Jack & Jill Put Up A Blog

Who’s dog sits this way? Mine. That’s who’s. What is his inner monologue here? I think he’s saying “What’s up? I am just chillin’…ummmmmm when is someone going to give me a treat?”

He sits like this all of the time. In my motherly pessimism I think “Great! He has hip problems. Spot has hip problems! Isn’t that fantastic!” But the Vet assures me he doesn’t.

I thought I would leave the cat’s eyes like that because if you stare deeply into her eyes you see the true meaning behind the cat’s existence -’To kill the dog and these people who don’t let her sleep on their bed.’  She always seems to get herself in pictures. We took pictures of our house to sell it. Later when we were looking on the MLS listing, we notice this little gray kitty in the pictures. Hiding behind corners or under chairs.

There is Jack in his pj’s playing ‘Guitar Hero.’ We love ‘Guitar Hero’ so we had to get a PS2…just for ‘Guitar Hero’ mind you. No other games. No other purpose. Later our DVD player broke, so now the PS2 is serving as our DVD player, which is cool because we never play Guitar Hero anymore.

Anyway, I am looking at this picture of Jack, Spot and the Cat and think – “Wow, this…this is my family…”

This cracked us up. I got an iPhone yesterday and I am having fun finding Apps. I installed a horoscope App, which is always a hoot. Mine was pretty good talking about work. I read it after work but it summed up my day. I had to sit back and wait it out while two other people in a project argued. My horoscope’s instructions were to “Wait before acting.” That was a good plan, glad I channeled my horoscope in early in the morning. Jack’s on the other hand was something about take control of your hectic day, but his day was pretty lazy…hit the pool early. Or is that somehow “taking control of a hectic day?” Good question isn’t it? Yeah, maybe he’s the smart one.

But then we looked up Spots. His Birthday being November 15th, he is a Scorpio. This horoscope is just too perfect. See below.

“Your desires may exceed your ability to fulfill them today and that leads to frustration. It’s a good time to relax and use other techniques to achieve contentment.”

I am writing right now in the car, stuck in traffic and Spot has gone 10 hours without a potty break!! I don’t like to exceed 6-7 hours ever but here we are stuck. Truly stuck in traffic. I have called everyone we know and no one is picking up including our dog walker.

I just want to say to Spot right now “If you have to pee you go in any ’spot’ you want. Pick the carpet instead of the tile floor if you want to, go for it. If you want to go in Jack’s favorite tennies, fill them up! Pee freely! I will love you and give you hugs, kisses and treats no matter what…no guilt I promise!”

Just thought I would post this for anyone out there feeling this guilt. I have to pee so bad right now, but I am not pulling over because that just wouldn’t be right. I deserve the pain. If I need to, I’ll pee my pants.

Go Spot!!!!!!

I have heard of cats and dogs getting along before but this is just silliness to me. This should be on cuteoverload.com. This middle of the day cat and dog cuddling was a regular occurrence, so you can imagine the massive amounts of pictures I snapped of these two.

Let me start out by saying we miss the kitty. We moved to Los Angeles from Denver and the Kitty went to live with my Dad in North Dakota. It was a tough decision, but we did what was best for her. We move around a lot, and my Dad….Well, let me give you his words…”When I die you would have to pry the television remote from my hands so you might as well just let me bring it with me.”

The cat needs lots of attention. So much that she will take it from a dog. My Dad will be there for her, multi-tasking, watching his FOX News.

There are definitive factors in a good and oh so bad snuggle. First, I asked Jack what he thought about snuggling…

Jack Says:
You have to have similar heights
And…you have to WANT to snuggle

Jill Says:
BS on the height – size doesn’t matter (at least not here)
And yes, you both have to WANT to snuggle, but isn’t that like saying “You have to WANT to be in a relationship?” Come on.

Here is the quick breakdown of our snuggling. Skip to the next paragraph if you think you might feel a barfing sensation coming on. But, if you are adventurous and want to try out our formation, here you go. For fun, describe your snuggle – it is harder than you think!

Full length body spooning snuggle: His bottom arm under her neck sticking straight out and holding hands with her bottom hand, his top arm over her body under her top arm holding hands (yes, double hand holding here), both sets of legs a bit apart with her upper leg through his legs and cupping his bottom foot (top of her foot against the bottom of his bottom foot.) If I don’t get this kind of action…I can’t fall asleep! What has become of me?

I remember when I couldn’t sleep in the same bed with him. When we first started dating, in the middle of the night, I would sneak off to the couch. I just couldn’t sleep. Couldn’t do it. New relationship snuggling is so tough, you are worrying about way too much to be able to enjoy it. Over 10 years into the relationship, who cares if someone lets our a snore or…something else…

If pets could talk, I feel this is what they would be saying about this picture.

Spot Says:
“Whatever. At least my ass is warm.”

Cat Says:
“What?… What do you mean?… What snuggling?… What dog?”