Ok, I think my dog just ate most of my wooden cross! These animals have no respect for the symbols of anybody's faith. The cat knocks it on the floor, the dog chews on it. Only now parts of it are on the floor, parts of it I fished out of Winston's jowls, and parts of it are gone. This actually has the potential to be a serious problem - if he did eat part of it it could make him quite sick. I'll just have to keep an eye on him. I hope this doesn't turn into an emergency vet/ surgery story. I don't suppose anybody knows if olive wood is particularly easy to digest? I'll feed him some rice and hope for the best. Stay tuned.

It actually wouldn't surprise me if the dog did that for attention. You see, the dog and the cat get along fine. Each one thinks the other one is it's pet. But both of them hate the fish with an everliving passion.

When I came home tonight from helping The Hub out at his first official carpentry job, I brought with me two new plants from Lowe's which are tolerant of low light. They were on sale at half price and I thought they would spruce up the area around the fish tank. I came in and started arranging the plants. Winston gave me a "woof". I turned around and the look on his face...If he could talk I'm sure he would have said, "I'm so hurt." If I spend any time at all watching the fish, the dog brings every slimey toy he can find to me and drops it into my lap, while the cat leaps up onto the cabinet to sit right in front of me and block my view. I bet they sit on the sofa together and watch Animal Planet while I am out, discussing ways to get rid of the fish during the commercials:

Winston: "You could eat 'em"
Vio-kitty: "Too obvious. You could knock the tank over with your tail."
Winston: "I already tried. Too heavy"
Vio-kitty:"I've tried knocking their food over behind the cabinet, but she just bought more."
Winston: "Damn. There's gotta be a way. Hey, look, there's a mastiff being rescued on 'Animal Precinct'! If I suck in my gut really hard can you see any of my ribs?When Dad feels sorry for me he sometimes gives me a piece of bacon"
Vio-kitty: "Really, you're pathetic. How many times to I have to tell you? Ignore them, ignore them, ignore them." (licking her paw)"makes 'em respect you, you know?"
Winston: "If we could figure out how to work the phone I bet we could order a pizza."

Okay, okay, maybe because my last job was such a hotbed of intrigue and gossip I'm letting my imagination run a little wild. But if I were the fish, I'd watch my tail fins