my big fluffy critters to come hang out with me when I want them to (dogs), not when they feel like it (cats).