Kids & Dogs: Strangely Similar

Hanging around my nephews (ages 3 and 7 mos) brings to mind so many similarities between little kids and dogs, I just had to share my findings.
Here's my list:

1. Kids and dogs can entertain themselves.
2. They both love to go for walks and/or just be outdoors.
3. They love new toys but tire of them after just a little while.
4. They both are loyal to their masters/or parents.
5. Their poop stinks really bad.
6. Kids have stinky feet; dogs have stinky breath.
7. Kids cost a lot of money.  Guess what!  So do dogs!
8. They both can be exhausting.
9. You can put them in a crate when you go out to dinner.
10. They walk around with their tongues hanging out.
11. They're messy eaters.
12. They love treats.
13. Kids talk back.  Dogs talk back (in their own way).
14. They both need baths & haircuts.
15. They both love unconditionally (time is limited with kids though!).
16. They're both fun to play with.
17. If they're known biters, you can muzzle them. (or if they're just annoying).
18. Sometimes their love and attention can be therapeutic.
19. They're both nice to cuddle with.
20. They both grow up too fast.

So there's my list.  Please feel free to comment with any additions you may think of! 

Soup or Noodles

So I've decided that maybe my thoughts -- some of my thoughts -- could be made public.  I certainly don't want to scare anyone, so I'll keep the juicy stuff in my private blog that no one else reads.  I'm not quite sure what I'll write about that will be so freaking interesting to the rest of the world, but I figure it's worth a shot.

I happen to be a person that lives up to the common characteristics of being born under the Gemini sign.  Some of those characteristics include:  a dual personality -- displaying different personality traits at different points in time. (Umm, who doesn't do this?)  I often feel conflicted in several capacities -- emotionally, physically, mentally.  You name it.  I have trouble committing to things -- decisions mainly, especially when it comes to what to have for dinner:

One night a while ago, my husband Rich offered to make me dinner as he often does. (Yes, I know I'm lucky!)  I was in the mood for ramen noodles, so I told him I would love some soup -- the beef flavored one.  He makes me Dinty Moore Beef Stew.  In my mind soup meant noodles, but he didn't get that message.  What I really wanted after all was the ramen noodles that have the little packet of beef seasoning, but he can't read my mind. 

To this day when I say one thing but he hears another, he calls it "soup or noodles" and we smile knowingly at each other.  I love these little moments that add up to a cool relationship with connections like that that no one may understand but is perfectly clear to the two of us.

I've always been fascinated by the astrological signs and as a teenager looked up how compatible my current boyfriend and I were supposed to be.  I was reading recently about Gemini characteristics and found this to be an interesting summarization of our kind:  "Keep up with us, and we'll never let you down. Bore us, and you're gone. Fickle and finicky, but wildly talented and intelligent."  Speaking of "fickle" my mom used to tell me as I child that I was fickle.  I had to look it up in the dictionary, of course:  "Changeable; likely to change, especially in affections, intentions, loyalties, or preferences.  Inconsistent, indecisive, inconstant, unpredictable, erratic, unreliable."  Ok, so I change my mind a lot and I'm not so consistent in my preferences.  I didn't like U2 when I was younger, I do now.  I hated oatmeal as a child, crave it every day now.  But I can certainly see the applicability to my personality.

So that's my rant for today.