I couldn't help but chuckle when I drove by this the other day. Let's discuss it!
1) I understand the frustration of the homeowner who found this pile of poop on their sidewalk. I hate it when someone lets their dog "do their business" in my yard and doesn't pick it up. Its rude and its gross.
2) I also understand what its like to be walking your dog and while hes doing his poopy dance, with terror, realize you don't have a bag to clean it up with. My latest non poop bag moment: I assumed I had a poop bag in my purse and got everybody loaded up to go to Petsmart for Ditto's grooming appointment. While in the parking lot Ditto does his thing. Fine, okay, whatever. I'm holding Little G because I was to lazy to put him in a stroller for this quick trip in and out. So here I am in the parking lot carrying a heavy baby, holding Ditto's leash, digging through my purse for a silly poop bag. I don't find one. Well crap. I go inside drop Ditto off at the groomer, grab a bag from one of their accident stations and return to the pile of poop and then throw it away. Moral of this story is two fold. Never assume you have a poop bag and no matter what you can find a way to pick up your dogs poop.
3)While I do appreciate the humor this sign brought me, maybe the home owner's efforts were misguided. If you had the time to notice the poop, make a sign about the poop, and them place the sign back in the yard, couldn't they have just taken care of the poop themselves? Picking up poop is disgusting but they could have just swept it off the sidewalk and it would have taken way less time.
I guess all I'm saying here is: Sometimes you don't have a bag, and poop happens. This statement can be applied to more than just dog poop.
My latest book finish: "Left Neglected" by Lisa Genova. I really liked this book. It was a quick read that I didn't want to put down. Its about a woman who get into a car accident and has to learn how to do things afterward - well its actually a lot more complex than that but I cant sum it up all nice and tidy without giving away all the best parts. I would recommend this book to anyone. I put another book of hers on my "to read" list: "Still Alice" which deals with Alzheimer's Disease.
Tried of my book finishes? Well then you be glad to know I'm currently reading "Under the Dome" by Stephen King. Not familiar with this book? Well its like 400 million pages long. It weighs like 10 lbs. I'm not joking. Its like reading 3 large encyclopedias at the same time. So I'm 400+ pages in and not even close to halfway. Needless to say you wont have a finished book blurb from me for awhile!
I have been busy in the quilting studio finishing up a t shirt quilt for my cousin. The top is finished and the backing is put together, so it will now wait in line with the rest of my customer quilts! I'm glad to have finished piecing this project. I didn't use a pattern but just let it kind of come together and that was my favorite part of this project. Although there was some math involved in the process that made my head hurt :)
I have also been downstairs working on my own projects some. I got some binding made, a few more rows on my colorbrick quilt, doing a little organizing but mainly I have been working on customer quilts.
I'm looking for my next recipe. I already made it and took all the pictures but I cant find the recipe! I don't know where it went. So if I find it today Ill put that up too!
This next week is going to go super slow - My family has MAJOR things happening this next week. My BIL Kyle is coming home from Afghanistan on the 8th!! AND (as if that's not enough) My baby sister Skyler is due with her first child on the 7th! I know!! Both great, wonderful, life changing things!You know what Ive got going on? Well I have a dentist appointment on the 8th - hmmm not even on the same radar as everybody else stuff!
I'm excited for this 4 day weekend! Well its a 'kinda' 4 day weekend here, seeing that Matt is currently at work as I type. "Day off" I guess is just a suggestion for him. Anyway, he's making dinner tonight and then were are going to plan some fun stuff for the rest of the weekend! Happy long weekend everybody!
2 comments:
I love this sign. I agree with all of the points you make though. My neighbor (whom we lovingly refer to as Dog Walker, we can never remember his real name) walks his dog multiple times each day (at least 3). He never NEVER takes a poop bag with him, but after their walk he goes inside, puts the dog away, grabs a poop bag, walks back to where ever in the neighborhood his dog went and picks up the poop. You'd think he'd just carry the baggy with him, but no... I know this is only sort of related to your post, but I felt like sharing that little anecdote with you. Enjoy.
Love that you took a picture of the sign! That's awesome! Have a great weekend (what's left of it!)
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