Sorry, I have to vent! I am about ready to have cat and dog stew...I'm serious.
Tonight was stressful anyway. DH and I have to finish my mom's estate and tonight we had to record every check written, match them to receipts, type everthing up 3 different ways (love bureacracy) and somehow, after 6 hours, we finally have it coming out right. So, that was bad enough. Of course, Gizmo had to keep annoying me and sitting on the notebook I was trying to type from. :fume: but that was to be expected I guess.
We gave the dogs bones to keep them busy, so we thought everything was ok. Well, Skuttles (the pup) is housebroken and she usually lets us know when she needs to go out. Not tonight...she peed twice in the living room and pooped once. That was probably partly our fault for giving her something to distract her and not paying enough attention.
Then, after we were done, we let the big dogs out with Skuttles. They were out for about 20 minutes which isn't unusual (fenced in yard). I went to let them in, and there was my mom's Christmas Cactus that I was so proud of (it WAS huge!) torn to pieces all over the porch! It looked like a murder scene!! It was like a legacy from my mom...she loved it and I've tried to take such good care of it. It bloomed for the first time the Christmas before mom died (she had it for 7 yrs before it actually bloomed), and has bloomed every Christmas since. Now it is in pieces. There is some that is still rooted so it will probably survive, but I doubt I will bloom.
Then, shortly after that, I was in the bathroom the cats went tearing by and a second later I heard a crash. They jumped up on the dinning room table, knocked over his coffee cup, and coffee is all over the floor and table, which had the estate stuff we have to turn in tomorrow and 2 checks that we need to cash!!! Will the bank cash coffee soaked checks????
I'm sorry this is so long, but I just needed to vent!!! Can I trade them all in for goldfish???
Tonight was stressful anyway. DH and I have to finish my mom's estate and tonight we had to record every check written, match them to receipts, type everthing up 3 different ways (love bureacracy) and somehow, after 6 hours, we finally have it coming out right. So, that was bad enough. Of course, Gizmo had to keep annoying me and sitting on the notebook I was trying to type from. :fume: but that was to be expected I guess.
We gave the dogs bones to keep them busy, so we thought everything was ok. Well, Skuttles (the pup) is housebroken and she usually lets us know when she needs to go out. Not tonight...she peed twice in the living room and pooped once. That was probably partly our fault for giving her something to distract her and not paying enough attention.
Then, after we were done, we let the big dogs out with Skuttles. They were out for about 20 minutes which isn't unusual (fenced in yard). I went to let them in, and there was my mom's Christmas Cactus that I was so proud of (it WAS huge!) torn to pieces all over the porch! It looked like a murder scene!! It was like a legacy from my mom...she loved it and I've tried to take such good care of it. It bloomed for the first time the Christmas before mom died (she had it for 7 yrs before it actually bloomed), and has bloomed every Christmas since. Now it is in pieces. There is some that is still rooted so it will probably survive, but I doubt I will bloom.
Then, shortly after that, I was in the bathroom the cats went tearing by and a second later I heard a crash. They jumped up on the dinning room table, knocked over his coffee cup, and coffee is all over the floor and table, which had the estate stuff we have to turn in tomorrow and 2 checks that we need to cash!!! Will the bank cash coffee soaked checks????
I'm sorry this is so long, but I just needed to vent!!! Can I trade them all in for goldfish???