I typically allow her to roam the house after I get home from work because I feel bad about her being cooped up in her kennel all day. A friend called and suggested we to head to Taco Mac to grab a beer and I didn't think twice. I left Lola alone and free in the condo so she could play with all of her babies, lay on the couch, watch tv, do whatever a sweet pup does when alone. She's been alone multiple times alone and the worst thing she's done was chew furniture, but I thought we were way past that. I was out having a great time thinking she was at home doing the same. Burrrrt! 11:30p rolled around and it was time to head home. I walked into the house and saw Lola sitting on the couch...pretty typical...looked around and found a startling discovery....the bathroom had two colors of paint swirled around the floor...two gallons of paint...all...over...the...floor. Not to mention paw prints all over my wood floors, rugs and couch. I immediately called my mom to ask for advice on how to get this mess up (not even thinking about the time, which was by now midnight). She calmly and sleepily said, "Amy, what do you do to clean your paint brushes?" I replied, "Rinse them." She said "Exactly." Problem solved? Not so much. I'm sure it was quite a sight to see; me on my knees, frantically scooping cup fulls of paint off the floor and dumping them back into the gallon paint containers. The lids of the paint weren't on completely because I was still painting in the room. arg! The cleaning process was an absolute mess and the floors still have small remnants of paint here and there. I got the majority of it up using a small razor blade and paw print by print they scraped off.
A few lessons learned here:1. When I leave the house, put Lola in her kennel. Always.
2. Even when not completely finished with paint, put the gallons in a safe place and put the lid on!
Love.
The next day I got to put all of my new toys to use and started cutting all of the beadboard. Luckily the weather was beautiful, so I took the project outside. The neighbors may have been mad at me for starting so early, but I was ready to get it done. I made some measurements and started cutting, using my patio table as a bench. I had to go back and forth a few times making additional measurements, but overall it was a pretty easy process and I only made 2 gouges in my table! The struggle came when I had to cut out the holes for the outlets and around the toilet. Eventually it came together. 
