Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Overcompensation

We had another busy weekend which means great things for the aesthetics of our home, but terrible things for the psyche of our dog. Ms. Olive was relegated to the five feet of front yard that her leash allowed her and she was none too happy.

Today, out of guilt for having neglected her for essentially the last month, I decided to give her full reign of the house while we were at work (and yes, you may read this as me taking full responsibility - Josh was decidedly against the idea).

Her first time out of the kennel, almost like a child's first day of kindergarten! Only, if Ollie had been my child at her first day of kindergarten, I would have gotten nasty calls from the teacher about her behavior...the kindergarten equivalent of which would have been destruction of the teacher's desk. The equivalent in the dog and home scenario? Ollie ate our couch.

Now, please, somebody share a story equal in horror to make me feel better about this sad situation.

RIP pretty brown couch.


3 comments:

Green Granny said...

Oh. My. God.

Bob said...

...One time Winslow ate a slice of pizza while we weren't paying attention. That's roughly equivalent, right?

I can't shake the suspicion this is all a ruse. Josh, has Nicora been talking about getting a new couch recently? Connect the dots, dear Watson.

Unknown said...

wow, that's pretty intense...um, once our cat broke a coffee cup by knocking it off a table while we were gone - that's about all I've got.

now that you're in the market for a new couch, check out Bella Furniture in Beaverton - they'll make custom furniture based on Pottery Barn and Restoration Hardware styles for like half the price - and also check out the Dania outlet in Beaverton - they have GOOD deals! good luck!