Older and Better with Shelly

OK I wanted to do this for a long time. But I don’t want to ignite a riot over one of my blogs. But I couldn’t hold it in any longer. Don’t want to offend anybody but here I go… For years people have debated who are smarter cats or dogs? Of course whatever animal you have, you think he or she is the more brilliant one. I’ve had cats for 50+ years and I can tell you, they’re smarter. They’re smarter than a fifth grader, they’re smarter than humans, they are smarter than anybody. Who else do you know who can lounge around, sleep most of the day, and not get a heart condition, diabetes or just fat? Who do you know that can throw up at will and have somebody clean up after them? Who do you know that is allowed to share your bed with you, and even sleep on your head? Who do you know that can convince you with two soulful eyes to share your dinner with them, after they’ve had their own. Who do you know that when they cry like a baby they get immediate at...

Now before people come to my home and threaten me, or worse burn it down, I want a disclaimer here. I believe everyone has a right to their own beliefs. Religion, sexual preference, to eat meat or not to eat meat. It’s nobody but nobody’s business unless somebody is getting hurt. I love animals. It makes me crazy to think of how many animals are euthanized every year because people don’t get their animals spayed or neutered. I hate to hear people talk about the deer overpopulation. When I see news about people going big game hunting I always pray for them to get eaten by whatever they’re going after. So now I’m going to state my case. PETA wants a monument erected for a lot of lobsters killed in a truck accident. I had to read this three times because I thought for sure it was a joke. Now I have to say I could never take a lobster and throw it in a pot of boiling water. I’ve heard people say what happens and it’s an ugly thing. That being said, if this...