BIG news!!

So Dan's birthday was Saturday. The big 29. Last year in the 20's for my guy. I catered to him for the day and we enjoyed a lazy day hanging around the apartment and got ready to meet some friends for dinner. We decided to leave the dogs home. Out of their kennel. Both of them. This has been a dream of ours from the beginning. I mean, who really wants to see their pets caged up and to watch their pet desperately trying to free themselves. So we cleaned up the living room till it was spotless and empty, I took Sam around to everything I didn't want her to eat and held it under her nose and told her "no" ( i have no idea if that really works but i thought it was worth a try) and then we left. 

We went to a place called "Waterbury Wings" where their specialty is...Wings! They have about 15 different flavors that you can order. There were 8 of us and we had fun signing and hanging out. In the back of my mind I kept sending positive thoughts towards the apartment that the dogs would entertain themselves but not do anything bad. We were out for about 3 hours and when we returned home...NO MESS!!!! They had eaten the cat's food but THAT WAS IT!!! Their first time both being out of their kennels and they hadn't peed on the floor or pooped. Everything was in pristine condition (or at least how we had left it). I did a little dance as I took the dogs out to pee...

Dan wanted them to stay home today but I told him that there was a big difference between 3 hours that we were gone for dinner and the 12 hours we would be gone because we were both working, not to count the time that we might need to get food or gas or anything like that. But still...maybe we can go on dates and not have to bring the dogs...