Creative Messes

When it comes to making messes, it seems like pets are the pros! (Toddlers may be in the running for the Most Creative Mess title, too.) Something my dog Lally ate this week didn’t agree with her. (She tends to have a sensitive stomach.) I woke up to find little piles of barf (mostly bile) in the hallway. But they weren’t just any piles of barf — they were arranged in a circle, as if Lally was turning around as she was sick. If you imagine a compass rose, she had barf at all the cardinal points — north, south, … Continue reading

Pet Mess Cleanup

Now there’s a bad omen for your day: I woke up this morning to the sound of dogs barfing in the mist. Every so often, Miss Lally Bee hucks up some icky bile. My poor baby girl has a sensitive stomach, I guess… she’s also a picky eater. I wish she had the “run to the bathroom” reaction that people manage to develop. Barf on tile is much nicer to clean than barf on shag carpet. (Yes, the seventies live on in my bedroom!) Ugh. Still half asleep, I grabbed a handful of tissues to sop up the liquid and … Continue reading