a surprise. like no other.

i love my puppy.  we got a new boxer back in may - we named her tilley.  she really brings so much joy to my life.  she makes me question my parenting skills - i have a hard time punishing her for her cute misbehaviors.  jonathan has an easier time with this :)

so lately we've been working on giving her a little more freedom.  we started small.  we have tried to leave her out of her crate in the house while we leave.  we started with quick trips to the store.  then we moved to about an hour.  then to about three hours.  she's done great.  no problems whatsoever.  she generally is asleep on the couch when we come back from leaving her.  nothing out of place.  she is just snoozin.

so last night we gave her another night of freedom.  i was goin out with my small group girls (love them like crazy), and jonathan was going out with the small group boys.  jonathan came home while i was still at supper, and then he left about an hour before i'd get home.  so he left tilley out - nothing weird about that.  

so i kept chewin on chips, and jonathan enjoyed some/a lot of food with the guys.  then i headed home.  excited to see my pup.  so i walked in the door...and did the typical really weird pup talk that i do to her...before i could see her i started talkin "ohh hii darlin, whatchu doin, oh i bet you are all curled up sweepin arent you, dats cause you so fweet, datss a good girl sweepin while momy and daddy are gone..."  i wish i was kidding about this part...but i'm not.  THEN...i came into the living room.  

this is when i nearly fell out.  i walked in to see our brand new leather couch destroyed.  yes. destroyed.  we bought a new set of leather couches about 2 months ago - first of all you should know jonathan and i are super frugal.  the only thing we spend money on is going out to eat - and even that is to a mexican restaurant down the street.  so we splurged about two months ago, on a gorgeous couch and loveseat.

so you can imagine my horror.  i walk in to see one of the two couch cushions standing straight in the air with what looked like confetti all over the living room floor.  there was pink stuffing there was white stuffing there was green stuffing there was tan stuffing...EVERYWHERE.  pouring out of the couch cushion, that was ripped, with the zipper eaten, and the leather scratched with what like a giant serving fork. 

insert:  stacey freaks out.  grabs her phone, calls jonathan and says "i have really bad news."  in hindsight that wasn't smart to say - if anyone ever called and told me that i'd probably reach for a xanax.  but he was calm.  "oh what is it?"  "tilley destroyed the couch."  "well, its nothin we cant fix."  HUH?!?!?!?!?!  sweet sweet husband...realizing my distress realized it wasn't allowed for him to be in distress too.  then we hung up.

then i called back.  losing it.  then i called mom.  then i called gloria.  then i texted my bossfriend.  then i put on my big girl panties and cleaned it up. 

this is what it is like to have a new puppy and new furniture and new freedom.  a disaster.  hope y'all enjoyed this...it's really a surprise like no other.