Skunked.

Well, in all of her 11 years, Lucy has never been sprayed by a skunk.  Until last night.  We awoke to what smelled like burnt rubber oozing from what seemed like every room in the house.  Tom even crawled up on the roof to check our swamp cooler for smoke.  We spend 1/2 hour at 4:45am trying to locate this item in our house that was potentially overheating. 

After unplugging many electronic things, and putting a fan in our bedroom window, we went back to bed.  It wasn't until we got up this AM that I realized it was coming from our dog!

So, thank you to Google, once again, for providing the answer to our woes:  a mixture of baking soda, hydrogen peroxide and liquid soap seems to have taken care of most of it...  Poor Lucy.  I do hope she knows to stay away from her striped friend the next time he/she visits our backyard.

Who knew that skunk spray on a dog does NOT smell like the skunk you notice outside in the open air...inside it becomes something that makes my husband almost hurl (his words). 

Paint & Floor

Well...progress! They finished the drywall last week so Tom and I painted all weekend and now they're installing the floor! The rooms are really coming together.

About two more weeks of construction, more or less. I have to say, Tom is sharing his bathroom well (and keeping it clean). However, the spiders in the basement leave something to be desired. I will not miss them!

Pictures below of both bathrooms, as is. And, no that is not wood floor, but the newest ceramic tile to hit the market - it looks just like wood. Who knew?!

Now, who wants to be the first guests to use the guest bath?