If you need a laugh...

Okay, so rather than easing back into the blogging world with a review of our Christmas vacation...I am choosing to take the more humorous route - this story absolutely cracks me up every time it crosses my mind...and since I know some of you who sneak around and read this blog are good old friends of Benj and have your own funny stories of him involving dogs, I think you deserve to hear this one....

My sweet husband likes animals - but he doesn't absolutely love them or go bonkers over them. And he believes they actually have a place in this world - outside of the house. He is not a big fan of dogs inside the home - partly due to his strong allergies to them. But as you probably know, dogs often seem to gravitate toward the people who don't like them. Over the course of our travels we encountered many a dog. But the encounter that tops them all is our last night in Texas. We stayed with Benjy's brother and his wife in Austin. They have a little poodle like looking dog named Presley....and Presley took an interest to Benjy - who kindly(?) shooed him aside continually. At bedtime everyone was scrambled around to accomodate our family. Our 2 nephews made a fort in the living room so Benjy and I could use their twin beds. Our 2 older boys slept on the couch...and Piersen in our room in his pack'n'play. When we finally retreated to bed, Benjy questioned if we should leave the door open or not. I voted to leave it open in case one of our kids needed something in the night. He agreed. Until 3am when Presley was licking his hand. I woke up to hear Benjy bugged and telling Presley to get lost. Feeling a touch guilty that he had been disturbed by the dog, I carried Presley back to snuggle up with his owners in the living room. All went well until Benjy awoke early to prepare for our early morning departure. Returning from the shower to our dark bedroom he reached down to grab his jeans and socks that he had left by the bedside...only to grab a hold of doggie doo-doo all over his stuff! The dog sought revenge for being denied his sleeping routine and Benjy was disgusted! And no mercy was given to me either as I unknowlingly stepped in it too and had to throw my socks out! Although gross, it is pretty hilarious to hear Benjy retell the story.

That's all for now folks!