Puppy Girl is asleep on the couch, Puppy Dog is napping in front of the TV. These are the stolen moments when I can get stuff done.
I am in Fluffy Bear's office doing some filing. The TV is on - Countdown, the political commentary show on MSNBC hosted by Keith Olbermann.
I am peering at paperwork to figure out what the hell it is, and moving it, piece by piece, from a scrappy pile on a chair to the various hanging files we have.
I start to notice something is off.
I look. No dogs nearby.
I listen. No dogs making noises.
I tune my hearing in to the TV, and realize that I haven't heard Mr Olbermann's dulcet tones in a while.
And this has been going on too long for it to be just an ad break.
The sound cuts abruptly, mid-sentence, to a new person speaking, about something completely unrelated.
My brain kicks in, I run to the living room.
Sure enough, the remote is in Puppy Girl's mouth, and she is happily chewing her way through the cable channels!
And now I believe that couple that said their dog ordered Microsoft points online in the middle of the night.