While You're Traveling

When Wes and I were traveling over the holidays, I took advantage of my in-flight time to peruse the Sky Mall magazine. What I present to you now are 9 products that particularly caught my attention (difficult to do with the great variety represented in this catalogue). All are things I don't need (is there anything in that catalogue that anyone does need?), most are things I wouldn't want, but if I'm being really honest, some are things I would delight (at least for a few minutes or one visitor) to own.

First for your consideration is the pet autofeeder and oasis kit. Now, I've seen these things before. They just replace the going to the big bucket of food and kitchen sink to replace your dog's food and water. What really caught my attention here, though, was that this is supposed to "take care of your pets while you're traveling." Now I have to say -- we've left Lucy at least half a dozen times while traveling. Sometimes she's stayed at a boarder's, sometimes at a kennel, and at least twice she's stayed with a friend or family member. But never, ever, have I thought to just leave her home alone for a few days while Wes and I took a short trip. Never have we thought, "You know, Lucy's really shown herself ready for the responsiblity of staying home alone."

The only way I would ever buy an item like this is if it came with a autopoop-scooper and litter box so that Lucy could self-regulate the output as well as the intake.