I LOVE everything about this kitchen. The open shelves, the pantry, the white cabinets, the black countertops, and the natural wood center island. The barstools, THE BABY, the kitchen rug, the naked window and the plants.
Fuzzy puggle. When we give Lucy a bath, she’s totally calm. Gone are the days of her trying to claw her way out of the tub. However, once we lift her out of the tub, all bets are off and she runs around the house like a total weirdo for a good 20 minutes. Does your dog do this?
Our buddy Lisa from Tasmania set up a produce stand in her front yard and made $40 in 1 day! Rock on Lisa!
How many times have you left or almost left your cell phone in a public bathroom? I found one the other day and returned it to the cashier and she said “we probably get at least 5 phones turned in each day.” Is this a thing? Texting while in the loo?
And lastly, One Hundred Dollars a Month Reader Andrea sent in this photo and said;
“I bought some mutt chicks, $2 a piece. They lived in the house very happily until it was warm enough to move them to our chicken coop. Needless to say, they never forgot how great it was living in the house and they always made a break for it if I left the kitchen door open.”
Have a great day everyone,
~Mavis
Chrystal says
Our dog Tilly, a bichon shih tsu mix, will run around like a crazed animal after her bath unless I wrap her tightly in a towel and sit holding her like a baby for a bit. She’ll very sweetly stare up at me until her heart stops pounding, then go right to sleep.
amy says
chickens…in the house? as a former chicken owner I can say that is disgusting! they poop…constantly. I can’t even imagine.
Staci says
i agree with Amy, that’s gross! They poop ALOT and it reeks.
Jacki w says
Ha! Love the chickens in the kitchen! I’ve been pining for a dog simply as a clean up method. My little is a mess monster. I could feed a whole coop of hens from the floor under the kitchen table.
Carolyn says
Confession: yep, texting in the loo is a thing. Or checking email. Or playing CandyCrush.
But most of the occasions I’ve almost left my phone in a public restroom happened because I keep my phone in my back pocket, and take it out when I use the restroom. (I don’t always carry a purse).
I’m not too concerned about germs, but I do clean my phone every once in a while with isopropyl alcohol just to be safe.
Deborah from FL says
I had a miniature schnauzer many years ago. I towel-dried her in the big laundry room sink, then as I picked her up to place her on the floor, her legs would start moving before she even got to the ground. And then she’d zip around so fast. It was a hoot! I had forgotten about this. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. 🙂
And I love Lisa’s produce stand! It’s adorable!! And a nice profit to boot. 🙂
Lastly, chickens in the kitchen… ewwww. (And the photo suggests they’re in the kitchen/dining area. Double ewwwww.)
Cass says
I have a rooster that is low man in the pecking order. If I leave the sliding door to the enclosed porch open he walks right in and helps himself to the bird seed by the back door. I think it is adorable….my partner, not so much. He freaks out “Chicken in the house, chicken. IN. The house.” Ahh, no, chicken in the unheated back porch trying to eat before the other chickens sees he is doing so and run him off the food. Again. For the 5th time today.
Not sure why folks think chickens in the house is so unclean. My cat pooped more than my rooster ever has, in the house. I’d be more worried about the little one who’s face is close to the height of a chicken beak, in the picture down below, then I am about scooping up little piles of chicken poo from my house floor. (I try not to wear shoes into the house that have been in the coop, but sometimes it happens, so the same germs are on my floors even if the chickens didn’t walk on them. I do not eat ANYTHING off my floor, however….just in case. There is no “5 second rule” in my house….once it hits the floor it becomes chicken food)
Kathy says
My day is not complete unless I see a picture of Lucy! Yes, my Beagle runs and romps and rubs her ears and body on the carpet, the bed, the sofa, whatever after her bath and towel drying. She acts like she hates the bath but seems so happy after she has had one.
Tracy says
We call that “the wet dog crazies” around here.
Johanne says
Are there any more pictures of the house that goes with the kitchen you featured at the beginning of this post???? If so, please include a link! 😉
Cathi says
I think phones are left in the loo more often because people take them out of their pocket so they don’t dump them in the toilet by mistake (like my daughter did)!
