Too Cold for this Poop

Well there is a chill in the air around here. And a lil more so at my house. Why?
Hubby angry due to lack of dancing girls in the house? Nah! I am enough girl for him.
Grandma giving the frosty shoulder since she can not smoke inside? Nope! She loves her front porch full of plants.
Well why?
Because I leave our back door open for the pets to go outside (in the fenced in yard) to do their "business". So the chill from outside comes on in. But we are willing to be a lil cold to help out our pets.

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Now this would be okay if they were doing just that. But, NOOOOOO!
For some reason they have decided that the dining room floor is so much nicer for a bathroom facility. Why??????
I have no idea. But I need help from all of y'all smart people. What can I do to stop this.

Ok there are guidelines for this task.
1. Yes I have cleaned it up and mopped the floor (over and over again with bleach).
2. We are not killing any dogs at all.
3. I am a sucker and do not want to put the pets outside to freeze when it is cold.
4. I am cheap so nothing expensive to fix, replace or redo with--okay!

It Takes a Village

I had a friend call me last week for some advice. You know that when your friends ask for advice you sit back and take a deep breath. Taking the time to hear what they are seeking and making sure you formulate your ideas before you talk. I am glad I did just that this time.

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They wanted to know if I could help them find a drug rehabilitation for a friend of theirs. Oh this is a sticky situation was my first thought. Now I know that drug Treatment is very important. And that as friends we are often called on to help others when they do not perceive a problem. But is very hard to tell a friend that they need to find help.

Well I asked some questions about the situation that this friend was in. And I tried to draw from my own knowledge of seeking help for other type of problems. Most of all I passed on how I had been helped through my medical group to find a good place to go so I could quit with problems that I had unknowing had for most of my life.

I do know that residential drug rehab is the best way to go when trying to stop a habit of this nature. Because your needing to change your environment as well as your thought process. By being away from family, friends and especially bad influences the info you receive is processed faster. Also you have to take the time to think for yourself.

I really hope that I was able to help my friend with the lil bit of knowledge that I had. I especially hope that they were able to guide their friend to help. I know that it takes a village to raise a child. But it takes the same village to support one another too.