A Diamond in the Ruff........No, Really.

This week has started out with a bang, and not a good one. The drama all started on Sunday night. I was happily sitting in our new chair (see pic) watching the Grammy's when I looked to the floor to see my two devils dachshunds on the rug chewing on something small. I didn't give it much thought, since I had just given them a bone. And it is a practice of Brutus' to steal anything of JR's. So I just thought they were fighting over the last piece. WRONG! After they finished with what they were doing, Brutus moved up to the couch, in closer viewing range to me. (as you can see in the layout of the living room photo) I noticed that he was trying to eat something. He was smacking really loudly, so I told him to stop, which he did. Then I saw it. In slow motion. Falling out of his mouth........my diamond earring. I have to admit, I totally freaked out. Then I had to look for the other one. I had taken them off and placed them on the end table. As far to the edge away from the couch as possible. But when I looked, it wasn't there either. Yeah, one of the pups had eaten it. But which one? Will the earring hurt them? What do I do? So I called the vet and he told me to give them peroxide and hopefully they will just throw it back up. (gross, I know) So some peroxide and alot of puke later, no earring. Wonderful. So, I had to take both pups to the vet for xrays to see who was the earring bandit (or if they had just lost the earring somewhere in the house). As it turned out, our little billy goat, JR was the culprit. There was my beautiful earring, sitting smack dab in the middle of his colon. Lovely, just lovely. So now, I am just waiting and watching like a hawk for my poor little diamond to make it out of my little ruff. This could only happen to me! And if anyone has watched Marley and Me, its not a fun job to find your jewelry. However, unlike Marley, my little JR WILL NOT get the honor of being buried with my earring!!! So now when I sing "How much is that doggie in the window" to the pups, I know now, a whole lot!!! I guess JR thinks that he is trying to smuggle precious jewels across the border!! Welcome to the craziness that is my life!