So, we have been back from Italy for almost a month now.  While we were there, I realized that it was common to hang clothes outside there.  It wasn't a matter of them being poor or not having a dryer, you just hang your laundry outside to dry.  I have always had this tendency, but I thought it was because I am cheap.  Maybe I am just European.

     I am a clean freak.  Organizing fool.  There's a lot of backstory to this.  My mom cleaned the whole house every Saturday.  We helped and it was a small house, but everything had to be clean clean clean before we stopped.  Now my mom is a hoarder and she has invented a whole new story about her life.  It's not true, but she tells it to anyone who questions her hoarding.  Anyway, as you may have guessed, I am not a person who would like having animals in my house.  I don't, but even so, we have 2 dogs.  Our younger dog is a Brittany and he is the fastest running dog I have ever seen!  He likes to run, bark, explore, and catch wild animals, chew on them and roll around in them when they start to stink.  He is cute, but pretty gross.  Our older dog is a labrador.  She is super sweet.  She drools when she thinks about food, is very dainty and doesn't like to go outside when it is raining, and in general thinks she is a person and shouldn't be outside at all.  I really do love these dogs; their personality.  I HATE HATE HATE cleaning up after them all the time.  I mean all the time!  Dog hair is everywhere!  There is a dusty film that covers everything downstairs.  A dusty red film.  It gets everywhere, all the time.  It's probably going into my nose right now!  

     I just want these dogs to die so I can be free!  I do realize I will have to wait a few more years.

     BTW, my mother now has 5 dogs!  and a hoarded house...