Two Puppies Make Twelve

If you know me, you know that I am slightly obsessed with Jon and Kate Plus Eight. I say slightly because I don’t watch in regularly. I just like to watch it when I happen to catch it and LOVE to talk about it. It’s like watching a train wreck. I admit to finding solace in watching it. My life will never be that crazy. We will probably have one more kid and that’s it. Maybe a third if we are in a good financial place. We will never have eight. Anytime my life seems a bit hectic I just watch this huge crazy family and everything is put back into perspective.

But that’s not the point of my post. I just saw a commercial for the newest episode. Apparently these crazy people thought it was a good idea to add 2 new puppies to their family of ten. Excuse me? The mom’s a borderline psychotic neat freak – there is no way she’ll be able to handle the mess one puppy creates let alone two. The dad is too laid back to really care for and train two puppies. One of the twins is so jealous of her younger siblings she is desperately close to coming unhinged - just what she needs is two puppies that will take even more attention away from her. And although the sextuplets are mostly darling they are 4 years old! They will torment those puppies for about a week and then forget that they exist! The only hope these poor puppies have is the other twin Cara. But really she is only 7 or 8 years old and probably won’t be interested for very long with all the other distractions in the house.

So tell me why would a family this large with such young children think it’s a good idea to get puppies????? Of course all of us viewers know the real reason. Ratings - pure and simple. Disgusting. Those poor puppies will be ignored and will eventually end up in a shelter. Shame on the Gosselin’s for bringing these puppies home. Shame on TLC for agreeing to make a show about it. And SHAME, SHAME, SHAME on the breeder or shelter that sold these puppies to this family.

Well I’ll get off my soap box for the day.

On a much happier note, I have another Trader Joe review.

Vegetable Samosas – These are fantabulous! They taste just like the Samosa’s that I had in India. I might say they are better because they have the perfect filling/pastry ratio that I didn’t get in India. Two of them are worth three WW points which isn’t bad at all. A perfect snack! – I give these 5 out of 5 stars