1. Is love at 1st sight possible?
I absolutely think so.
I don’t think love can be defined, and I think it happens for everyone in different ways, and I 100% believe that for some people, it can happen instantly.
2. How did you choose your pet’s name?
My very first dog was named Nellie.
I named her after Nellie Bly, the first female investigative journalist.
I SO wanted to be an investigative reporter.
Anyway, we had Nellie for one day and one night.
My Dad and I sat there with blood pouring out of our noses and realized that Nellie and our allergies weren’t going to mix.
So, back she went.
My next dog, Keebler, lived a long, happy life with our family.
My friend, Gail, and I named him while sitting in the back seat of my Dad’s car, on the way home from the pound.
He was in a cardboard box, and there were newspapers on the bottom of the box.
One on of the papers was an ad for Keebler Fudge cookies.
Keebler, it was.
I got Scooby Doo while I was in college.
I loved Scooby Doo when I was a kid, and decided that if I ever had another dog, after Keebler, his name would be Scooby Doo.
So, my roommate, DeeDee, and I went with Scooby Doo.
When Real Man and I got married, we also got a dog.
We named him Linus, as that was our favorite Peanuts character, but after one day, we decided he’d get beat up by the other neighborhood dogs with a name like Linus.
So, we changed it to Ben, because I had always loved the name.
So, Ben, or Bennie, it was.
Loved that guy.
3. What are you considering giving up (cable, home phone)?
I go back and forth about giving up our land line and just living off our cell phones, but I like having a central number for the family.
Cable?
Never.
4. How much do you pay your babysitter?
Um, with hugs and kisses?
Right now, our only babysitters are our parents.
We don’t go out much, so we don’t use them much at night, but they are huge helps to us in the morning, getting the kids on the bus, and after school, if I have meetings, getting the kids off the bus.
One of these days, soon, we know we’ll need to get an actual babysitter (of course, Monkey Girl is getting older) but right now, it’s grandparent-nation around here.
And believe me, we are SO grateful.
5. How “young” is old enough to babysit?
It really depends on the child.
I think I started when I was 11 or 12.
Monkey Girl would like to start and is going to take the Red Cross babysitting course so she can get going on it.
She’ll be a great babysitter, and would probably be fine now, but I think she can wait until she was 12.
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