The Dog Peed on My Homework!

Today I went to get the kids school books out. I’ve been putting them up every afternoon but didn’t yesterday, thinking they would be fine where they were sitting until we needed them today. Sometime in the night the inside dog must have marked them. They smelled awful! Thankfully, only about 5 of the books were gotten. First I disinfected them, then I set them out in the sun to dry. Then I brought them back in for a while and used eucalyptus essential oil in some water to “wash” them again. They smell moderately better. I’m almost to the point of just dripping the essential oil right on the pages to see if it helps it go away! Anyway, because of that, Ethan and Elizabeth both had a good excuse for not finishing their school work today – the dog peed on it!

I guess all the dogs were busy in the night. During the night the puppies tore up their bed and ate part of it! Boaz, the grounds keeper here, was NOT happy with them.

Today the power has been out for several hours. It isn’t a huge problem since it is light outside. But there was a load of laundry in the washer that only got half done. It was working on filling for the rinse cycle and can’t finish beyond that. I guess we’ll have to wait until tomorrow to hang it to dry – if the power comes back on tonight.

The kids found a gecko in the play room and named it Jeffery. Funny kids! It is so tiny – not even the size of one of my fingers. We can hear them chirping all night and they eat the bad bugs that would or could cause problems in the house – like mosquitoes or termites. So we pretty much let them be and encourage them to live here.