guest blogger.

it's meg. sam & libby have been grounded from blogging because of the following:

1. they ate all of the trash in the trash can the other day. including a zaxby's salad dressing packet.... which i then cleaned up in a pile of puke. ew.

2. every morning at 7 a.m. they want to eat. which is okay. i get it. they're hungry. whatevs. what isn't okay is their twenty little doggie nails scrambling on the hardwood floors and waking up karis.

3. they smell horrible. i don't have super high standards for bathing, but they take it too far. just hop in the bath once and a while, guys. smell control used to be limited to buttercream yankee candles, but now i've employed the help from arm & hammer pet odor for carpet powder and febreeze and our wonderful neighbors, art & marsha's, steam cleaner to do the intense smell removal.

{it's possible that karis' face reflects her disgust at sam's smell OR the miraculous fact that he is actually sitting next to her}

4. they don't clean up after themselves. there is dog hair EVERYWHERE.

and even though they are grounded, somehow, i still love them... for a few reasons:

1. they are both great cuddlers.
2. sam's ears are so soft and i love how when you pet him, he immediately rolls over, requesting a tummy rub, as well.

3. even though it's pretty much ruined the couch, it's adorable how they sit on the back of it, staring out the window all day long--keeping track of all the happenings on our sweet little culdesac{notice the dog's placement in door & window, looking out longingly... :)}

4. libby licks up karis' spit up...and lately she's started licking her face and so karis sticks out her tongue and libby licks her tongue... kind of gross. really cute. and funny.

5. i get mad at them and they still love me. ....which is more than i do for them a lot of days. karis' name means grace...and sam & libby live it out--offering me unconditional affection and devotion even though i definitely do not deserve it.

Jesus, give me open eyes & ears & hands to RECEIVE the gift of Your grace... even when it is through my sometimes annoying, but always loving dogs.

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