a few tips from jack on how to live to be an old bulldog:
don't sleep on a bed that is too high off the floor (you can really get hurt if you fall);
be sure to change location at least every few hours;
make sure you have a comfortable chair to change to.
So cute (Charlotte and Flora are watching). Flora also thought it was very funny (ganz lustig).
ReplyDeletedear jack, he's hanging in there. both morgana and chanda have seen old dogs being walked these past few days on the street. morgana said one woman's dog fell off the curb and she had to pick it up. chanda's ballet teacher has a 115 pound, 13 year old rhodesian ridgeback and they live up three flights (no elevator). the husband has been carrying the dog up and down. greg says either that husband is very young, or very strong!! we've been carrying jack up and down four flights . . he's 50 pounds. i know greg can't imagine doing 115! i can make it to the outer door going down, but coming up i only make it to the second or third floor. it's not easy having an old dog in the city!
Delete115 pounds, that sounds impossible! Too bad you don't have a yard, that would make things easier for Jack.
Deletea yard would be very helpful!!
Deletei have to add chanda's response to greg's comment that her ballet teacher's husband must be strong . . she said, "no he's not. he's italian." should i infer that she means he's just crazy!??? or just weak!??? but he can't be weak carrying that dog up and down the stairs, but he could definitely be crazy!
the girls use my last name. my dad's family is from sicily. my mom's family is from northern germany. greg's family is from england and wales. we make a lot of jokes about italians in this family .. because my dad and i and korrina are really very sicilian . . and very crazy . . meaning: very impulsive and unable to listen to reason. my dad was listening to korrina and i argue one day at his house and said, "there's a lot i could tell her, but i guess she won't listen. i never listened to anyone when i was her age."
i have to add about my dad . . (and my sister would agree) . . he never listens to anyone now, either!!!!
DeleteMaybe weak and crazy? I never thougth of Italians being weak, though, just short! It's funny that your family has the Italian side in it, Greg looks much more Italian!
DeleteI think most teenagers don't pretend to listen to their parents, that's just part of growing up, but they do appreciate their opinion, even when they don't show it. At least that's my experience with two teenagers so far. It also matters how you talk to them: They can kind of see through you at this age and know if you really mean what you say or not. You can't hide thoughts from them anymore and they also realize that you are not without faults. That's why it's so important to find a new relationship with your children at this age, you still need to guide and protect them, but you also have to acknowledge that they are becoming their own people. Do you know the wonderful poem by Kahlil Gibran? It sums it all up.
Anyway, I do think there are differences in nationalities, but also in men and women when it comes to listening vs. not listening. My dad and Peter's dad also don't like it when people tell them things, but they are German or of German descent.