Monday, January 22, 2018

Long Weekend

NOT!

I took the weekend off - sorry for no notice ahead of time. It was one of those "life getting in the way of crafting" things, and I almost took today off, too. I really just wanted to sleep today, since I got no sleep last night. It's hard to sleep when you have skunk smell in your nose. Yep, our city dog finally got "christened" after almost 2-1/2 years of living in the country.

Smiley from Millan.Net

We let her out every night to do her business right before bed. So what did my darling husband do? Let her back in the house, while calling to me "I thing she got sprayed by a skunk!" Um, ya think?! Meanwhile, she's desperately trying to wipe the stink off her face on everything she can - the floor, the area rug, etc. We bathed her in the recommended formula, which really helped a lot, but the damage was done - the house reeked. And guess what?! You don't get "nose blind" to skunk smell. I couldn't sleep because it smelled so bad ALL. NIGHT. LONG.

Party Pandas, Sale-A-Bration, Stampin' Up!, Birthday

Soooo, I really thought about taking this day off, too, but I had such a cute card to share, I decided not to. Lookie!

Party Pandas, Sale-A-Bration, Stampin' Up!, Birthday

This is a variation of the card we made in Saturday's stamp club, which thank heavens was before the fetid fiasco! I didn't make the ladies fussy-cut their pandas; on their cards the panda was stamped on a Whisper White stitched circle. I'm nice like that!

Party Pandas, Sale-A-Bration, Stampin' Up!, Birthday

The Party Panda stamp set is one of the Sale-A-Bration freebies. I think it's totally adorable now, though I didn't think I would like it at first!

I have just informed the husband that we have a new "skunk protocol" on the homestead. Number 1 - we do not let the dog out unsupervised at night. Number 2 - if/when the dog gets sprayed again, DO NOT let her in the house saying "I think May got sprayed by a skunk" under penalty of death! Protocol is now: Grab the skunk emergency box & treat the dog outside *before* bringing her directly into the bath tub. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200, do not let her try to wipe the stank off on everything she touches while you scramble to figure out what to do. Lord, give me strength. Amen.

Smiley from Millan.Net

4 comments:

  1. Love today’s card. It is adorable. Will definitely case, if you don’t mind. Feel bad for you about the skunk. Our daughter had a skunk die underneath some scrubs in their front yd. The order permeated the entire house. Had to have a special company come in to help rid the Oder. Did help, but not completely. Took weeks before the Oder was gone completely. In the mean time, she went to work, got on the elevator to go to her floor, as people got on some one remarked, “ It smells like a skunk in here doesn’t it?” Our daughter remarked, “ you’re right, it does” as if she had no idea. She was so embarrassed. No amt. of cleaning worked completely, it just took time to dissipate. We can laugh now, but it wasn’t funny at the time.

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    1. Oh, Kathleen, I can feel your daughter's pain! Yeah, I'm laughing now, but it wasn't very funny at the time. We are lucky that the only odor now is right outside the door. I suspect the dog rubbed her face on the mats there, too. And I'd be thrilled if you CASEd the card - go for it!

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  2. Darling card! I can just imagine what your skunk adventure was like. I have moved out of my bedroom just because of the skunk smell that is coming in from outside. I can't imagine having it inside my house.

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    1. Thanks, Daria! It was pretty pungent, LOL. Much better now. :)

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