Graham's Cause and Effect

Hello all,

When I was in 3rd grade Mrs. Mauer, my teacher, taught my class about cause and effect. When there is a action there is reaction.

Ex.

Cause.
Dad had his own personal Rambo marathon this past weekend.

Effect.
He's been wearing a red bandanna rapped around his head all week long while he has been doing yard work. I don't have the heart to tell him that he looks ridiculous.

I just took Graham, my Scottie, to Purrs and Grrs to get groomed and thought that this was a good time to use cause and effect to retell the situation for the blog.

Cause.
I like to take Graham to froo-froo places to get him groomed.

Effect.
I have to deal with the people who work there calling him my "Baby" and feeling proud when they call me his "Daddy"

Cause.
I like to take Graham to froo-froo places to get him groomed.

Effect.
I have to sit through an action demonstration of why a dog stroller is a good investment, not realizing that the stuffed animal in the stroller was a real Puggle until I left.

Cause.
Graham gets a haircut.

Effect.
I get a whole evening of Mom saying things like, "He looks so different!!", "He's so cute, now!!", "His hair looks like Seth's!!" "Have his ears always been so big?!?", "Did he change color?!?", "He's still so dark, I can't see his eyes! I just want to put little light bulbs in his eyes so I can see them!" That is why my parents are not watching Graham for any extended period of time.

Cause.
Graham gets a haircut.

Effect.
Spike, my parents Boston Terrier, humps him because he looks so pretty.

Cause.
Graham gets a haircut.

Effect.
Dad pays Graham more attention realizing that he could give him a better haircut like he did all of his frat brothers in college if only I would hold him while he jabs the sharpest scissors he can find at his face, after telling me yesterday that no matter how many new pairs of glasses he gets he can't see as well as he used to. Regardless, Dad like his hair short cause it also reminds him of Seth.

Cause.
I pay for Graham's haircut

Effect.
As much as I try to direct the attention to me, Graham gets all the attention. Damn!

He does look really cute though.