Then they just forget them.
Texting while you’re there would be ….odd. And if someone I know has done it to me I hope they never tell me! LOL
Mary Howe says
My dog Mattie goes absolutely bezerko after her bath, then she goes in circles till she falls over !!!!!!!!!
Another Lisa says
One sunny day we had the back door open. Also the back gate got left open too, so for the first time, the chickens found their way up the deck stairs and into the house. Just their luck, the kids had popcorn that day, and as they tend to do, made a pretty big popcorn mess all over the floor of the family room, the same room the chickens walked right into. “Glory! Glory! Louise, look, Bertha! Sally Jane! Penelope! They have popcorn in here, we knew it! We knew they were keeping the good stuff from us!”
Lisa Millar says
lol – chickens are so naughty!!
I love that carpet tho and I would be running to shoo them out before any accidents! 😀
Soggy Lucy! Very cute!
Mrs. C. says
What a great post – it just made me smile. I love those chickens, the farm stand, and sweet Miss Lucy!
Emily S. says
I love Lisa from Tasmania! Her posts are fantastic! Does she have a blog? If not she should! 😉 Thanks for another great post!
Lisa Millar says
Thank-you Emily!! That’s so nice of you to say so!! Glad you enjoy the posts that Mavis is kind enough to let me share!!
No – I don’t have a blog – but the last few weeks I have been giving it some thought… just not sure about – well – everything to do with it actually!! lol
I am worried my dedication would last a few weeks and then I would be distracted by something else! 🙂
Still… I am thinking of how to go about something, so you never know!!
In the meantime its awesome I can share a story or three here! 🙂
Cheers!!
Jenn says
I have an 11 year old fur baby, and still after all these years after his bath, he runs around like a crazed animal. I love it and it shows me that even though he is getting to be a senior citizen, he is still a puppy at heart.
Meghna says
Mavis… Lucy needs to pee!!! A friend told me this when we got our dog … That dogs need to pee after a bath. Our dog runs like crazy after his bath and heads straight out to pee! Hope that helps.
Libby says
My little poodle girl Phoebe (who passed this year after 15 years) used to run around after the bath, run onto my bed, look me straight in the eye, and pee on it!!! I would have to carry her right outside, but if I forgot, I would have lots of laundry to do that night.
Cindy M. says
I have heard women in stalls talking on their phones countless times and think it is ridiculous !!!! Seriously! What conversation is so important that we all need to be a part of it in the bathroom!!! Lands sake…what urgent and ‘important’ calls did everyone miss before the advent of the cell phone???….OK, off my soapbox….
P.S. Every dog we ever owned did the post-bath tear around ☺️
AlysonRR says
Our dog is usually somewhat subdued after a bath, but he has a daily “freak out” time when he races around the house, up and down the stairs, on the couches and back down, etc. We call it “Crazy Cookie Time” and it’s hilarious!
My husband calls me all the time from the bathroom at work…
Staci says
My dog is absolutely insane after his bath, running and rolling on towels and the carpet, barking, growling (in play) and just wild. 😀 We love it!
Lana says
After my Mom bathes their black lab she lays an old towel on the floor and tells her to dry herself. She lays down and wiggles and rolls until all the excess water is gone. I have no idea how she taught her that as she was a rescue dog and did not learn this as a puppy.
I have had new black counter tops for about a month. They are beautiful but everything shows on them including single grains of salt!
Bec ky Agne says
Chickens in the house ? No way ,I own chickens and have had them in the house as in an enclosed kiddie pool and heat lamp when they were chicks and the dust is terrible, no way I would let them roam around the house, the hens and the turkey still come to the front door when they are free range just o say Hi and get a treat.
Jen Y says
Texting in the loo is gross. 🙁
My husband works in the food industry & they actually do training videos on why NOT to use your cell phone in the restroom. If you think about it…texting & carrying the phone from the stall BEFORE your hands are washed? What good does it do to wash your hands then? You can get into trouble or even lose your job for doing it in the food industry. And really…anyone that attached to their phone is too attached.