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Why I Will Always Have Pets

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originally published August 17, 2009


How do your pets enrich your life?

I’ve been looking for a reason to use all these cute animal pictures that I’ve come across while searching for just the right photo for today’s post. At last I’ve found it. Telling you how wonderful it is to have pets.

If you are not a pet owner, the first thing you must understand is that for those of us without human children, our pets are our kids. The second thing you will need to accept is that I’m not exaggerating. My animals are my babies… maybe not the fish, but the four-legged ones are. (Fish look pretty swimming around in the tank, but beyond their beauty, they don’t give much back.)

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Can you believe that it is ALREADY August 21st?  This year has just flown by and HORROR of HORRORS, Christmas has arrived – in the stores.  I went to Costco the other evening and there they were, the first displays of Christmas stuff.  I AM NOT READY FOR CHRISTMAS!!!  Repeat after me, “I will not do my Christmas shopping until at least Halloween!”

Yeah, right!  I know that the reason these things are appearing now is because the retailers are all nervous about the Back-to-School and Christmas seasons.  What really makes it worse is that product inventories are down so much that there is a sense of urgency to buy things before they disappear.

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Why I Will Always Have Pets

This post is part of the Pet Writer’s Blog Carnival.


Smart cat and lovely dog
Creative Commons License photo credit: hoangnam_nguyen
How do your pets enrich your life?

I’ve been looking for a reason to use all these cute animal pictures that I’ve come across while searching for just the right photo for today’s post.  At last I’ve found it.  Telling you how wonderful it is to have pets.

If you are not a pet owner, the first thing you must understand is that for those of us without human children, our pets are our kids.  The second thing you will need to accept is that I’m not exaggerating.  My animals are my babies… maybe not the fish, but the four-legged ones are.  (Fish look pretty swimming around in the tank, but beyond their beauty, they don’t give much back.)

Continue reading » Why I Will Always Have Pets

Cup o’ Inspiration

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Take a short break and consider the following:

“Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”

George Elliot

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