Sometimes you just have to laugh

I know that I'm not the only one who counts Steel Magnolias as one of their favorite movies.  Dolly Parton as Truvy, with her big hair, jumped into my head when I came home from work the other day to utter destruction in my living room.  She said something to the effect of "You just have to laugh---you'd cry your eyes out if you didn't."

I was rushing home from work to beat the thunderstorms coming rapidly across the river because our dog, Bauer, is terrified of storms.  We bought him this thing called a Thundershirt to lessen the panting, shaking and general terror that besets him when foul weather is within a 30 mile radius.  It might not be a big deal except for the fact that he weighs 100 pounds and nothing can be accomplished with a 100 pound dog trying to hide under/on top of/around you.
Anyway, I got home just as the rain way about to start falling and lugged in some cat litter I bought from the store and when I opened my door, this is what I was greeted by...

Down feathers everywhere.  My two new, silk down pillows look like they errupted all over my living room. My two other dogs, who are still puppies and learning all the rules, decided that ripping apart my pillows would be more fun than playing with the countless toys from the pet store.  So I sat down and waited for my husband to come home so he could really enjoy the full spectrum of disaster the puppies rained down in our living room.
You can see a still terrified Bauer, (in his Thundershirt no less) on my lap and the cat litter bag I dropped in shock as I was coming through the door.

                                                                  The culprits

I guess the point is, althought it was a huge mess, and they were new down pillows (with silk covers from Rooms, Blooms & More) and it took 2 hours to vaccuum and sweep it all up, I can get more pillows from the shop. We have a great new line of burlap pillows that would probably be a lot less fun for the mutts to chew up.  No matter how we plan for things to look nice and just right - sometimes the unexpected happens.   It seems to be the same way here at the shop.   As soon as we get everything set, a huge load of furniture comes in or a bunch of pieces sell and we are left with a big 'ol mess to sort out. 

Luckily, it's usually much more fun than vaccuuming up down feathers and as with anything, the attitude you have about it makes all of the difference in the world.