another one bites the dust

I usually don't take pictures of the things my dog destroys because I am too angry to think about how a picture might come in handy when I want a good laugh later. Most of the time, I am so furious I just clean up the mess, and throw away the evidence.

Tonight, for whatever reason, I was craving Dominos pizza. I can't remember the last time I had it. I wasn't even sure if there was one close to me. I pulled out my Google Maps ap on my iPone and searched Dominos and sure enough, one was close by! I gave them a call and ordered my pizza (who knew it was Two Times Tuesdays? 2 medium pizzas for the price of 1 large? Yes please). I put the puppy gates up to block the staircases (we only let Tex roam on the middle floor when we leave him) and went on my way. I was gone for maybe 15 minutes. Why am I talking about my Dominos dinner? It's relevant I promise...

So I get home with my delicious smelling medium cheese and medium pepperoni pizza and head up the stairs. Of course he's done it again... Tex has gotten into something. I know this when I don't see his little head watching for me out the window. This means he's doing something else... something bad. Tex decided to eat his "Doggie Journal". This is what I use to communicate with his dog walkers every day. They leave me notes on what his bowel movements of the day were if he was good or bad. I realize this sounds weird - it is. Anyways, he ate it. I yelled at him no, shoved his face in it, and took him downstairs for timeout in his crate (a senario he is all too familiar with lately). I decided to eat my incredibly healthy, nutricous dinner before I cleaned up the mess, which allowed me to take a quick snap shot. Exhibit A - chewed up doggie journal.

Hey... at least he kept it all in one area. the other week, he was not so nice when he got into a roll of paper towels and some of my coupons that were on the refrigerator. Exhibit B - not so consolidated.

This past Sunday evening when I got home from a quick trip to Home Depot (where else would I go right?), he got my new(ish) Hobo clutch... I got it on sale for like $60 :( Needless to say I was WAY to you-know-what to take a picture of that episode. It was so sad... no one would want to see it looking that way... had to throw her away.

I will share the few more pictures I have though. Exhibit C - Tex got into the pantry when I left the door open by accident and ate 2 1/2 sub rolls from Harris Teeter. This was all that was left:

Exhibit D - I come home from work today only to find that Tex decided to eat all of the picture frames on our TV console. Yes, I said eat. Don't believe me? Take a look for yourself... this is why our shelves are now bare! (also a look at the old kitchen table... what did I say about that a few posts back...)

I know what you're thinking - why don't you crate him all the time when you leave? I knowwwww people. It's hard though! He's housebroken so I feel so awful leaving him in this little confined place all day long... hopefully he will just grow out of this phase (I'm calling it a phase - don't judge me) soon.

OR maybe it's time for me to just be a stay at home mom... do puppies count? :)

And if you're wondering, no I did not eat 2 medium Dominos pizzas all by myself... I hate half of one!

Less than 2 more days till we get to take our little road trip - I cannot wait! Update on Brandon: he got 2 home runs in his game last night! He went 3-5 with 3 RBIs. So proud of him :)