Not going AWOL today
@sallypup (67095)
Centralia, Washington
October 19, 2025 8:11pm CST
I shopped for groceries today. The deli pastrami looked good enough for a sandwich. Usually I don't eat animals. But I had an itch for pastrami this morning. I ordered a quarter pound.
Fine. Got home to find that hubby still wasn't up though it was going on 11. These days he is staying up late and getting up late in the morning. So.....that meant that I had the fun of lugging in heavy stuff and putting it away with zero help. I put the little plastic baggie of pastrami on the counter, thinking I had lunch once I got done with work. Figured out where to put everything, including some peanut butter malt balls......
Yup. Could not find the plastic packet of pastrami. I looked everywhere and the fridge got a sorting out. Rufus has been known to take stolen loot like old cat food cans upstairs and onto our bed. I trucked up there. Nope. Not on the couch in my office. Huh. Finally...... found ripped up pieces of plastic on the downstairs bathroom floor tiles. Those tiles are heated. Rufus had a spa day ripping up plastic and gobbling my pastrami. Can you hear me growl?? I'm off to drown myself in chocolate malt balls now.
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@jefferson126 (3667)
• Shenzhen, China
20 Oct
I would say you manage the dog well.
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@jefferson126 (3667)
• Shenzhen, China
20 Oct
Feel sorry Rufus ate your pastrami,he is smart guy,perhaps smelled pastrami,then ate it ahead of you.Next time,you need be cautious to put meat without his knowledge.He is risk for food,
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@sallypup (67095)
• Centralia, Washington
20 Oct
@jefferson126 I'm curious. Which dog breed do you see most in your country?
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@sallypup (67095)
• Centralia, Washington
20 Oct
@jefferson126 Thank you for trying. White dogs? Short haired? I'm trying to picture the dogs in my mind.
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@jefferson126 (3667)
• Shenzhen, China
20 Oct
@sallypup .i never raise a dog,sorry i am unable to answer you about breed,but white pet dog i most common here.
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@sallypup (67095)
• Centralia, Washington
20 Oct
@kareng79669 The malt balls are huge and melt sweet peanut butter in the mouth. (tasty)
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@DaddyEvil (163456)
• United States
20 Oct
You know you really bought that for him, anyway.... 
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@DaddyEvil (163456)
• United States
21 Oct
@sallypup Where did you find peanut butter malted milk balls at? I like regular malted milk balls and wouldn't mind trying the peanut butter flavored ones. 
@sallypup (67095)
• Centralia, Washington
20 Oct
Hey!! @DaddyEvil "My boyfriend's back.......Do wha diddy do...."
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@MarieCoyle (52125)
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20 Oct
As soon as you said you set it out on the counter, I had a feeling I knew what had happened. Rufus...sounds like he totally enjoyed YOUR lunch. I hope your malt balls were tasty, at least!
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@sallypup (67095)
• Centralia, Washington
20 Oct
@MarieCoyle I think Rufus is standing up more than he used to. He is not a tall dog but he is very good at stretching when he thinks he needs to.
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@MarieCoyle (52125)
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20 Oct
@sallypup
A dog can often reach things we don’t think they can reach, unfortunately.
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@snowy22315 (199918)
• United States
20 Oct
You should have known .. It reminds me of the time I left a burger in the car with my dog when I ran in the store. Very briefly..for something. I was gone less than 5 minutes .no burger..but yeah, I should have known better too 
. It reminds me of the time I left a burger in the car with my dog when I ran in the store. Very briefly..for something. I was gone less than 5 minutes .no burger..but yeah, I should have known better too 1 person likes this
@wolfgirl569 (126293)
• Marion, Ohio
20 Oct
Bad dog. But chocolate is always good
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@RasmaSandra (91712)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Oct
Oh my! Nasty naughty Rufus, I on the other hand surprised myself. I have plenty of food but I was wondering if I had any kielbasa left. Looked in the freezer but found only frozen hot dogs. Then picked up a package of American cheese in the fridge and underneath was a nice fat kielbasa just for me,
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@sallypup (67095)
• Centralia, Washington
21 Oct
@RasmaSandra I'm glad for you. I'm rather shocked at the price of common hot dogs now.
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@LindaOHio (208126)
• United States
20 Oct
Oh no! You got cheated out of a treat!
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