Well, it is a sad day in the Stanford household. Three weeks ago, we adopted a 2 year old dog and we named him Jake. We honestly have no idea what his name was, but we knew that he needed a name!
All was going along very well, until he'd had enough of the kids being gone on Friday nights (I think) and decided to not only do some of his business in my scrap room, but ALL of it, ALL OVER the place. Last night, his second night back in the house, he got through the gate and got back into my scrap room, and did it ALL OVER AGAIN!!
Now if he were a puppy, I could chalk it up to bad or inconsistent training on our part, but this boy is over 2 years old AND house trained... unfortunately, the berber carpeting and padding below is destroyed, and needs to come up. This is yet another cost we just can't afford, but really have no choice but to take care of. GRRRR. SIGH.
So tomorrow, we will be saying goodbye to Jake, and giving him to the SPCA. It's really sad, too, because he is a good dog, but I cannot have him using the house as his own personal toilet. I am confident that with his personality and temerament, he will find himself a new home very soon.
So now begins the hardest part of it all... going through and packing up the scrap room. Boy oh Boy do I have a lot of stuff. But I have to keep thinking positive! This gives me the PERFECT opportunity to do not only some spring cleaning, but also to start redoing the floors in the house. One room at a time. Also, it will give me the chance to get more organized, and cull through the unneccesary things I have been holding onto.
Everybody be prepared for the tag sale we will have in the spring!
Happy Monday everyone!
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