poop

bad enough that with having dogs comes the added bonus of natural fertilizer all over my freaking yard... but really, their preferred surface to defecate?  my deck--you know, where the kids' toys hang out all summer.  and we all know who is going to end having to clean that up.   Just what i wanted, before i can even let the kids outside, i have to scrape dog sh*t off of and SANITIZE my freaking deck.  And that's not not even going into the repair work that needs to be done on it because the little beasts joyfully ate a giant hole in the lattice.  yes, dogs are definitely worth all the trouble because of the JOY they bring to the family.