Vern, Peanut Butter, and a Goose!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

The longer we have Vern the more we are discovering he is a night owl. He has things he wants to get done every night and bedtime is not one of them. There are bones to chew, a yard to explore, a cat to bug, and you get the picture. Last night, he finally fell asleep and then my husband came to bed and he woke up ready to go. While I was trying to get him back in the sleepy mode by petting him, I could feel burrs up near his mouth and under his chin. Burrs that did not want to come out, so back on the lights came, and DH and I tried to extract these burrs. Vern was not liking this, so we decided to get a kong and fill it with peanut butter and then one of us could cut the burrs while he was enjoying his late night snack.

After we got the burrs out, I noticed the back of my husband's pj's had something brown all over his seat. So, I asked him if there was something he wanted to tell me and all he said was that somehow he had gotten peanut butter all over his pants. Ok, I am not sure how this happened, but if you knew my DH it is not that out of the ordinary. What was unusual, however, was that after I took both dogs out and got back into bed, Vern would still not settle. First, he came to my side of the bed and when I told him to lie down, he burped right in my face. Next, he went over to my husband's side of the bed and all of a sudden, the DH jumps and says, "Vern just goosed me right in the ass." Now, I am not a detective, but I put two and two together, and said to my DH, "tell me you are not still wearing the peanut butter pants and you did not crawl into these sheets with them on!" Absolute silence was the answer I received. Like my groundhog story, did I mention he is an engineer? So, it is too late to make a long story short, but after being goosed repeatedly by Vern and listening to me giggle, DH got up and changed his pants and Vern finally went to sleep.

[Lynn D.]

I would have been in hysterics, as I am now! And crying to hard to see. Too funny.
What causes a man to go to bed with peanut butter on his pants THAT HE KNOWS ABOUT???
I too have a VERY smart "other half" and can totally see him doing this! Gotta love 'em.

[Camilla and Darwin]

Oh my gosh, this is hilarious.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

I want to further explain that it was Vern that woke up ready to go and Vern I was trying to get back into the sleepy mode by petting. When I re-read this, I thought this could be taken the wrong way. :)

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

I can't stop laughing. I am running outside right now to tell my DH the story! Sounds just like our house. My husband's degree is in Physics but he only used it for two years as an Oceanographer back in the late 60s. Since then he has been in sales and is a Commercial Real Estate Broker (I think BROKE Broker is a better description with the market we are having!!). Anyway, he still has that very "anal" techie side to him...ha ha anal. What a play on words! Even after a shower before bed and clean clothing, he always manages to dribble something on his tee shirt that he ends up sleeping in...usually red wine!!! Thankfully, Gracie Doodle is not into wine...yet! ha ha Love the peanut butter story...can't beat that!!

[laurie lehr]

I would love to be a fly on the wall in your house . LMAO !