Day 27: These are a few of my least favorite things...

1. There is hedgehog pee on my favorite hoodie. And poo. That's what you get for driving half an hour to work with a hedgehog in your front pocket in -30 degree weather. I'm pretty sure I looked like I was six months pregnant with a very active and prickly child. I'm just glad he didn't try to bite me.

That would have been awkward.

2. A pool of water is collecting on my kitchen floor. This may or may not have something to do with the fact that the refrigerator tray - which was previously duct-taped to the back of the refrigerator - has fallen off and I don't know where it is. I think Nathan threw it out. At least the fridge no longer sounds like The Walking Dead.

3. Kia - our intact female Newfoundland - is bleeding (definitely in heat now) and Sam - our intact male Newfoundland - has his waist in a "belly band" (a product we are using to discourage mating). He looks like an extremely hairy Victorian woman in a corset. No making little Sams today - unless he does it while we're sleeping.

He also chewed off one of Mickey Mouse's ears. That's what love will do to you.

4. I spent ten straight hours frantically typing my Wintergirls review, breaking only to let the dogs out and inhale breakfast, lunch, and coffee ... and the odd slice of gluten-free banana bread. Thankfully, it is now finished (the review and the banana bread). I also wrote and submitted a quick-and-easy pizza recipe because I think sideways and can't do less than two things at once. If it's accepted, I'll earn $50.

Woot. That should pay for like one fifth of our next power bill.

5. The meter man left a note in our mailbox that says we used double the amount of water that we usually do. Is our toilet constantly running? Yes. Yes it is.

6. I can't find my credit cards. Not sure whether to wait or report them lost or stolen ... again.

7. Dog drool has dried in geometric patterns on my computer keyboard where I keep wiping it off with my elbow.

8. My couch is covered with clothes, sleeping cats, and a multitasking husband in his PJ's - texting, checking Kijiji for classic cars, and playing video games ALL AT THE SAME TIME.*

Gasp.

It's a good thing it was a snow day today...

...or I would be really miserable!

*To be fair, Nathan cooked supper AND bought dog food AND packed the dishwasher AND made me Yonanas ice-cream. He also worked all day.

Sam & Mickey (what's left of him).

Sam & his belly band.

Update: I found my credit cards. They were ... inside my Bible??? God is definitely telling me something there.