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Update: Tuesday night I had a couple friends over for dinner. One was my good friend Laura who loves my dogs. In fact, we've named her the caretaker of the dogs in the event that something was to ever happen to us. She had the opportunity to have some one-on-one time with the dogs at the end of the evening. And hilarity ensued.

Laura sat down on the floor, and that only means one thing to Greta: a new perch to sit on. I took many photos, but this one is the funniest because of Laura's reaction to Greta sitting perfectly content on her hip. 

From Monday: Greta likes to think she's a tiny lap dog. Last night she decided to prove this theory by making multiple attempts at curling up in my lap.

If there's ever an opportunity for her to sit in my lap, she'll take it. I think a lot of that is a territory thing with Cassie. If Greta's sitting in my lap, then sometimes Cassie will sit on my thigh. It's a really funny scene. Greta weighs 68 pounds and Cassie weighs 58 pounds.

Last night they were both plotting moves to see who would win the right to sit on or around me. I was just trying to fold towels. Cassie seemed content with lying on the floor, sprawled out next to my leg as long as I was scratching her belly. Greta was pretty tired, but wasn't happy with just sitting in my lap this time. She wanted to curl up. She's only successfully curled up in my lap once before, and it didn't last for very long. Her head kept sliding out of position, and her legs would come untucked. She's just much larger than my lap is.

But last night, she tried. Three times I think. She even brought over her favorite pink ball thinking she could curl up with it also. But it just wasn't working, and she knew it. So she retreated to her big pillow by the fireplace and curled up, with pink ball in tow. She gave me very sad eyes for about five minutes. Then Cassie flopped around to lay her head on my leg, to make Greta jealous of course.