Duty versus hilarity...
Just a snippet of today's events - my dear sweet husband bought me a gold Claddaugh ring to replace the one I lost 6 years ago, when I replaced it with his engagement ring. I asked him why, and he said "just because".
...sigh...
How I love that man!
So tonight, we have our niece & nephew, 2 and 9 respectively. We took them and my mother-in-law (MIL) out to dinner at Spaghetti Factory, then went grocery shopping, then dropped off MIL. Well, MIL has this nearly 100lb German Shepherd named Lucy, and Lucy is about one of the most excitable dogs around. She will cry with happiness and exfoliate you with licks for hours.
We unload the groceries and bring the kids in. Lucy goes straight for our niece, Nini, and gives her a big wet one across the face, then continues on by while Nini screams 'NO! GO! GO!'.
But then a little later, as Nini is standing in the middle of the living room, Lucy suddenly decides to lick her again.
A lot.
She walks over to Nini, they're about the same height, and proceeds to lick her again and again and again in the face while Nini staggers backwards.
I was torn between jumping up and grabbing her from Lucy's ministrations and laughing my ass off.
She backed her up about a good three feet, until Nini's head met the back of MIL's desk, which ended the improptu lovefest. Then Nini wiped at her face and laughed. And then we all laughed again.
...sigh...
How I love that man!
So tonight, we have our niece & nephew, 2 and 9 respectively. We took them and my mother-in-law (MIL) out to dinner at Spaghetti Factory, then went grocery shopping, then dropped off MIL. Well, MIL has this nearly 100lb German Shepherd named Lucy, and Lucy is about one of the most excitable dogs around. She will cry with happiness and exfoliate you with licks for hours.
We unload the groceries and bring the kids in. Lucy goes straight for our niece, Nini, and gives her a big wet one across the face, then continues on by while Nini screams 'NO! GO! GO!'.
But then a little later, as Nini is standing in the middle of the living room, Lucy suddenly decides to lick her again.
A lot.
She walks over to Nini, they're about the same height, and proceeds to lick her again and again and again in the face while Nini staggers backwards.
I was torn between jumping up and grabbing her from Lucy's ministrations and laughing my ass off.
She backed her up about a good three feet, until Nini's head met the back of MIL's desk, which ended the improptu lovefest. Then Nini wiped at her face and laughed. And then we all laughed again.