RAINY DAYS AT THE ARK

Winter at the Ark has seemed more like Spring Has Sprung!  Don't get me wrong, I love rain at times, but come on this is ridiculous.  While most people just enjoy being inside and curling up to read a book, or watch TV while it is raining, if you own an Ark, you must learn to deal with crappy hair, mud, and frozen hands and feet.  During the rainy times, my boots are soggy that I keep by the front door.  There is mud everywhere, despite my constant cleaning, and I am forever feeling sad for all the poor babies that have to be outside in their stall (if they have one!) and dog houses.  When it is raining, the horses that don't have a personal stall gather with the goats and llamas and congregate in the center aisle of the barn.  When I go out in the morning, it looks like P. Diddy had a party in the barn!  Instead of beer cans and liquor bottles, there is lots of poop of all sizes!  Big "road apples", little "road apples" and lots and lots of very small "road apples."  I mean they are everywhere.  Usually one mischievous, and long necked character has managed to take all the halters, bridles, and lead ropes off of their hangers.  I won't mention any names..How could either one of these cuties cause trouble you ask?  Believe me, you "aint' seen trouble like these two can cause an Ark owner!  

Another cause of trouble on rainy days is Patches the Pit Bull Terrier...excuse me, she is a Staffordshire Terrier!  She doesn't like it when I call her a Pit Bull, but it is what it is.  She stays inside during the day, but she must go outside at times too, of course.  so she inevitably decides to roll, and "do her thing" outside by flipping over digging and several other antics that only she can do.  Our wonderful pet sitter, Dianne, swears that she has ADHD because she cannot sit still.  When I bring her in, she is usually covered in dirt or some other obscene object.  I try so hard to wipe her off, but she is a powerhouse and sometimes she just comes flying into the house!!!  Mud paws is what I refer to my kitchen floor as!  I am constantly mopping!  However, mopping is therapy for me, so I get to have a lot of therapy on rainy days!  Well, I think I will go and read my Nook for a while until some furry beast beckons me away from my sanity!  Perhaps I should go and make something healthy for dinner!!!  Recipe to follow!