I got so busted this morning...
Logically, I know this is wrong, but I do it FOR THE BOYS! So, I've just taken to constantly denying that I do it, unless I'm actually caught in the act. When Gordon complains that he's just gotten a mosquito bite indoors I act very indignant and say, "Well, maybe you should be more careful when you come in and out." All the while, I know it's totally on me. For the last two nights I've slept on my own on the overstuffed couch in the TV room. I don't want any wandering dogs stepping on my newly tattooed body, leaving sheepie prints and causing me to re-experience the pain yet again. Gordon busts in on me while I'm happily sleeping, around six this morning, and announces that he now has definitive proof I've continued to leave the door open for long periods of time. And this time, I have no plausible deniability... He woke up early to take the dogs out, and was greeted by a bird (a wild sparrow, apparently) in the living room that found its way in sometime yesterday. He did manage to catch and free said bird, but it's a lot harder sell to convince him that HE accidentally let a BIRD in when he came home from work and had the door open for all of three seconds... Does anyone have a good story I can use? I've got nothing! We had a bird come in through the chimney a few years back, but that's since been covered with chicken wire, so I think I may have to cop to this one. Are there any really good liars out there who can help me out? I'm usually pretty good, but I must admit that this time I really can't think of a good story. |
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| Say this really fast so you dont have time to look shifty. Rudy was absolutely busting for a potty trip and when you got the door open he just took off dragging you by the lead to potty corner (insert applicable toilet place) and you couldnt get the door shut he was in such a rush and you know how he's been with the odd accident and you just couldnt risk setting him back in his potty training to shut the doors and you needed to keep him on lead for supervision (hope that bit works) and you got back as fast as you could but it must have been long enough for the bird to get in.........stop and take a deep breath. And then go on about how great it was the Gordan managed to catch the poor bird and save it and wouldnt it have been terrible if it died in the house and really he's so great for rescuing the poor thing and then notice something and change the subject. Otherwise the only other tactic that works for me is to be really vague and keep getting sidetracked and talking about other stuff that I know Wayne doesnt like talking about so then he leaves the room to avoid having to talk to me.    |
just stop it devious girls  |
| The little bird nested in Rudy's hair and came in with him and you didn't notice? |
Sorry I'm with Gordon on this! You live in the mosquito capital of the world!!! Bugs love me, they would ravage me in Winnipeg in the summer!  Bad bad bad! |
| Hey, I'm totally with Gordon, too...in theory. And yes, Mosquito Capital of the Universe...I get it. In fact, I probably got my (not yet medically confirmed but my doctor's positive) West Nile that pretty much ruined my summer from a bite from a skeeter that I let in the house and all....now isn't that karma????  But I do it "FOR THE DOGS." Doesn't that trump all? What's a little six week fever in light of making my boys happy?  |
| I have a tendency to leave the door open too until I had a humming bird in my house. It was so frantic I felt so bad; I did get it out thank goodness. But I shut the door behind me now. |
| Hey Tracy, how about a dog door. That way when you are outside they can let themselves out to come see you, and when they are done they can let themselves back in. |
I've considered that...but it's a set of glass doors, with a metal frame, so we can't.  I caught myself leaving the door open again today...LOL. I really should try not to do it in the summer. There's a lot less that's likely to come in when it's forty below! |
| you can buy a glass panel with a doggy door already set into it at Home Depot and Lowes...that is whai I have. It just slides in on the frame next to the slidder. It works great. |
Baba wrote: Sorry I'm with Gordon on this! You live in the mosquito capital of the world!!! Bugs love me, they would ravage me in Winnipeg in the summer! Bad bad bad! Ditto!  I'd love to put a doggie door in too, but same problem with the glass door. That glass panel thing sounds fantastic! I'm going to look for it. |
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