You have to know Sadie....

Ok! So my first post! Lacking a profile, which I will correct shortly, I will say I am #3 of the 4 Joe and Eileen McLaughlin daughters, and I have 2 Children, Cole and Sadie. As all of the children in our clan, mine have their peculiarities. Here is a little story of Sadie.

We reluctantly had to take 12 year old kitty Ellie to the Vet. Sadie was convinced she was having a litter of kitties, as her tummy had become quite large. We had a bit of a wait, and Cole and Sadie were in heaven petting all the pups in the office. We kept explaining over an over, never just go up to a dog and touch it, you must ask the owner if it is ok. So Cole and Sadie were being quite cute and friendly asking all the dog lovers if they could pet their "babies". At one point, a woman came and sat next to me and Sadie with a sweet old Lhasa Apso. Sadie was between us. She looked at the woman and her dog, and in an Irish whisper said, "Mamma! CAN I TOUCH?" I told Sadie to ask the lady, who said, "Of course". Delighted, Sadie turned, and proceeded to stroke the woman's arm up and down! Ingoring the poor dog! I looked in horror, and said, "Oh! She is petting you!" She smiled and said, "Yes, I noticed that!"

Ellie, it turns out was fine. Just old!

Is the guy on the end a pervert?

Dad, Mom, Annie and I went to the movies. I believe it was Working Girl, but don't quote me on that. We sat in the the side row, aisle seat and the next three seats down. As we were watching the movie, we heard the couple behind us eating their popcorn. Very loudly. This continued on throughout the movie. Annie, Mom, and I took turns peering behind our shoulders, hoping they would get the hint and stop chewing like cows. But no, they did not stop.

About halfway through the movie, we decided we had had enough. We moved over to the seats closest to the wall. Annie moved first, I waited a few minutes then moved, and a few minutes later, Mom moved. This left Daddy sitting all by himself on the aisle seat. Because his hearing is not up to par, Dad had no idea why we moved down, he did not hear the cud chewers behind us, and he stayed where he was. We soon realized that it may have looked to others in the theatre that the gentlemen on the end was a pervert. But we thought that was a better alternative than to move back within ear shot of the moo cows.

When the movie ended, the three of us stood up and joined Daddy in the aisle and waited for the line of people to move on ahead. All of a sudden, the gentlemen who was part of the cud chewing couple looked at Daddy and said..."Joe...Joe McLaughlin!" It turns out the guy knew Daddy, I believe from Boston Edison. Mom, Annie, and I, being the mature ladies that we are, high tailed it up the aisle in embarrasment and once again left Daddy all by himself.