Jennie adopts ten untrained dogs from an animal shelter then brings them home. The dogs overrun Jennie's house, peeing and pooping on furniture, ripping through the trash and knocking over furniture.

Jennie, her friend Adelle and Corinne go on a road trip up the beautiful Pacific Coast Highway landing in Big Sur, California. The trio attends an Oceanside "Love Retreat" where they discuss emotional wreckage and marital difficulties.

Jennie and her daughters - Luca, Lola and Fiona - decide to build a treehouse hideaway while Corinne plans activities for Jennie to release anger. Jennie finds solace spending time with her girls sawing, hammering and painting.