Oh what a Weekend...
Our weekend started out great, My Brother is out of town for the weekend and my parents were going to stay at his house and watch his dog, well they could not get down until Saturday morning so Joe went to get the Dog Friday night. Beau is a Wymanheimer (not quite sure of the spelling on this). He is about 90 pounds, he is eye level with the counters, so a big dog, he does think he is a lap dog though! So Friday night we were around the house cleaning for Taylor's Birthday party on Sunday. The dog was good. We got into bed Friday night and the dog jumped up at the end of the bed and would not get down.So we had him at our feet, Taylor decided she had to sleep in our bed also and Lexi was still awake and wanted to play a bit, so she was in our bed also...we only have a queen size bed!!! So when Taylor and Lexi fell asleep they both were put into there own rooms...we still could not get the dog off the end of the bed though. I woke up about 2 am and realized the dog had snuggled in between me and Joe and I was sharing a pillow with him. I was not so thrilled about that so after about 10 mins we got him back at the end of the bed.
On Saturday we had a wedding to go to we left about 12:30 we have a baby gate at the top of the stairs so we closed that and closed the basement door so the dog had the kitchen, dining room, and entry way to roam. He bust out of kennels so he is left to roam at my brothers house each day typically for 10-12 hours, and is just fine. So we figured he would be good...boy were we wrong....
Joe and I got home about 10. Joe pulled into the garage and I was getting the girls out of the truck, he went into the house, next thing I heard was him Yelling...ok, swearing at the dog. So I went in. the dog had gotten into a half loaf of bread that was in a basket on top of the fridge, a new sealed bag of raisens that was on the counter, a bag of the fun size packets of M&M's, a bag of Willy Wonka mixed hard candy that was on the counter...the raisens, and candy were all in there wrappers in other bags on the counter, and he ripped apart all the kids goodie bags for the birthday party, there were M&M's in them. This was what we found on the first level of the house!
When we came in the house the Dog was upstairs...he jumped the gate...this is where it gets bad!!! After all the food he ate he got an upset stomach...all over our upstairs. I think we had about 8 piles of dog vomit in the living room...we think it is vomit, on Lexi's blanket, on one of her toys. Then we walk down the hall there are 3 more piles, Taylor's room had 2 on the floor and one on the bed. Our room had a pile on the bed, Lexi's room was unharmed. Now don't forget we have 28 people coming over Sunday for a Birthday Party.
So we were up for 3 hours cleaning up. We called my parents and they left the wedding, stopped at Walmart to buy a carpet cleaner, which helped quite a bit, but there is still is work to be done on it, and after seeing what was on the floor I just don't know if I want the girls crawling around on the floor, I don't cleaning it is going to make me feel ok with it, and I think the spots will continue to come back. I know I don't have time to clean carpets once a month. Luckily I didn't have a chance to fully make our bed Saturday, Our $300 comforter was rolled up over the footboard and we had waterproof matress pads on the beds, so they are ok. I went last night to Target and replaced matress pads and got new sheets for our bed and Taylor's, and got Taylor a new comforter. So that was $150.
The only room that really needed new carpet was our room, which he did not leave any messes in the floor in there, Taylor's carpet was ok but it would be ok to get new carpet.. But of course he choose to make the most mess in the living room and hallway, and the carpet was still in good condition.
So I am going carpet shopping at lunch today...and I am going to need to call the bank to see if we can get an increase on our line of credit.
Taylor's birthday party was fun though and went good!!!