Minimal Kitchen and Doggie Donuts

For about a week, we are going to be without our kitchen due to painting--both cabinets and walls. The picture above was before the painters got here and my kitchen has never been so clean! Of course now the doorways are covered with plastic and the counters with paper so our kitchen is currently off limits. That means I have a very good excuse for not being able to bake holiday cookies (at least for now). Most of our kitchen has migrated to the dining room, which I will not take a picture of. It's a mess but I certainly know where everything is!

Also during this time, Athena has still been recovering from her foot injury. We boarded Holly when the painters got here but we had to keep Athena with us until she got her stitches out and her cone off. Well, the stitches came out today but the vet recommended leaving the cone on for another week because her foot is still a little raw. Unfortunately, the big old cone will not fit into the crates they use to transport the dogs to boarding so now Athena has to wear a doggie donut!

I'm not sure which one she despises more!