At Thanksgiving, my family had a fun discussion revealing their pet peeves. We learned a lot about each other and had quite a chuckle. Peeves are those little, inconsequential things that eat at you and drive you crazy. We all have them. My daughter said it got on her nerves when, if she was being on the quiet side, she was asked repeatedly if something was wrong. She stated that, by the end of it, something was made wrong. My son said he was bugged by people who constantly complain and his wife said it bugged her to hear him complain about people who constantly complain. But no one topped me. Those of you that know me well have learned to put up with me and my idiosyncrasies. I can't help it. It bugs me when I am served a drink in improper barware. I want wine in a wine glass. When one local restaurant changed over to what I call a glass flower pot, I hated it (the short, squat glass actually has a rim like a flower pot). They said that stemware was breaking too often and it was getting too costly. Wine in a plastic tumbler is so.....Gauche! I've been known to bring my own glass. The worst is a margarita in anything but a margarita glass. A local eatery recently served me one in a beer tumbler! The point is to have the rim salted and to turn it with every sip. For that you need a large rim. I say, if you are going to serve margaritas, then do it right and invest in glassware.

After that discussion, the next day, I opened my e-mail and found that one of my vendors had sent me "The Top Ten Peeves Dogs Have About Humans". How coincidental. I suppose if I had asked Rudy and Princess, my daughter's Pomeranians who were sitting with us when we were having this discussion, here is what they would have said:

'1' - Blaming your farts on me... Not funny... Not funny at all!

'2' - Yelling at me for barking. I'M A FRIGGIN' DOG

'3' - Taking me for a walk, then not letting me check stuff out. Exactly whose walk is this anyway?

'4' - Any trick that involves balancing food on my nose. Stop it!

'5' - Any haircut that involves bows or ribbons. Now you know why we chew your stuff up when you're not home.

'6' - The sleight of hand, fake fetch throw. You fooled a dog! Who! Hoo! What a proud moment for the top of the food chain.

'7' - Taking me to the vet for "the big snip", then acting surprised when I freak out every time we go back!

'8' - Getting upset when I sniff the crotches of your guests. Sorry, but I haven't quite mastered that handshake thing yet.

'9' - Dog sweaters. Hello!? Haven't you noticed the fur?

'10' - How you act disgusted when I lick myself. Look, we both know the truth. You're just jealous.

Now lay off me on some of these things.

We both know who's boss here!

You don't see me picking up your poop, do you?

Pets make you smile!