Yesterday was a LONG day!  It started with Emma Lou rolling in something disgusting in the backyard, and needing a bath.  Her bath culminated in all the dogs getting baths, which was not part of their Sunday plan, but it’d been a while.  Once all the dogs were bathed and glaring at me from under the covers of the bed, I started some dog laundry and ran to the grocery store to grab stuff for dinner.

Let me just tell you, 4 dogs, a bunny and a bird, means lots of laundry.  I washed all the dog beds, bunny beds, the birds bedding, and the cover that goes over the bird cage at night.  Then I lugged all the dog crates outside for a good scrub and air dry.  In between, I was running into the garage and bagging up the 20 pounds of duck necks I’d bought for the dogs as it was thawing out. (Can I just tell you I hate big frozen blocks of animals parts that I have to thaw and dig through?  YUCK!)  Once the crates were drying and most of the bedding was finished, I scrubbed out the bunny condo, collapsed it down, and moved it into the garage.  Then the dining room got vacuumed and mopped, all the dog beds were put back together, and the crates brought in from outside and put back.  Once that was done, my office where Norbert is now living, was vacuumed and his litter box cleaned, plus, I got him fed and medicated with both his antibiotic and pain meds.

Besides duck necks, I made veggie slop and thawed out a tube of beef organ blend, and got them partitioned into ice cube trays for easy small dog portioning day to day.  I thawed out a 20 pound tube of ground turkey, and got that reorganized into smaller portions, while also roasting a chicken for dinner, with spaghetti and a salad. I cleaned up the dinner mess, then fed the dogs, cleaned THAT mess up, and then FINALLY got a chance to read some of my new book.  Whew!

The good news?  All the dogs are clean and have clean beds to sleep in, my kitchen is clean, there is lots of frozen dog supplies accessible and ready for feeding, and I feel good that it’s all done.  Hopefully, next Sunday won’t be quite as busy.  Tonight?  The master bedroom and bathroom, and a continuation of laundry, except now it will be human laundry.