Rise and Shine Girl Blog

It is true and my husband knows.  A good friend of mine says my midlife crisis is a soft weenie.  I on the other hand think he is HOT! We met two weeks ago today while walking the aisles in a store.  Let’s go back to that day.

Being the “Best Mom Ever”, as Cole likes to call me when he is looking to have me do something for him, I headed out to get some fresh crickets for Ares.  I was looking forward to a little time to myself in the car as I drove to the pet store.  Besides being in my powder room alone, I love being in the car alone, heaven! 

I headed into the store and walked over to where they keep all of the “live” food.  Just in case you aren’t aware of what types of options are available, I’ll take a moment to fill you in.  The menu includes, large and small crickets, meal worms, super worms, mice and one can even purchase frozen mice if the live ones are a bit daunting.  Fortunately for me, I was just purchasing a bunch of crickets.  Sorry Jiminy Cricket!

While standing and waiting for my 50 crickets my eyes wandered to the Beta fish.  I begin to ponder the idea of getting Mia a Beta fish.  After all, Cole has learned a great deal by having Ares and I have seen him take his responsibility seriously.  Maybe getting a fish would teach Mia the lesson of responsibility and then that would transfer over to taking responsibility of cleaning her room.  Okay, a mom can dream!  I decided to think about it for a few moments as I walked the store to get a few more items.  Little did I know that destiny would step in within moments.

While walking the aisles and thinking I needed to move along as I needed to be somewhere in a couple of hours, my brakes halted me to a stop, Barry White music rang in my ears, and our eyes locked.  Those big brown eyes had me from the moment I saw them.  I couldn’t resist!  I had to have him!  I learned his name was Rudolph, but current people in his life called him Buddy.  I didn’t care what his name was, I had to have him!  So here it has been two weeks sleeping with my midlife crisis, getting kisses and cuddling on the couch.  I just love my Hot, Hot, Hot, Hot DOG…Vilne!  Yes my little wiener dog!

This little 10 pound dog exemplifies the true meaning of unconditional love.  As you read the following think of the book, “If you Give a Mouse a Cookie”.  If you have no idea what book I’m referring to go find it.  It is a children’s book which can be applied to all situations in life.

If you bring home a dog spontaneously your children with love you more!  Your children may love you more, but your husband may think you are crazy!  When a new dog comes in the house, your current dog may decide to mark his territory.  If your current dog decides to mark his territory the new dog may try to do the same.  If the new dog decides to do the same, you will hear your family members call for you more often as they don’t want to clean up the messes.  While you’re cleaning up the messes you will look down at that 10 pound of cuteness and want to cuddle him.  While cuddling him you might find yourself talking to him like a baby.  If you begin to talk to him like a baby, your mind may wander to wondering if he would fit in a baby Bjorn.  When you think of a baby Bjorn, you may start to think of your children when they were babies.  Thinking of babies may lead you to carrying your dog around like

a baby.  You may love this dog so much that you will do anything from allowing him to run away as he squeezes through the fence.  If he does squeeze through the fence on a Sunday morning, you may find yourself walking the woods in your pajamas like a vagabond. Not wanting to have another experience of wandering in the woods you may decide to buy a long dog leash to tie around a tree to keep the dog in the yard.  You will probably decide to tie the lease to the closest tree to the door, so you don’t have to walk far on a cold morning.  If the lease gets tangled around the tree you will need to bend down to untangle it which could lead to your hair attaching to the tree.  Your hair attaches to the tree because there is constant sap dripping down due to the pesky woodpecker, which has been taunting you for years, insists on pecking away at your pine tree.  Once you pull away from the tree you will soon realize that scissors or some crazy concoction may be in your near future.  A day later you may find your hair soaking in beer and then olive oil wrapped in saran wrap.  After the sap is removed from your hair you may start to think how you only have months left in your 30s.  Realizing this decade is almost over you may question if you want another baby before it is too late.   Hearing your children argue with each other will confirm you don’t want another baby when your new dog is the perfect substitute.  When you make the connection that you love this dog so much and your husband agrees he can stay, your children will think they have the best parents ever, well until you make them clean up the dog poop!

Moral of the story…it is possible to have a midlife crisis the entire family can benefit from.  Choose wisely!

RISE AND SHINE!