Life's little pleasures

Till a year ago when we were like the millions of dogless families, we had no idea what we were missing out on.
Life's little pleasures are many, but owning a pet brings in scores more into everyday...

Here are some examples...

Being loved (and being woken up to persistent but gentle nuzzling and ear-licking)

It's another matter and not so funny when soon it becomes not so gentle, and the stupid mutt yanks away the covers, pulls my hair and bites my nose and my toe and generally takes the fun out of sleeping in the morning...until i get out of bed...

Being missed...

Much is written about how fantastic it is to have a pet because of the typhoonic love they shower on you every evening when you come back home. All of that is true... but i wonder why no one talks about the teary way in which pets see you go... even if you're going out just for 20 minutes to get milk and bread...

Tash makes this saaaaaaaaaaad face every morning when i leave for work and that's sooo cute! I love it :-)

Being appreciated

I cannot strum to save my life and the guitar is more a fashion accessory to pose with in pictures than anything else, but Tash doesn't know that. She wouldn't even believe anyone who told her that/ :-) She thinks i'm a rockstar (I am too)... And she likes it very much when i sing for her :-)

Tash is pretty much the full-time obsesssion and a beloved plaything for the family. But yes, there is surely more to life. There are other little pleasures too...

These top the charts...

Living the kickass life...
In the married vs the single debate at work the other day we (Jess and I) realized how fun it is to live with (and live off) your folks. You don't pay rent, come home to cooked food, clean sheets on a well-made bed and ironed/ starched clothes in the wardrobe, and generally have to do nothing more laborious than help mom shell peas on a sunday afternoon :-). Your salary is yours alone to enjoy and spend as you desire... the bills (newspaper, milk, electricity, cable, phone and whatever else there are in the house) aren't your problem...

Doing nothing...
I know R is not going to believe that I...of all people am counting 'doing nothing' in a list of life's little pleasures... :-)

Lol... but i am and i mean it. I love sundays for that... i love being in Goa for that. You get to do nothing..
And the best part is how energised you feel after some hours of doing nothing and how enjoyable it is to go shopping and/or do other outdoorsy activities then. (Now i probably sound more like me...)

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Of course there are more in the list... but am out of pictures that match... and besides, it's time to go see what's for tea, and help mom shell peas...

:-)