The little things...

Sometimes humans just need to sit back and be thankful for the "little things in life..."

On Monday, the day that Frodo refused to go out in the rain, we had quite a bad storm.  Around 4:30 in the afternoon, JUST after my human put her dinner in the oven, we lost power.  Now we dogs didn't REALLY care - our dinner doesn't require heating.  And being without electricity wasn't all that bad.  Initially.  We went outside and played.  My human could still do things around the house.  But as the hours wore on, it got darker and darker.  She was wearing her trusty headlamp and attempted to read some materials for work. And it was in that moment...That moment of total silence - no sound of the refrigerator, no buzzing of a light, no music playing...that she looked around her and low and behold, there in the impending darkness was a miracle.  Within three feet of her, THREE sleeping dogs.  Totally content.  No one chewing on the carpet...or chairs...or the table---or someone else's ears. No barking.  No wrestling.  No squeaking.  She attempted to take pictures of all three of us, without moving - for fear that the magic moment would end.  And in that moment she gave thanks - because after all, it WAS Thanksgiving Day...

Last night Elroy had his last performance puppy class.  And as far as I can tell, he still can't play the piano.  Or dance.  He went with my human and the little girl from down the street.  She adores Elroy - and of course thinks he is THE best puppy in the class.  My human hates to tell her she is biased. He reportedly had a FEW moments of brilliance, but apparently the word "sit" was not in his vocabulary last night.  Which makes a puppy obedience class just a BIT of a challenge.  That word is pretty basic.  But he decided he just didn't know what it meant.   I think he is going to be like me - he likes the "action" and "moving" stuff in obedience, like heeling, but the stationary stuff - not so much.  He didn't get any diploma or anything last night - so I'm not sure he is ready for the next "level" of classes.  And I think my human is starting to appreciate MY brilliance even more these days.  Thanks to Elroy.  But as I said, he DID have moments of looking like the neurons WERE firing - and for THAT my human again gave thanks.

Yup.  It's these little things in life...

Happy Friday!