OF MICE AND MEN (or WOMAN)
So today I got up and we are finally getting over the strep. Yep - Tuesday the whole family spent the morning at an IHC instacare where the result was positive. Not in a good way. Everybody had strep. After two days of awfulness - I was ready this morning for a good day - dangit!
After laundry and cleaning all morning (finally a clean house...) I was vacuuming and a little friend scampered across the floor. Now - I'm not really scared of a mouse - but yes I did do the girly Ahhh and may have jumped a little.
He/she ran straight into my pantry full of all sorts of yummy foods.
I hate to admit it - but I panicked. I called Terminex and was going to let them deal with it. They didn't call back for 2 whole hours. I had trapped the little bugger with one of the kids blankies blocking the pathway under the door (yes I washed this later - ewe!). When they called back and told me they wouldn't be here until tomorrow I knew what had to be done.
So with spatula and rubber bowl in hand I opened the pantry. "Here mousy mousy". I slowly took one thing out at a time. There was mouse poop everywhere and two bags of chips and actually been eaten through - not very bright because just 2 shelves up there was a perfectly good bag of chips already opened.
I was ready to smack and cover at the first movement. Just then - I stepped on something squishy and I was up in arms (jumping and squealing at the same time). Whew - it was just one of those stupid jelly bracelets. But where the crap is the mouse?
I cleaned out the whole pantry - which was great for finally gettting it organized - and the little bugger wasn't there. He must have slipped out during the jelly bracelet part.
No mouse - dangit!
I called Justin and told him to stop on the way home and pick up some mouse traps (as this is exactly what the Property Management Company told me to do - losers!)
When Justin got home he started to put the traps together and as he was sticking them in the bottom of the pantry - POP - there he/she was!!! I told him to move aside and let me get the bugger. I was getting this mouse one way or another.
He/she JUMPED AT ME - and BAM - I smacked the plastic bowl right on top of his head. VICTORY!!! I was so excited. Mira and Boyd came a running - they thought that was the coolest thing ever.
Oh - but it wasn't Over - OH NO! POP, scatter, POP - OH MY HECK - yep Another one. Justin slid the first one across the floor with the kids scooting along with him. You'd think we never had a pet - oh wait we never have. So anyway...
It jumped too (must be a sibling, they act the same:-). And BAM - under the bowl he went.
Whew! Now they sit in their little bowls with paper plate lids (with air holes of course) with mouse killer pellets just waiting to be eaten. They really are quite cute little verman.
BUT - I burned my chicken while I was trying to catch them - so I think we might be having MouseKaBobs for dinner:-) So much for cute - more like nummy!
So today I got up and we are finally getting over the strep. Yep - Tuesday the whole family spent the morning at an IHC instacare where the result was positive. Not in a good way. Everybody had strep. After two days of awfulness - I was ready this morning for a good day - dangit!
After laundry and cleaning all morning (finally a clean house...) I was vacuuming and a little friend scampered across the floor. Now - I'm not really scared of a mouse - but yes I did do the girly Ahhh and may have jumped a little.
He/she ran straight into my pantry full of all sorts of yummy foods.
I hate to admit it - but I panicked. I called Terminex and was going to let them deal with it. They didn't call back for 2 whole hours. I had trapped the little bugger with one of the kids blankies blocking the pathway under the door (yes I washed this later - ewe!). When they called back and told me they wouldn't be here until tomorrow I knew what had to be done.
So with spatula and rubber bowl in hand I opened the pantry. "Here mousy mousy". I slowly took one thing out at a time. There was mouse poop everywhere and two bags of chips and actually been eaten through - not very bright because just 2 shelves up there was a perfectly good bag of chips already opened.
I was ready to smack and cover at the first movement. Just then - I stepped on something squishy and I was up in arms (jumping and squealing at the same time). Whew - it was just one of those stupid jelly bracelets. But where the crap is the mouse?
I cleaned out the whole pantry - which was great for finally gettting it organized - and the little bugger wasn't there. He must have slipped out during the jelly bracelet part.
No mouse - dangit!
I called Justin and told him to stop on the way home and pick up some mouse traps (as this is exactly what the Property Management Company told me to do - losers!)
When Justin got home he started to put the traps together and as he was sticking them in the bottom of the pantry - POP - there he/she was!!! I told him to move aside and let me get the bugger. I was getting this mouse one way or another.
He/she JUMPED AT ME - and BAM - I smacked the plastic bowl right on top of his head. VICTORY!!! I was so excited. Mira and Boyd came a running - they thought that was the coolest thing ever.
Oh - but it wasn't Over - OH NO! POP, scatter, POP - OH MY HECK - yep Another one. Justin slid the first one across the floor with the kids scooting along with him. You'd think we never had a pet - oh wait we never have. So anyway...
It jumped too (must be a sibling, they act the same:-). And BAM - under the bowl he went.
Whew! Now they sit in their little bowls with paper plate lids (with air holes of course) with mouse killer pellets just waiting to be eaten. They really are quite cute little verman.
BUT - I burned my chicken while I was trying to catch them - so I think we might be having MouseKaBobs for dinner:-) So much for cute - more like nummy!
