The Mouse in our House

Ben was out of town last Thursday and Friday so of course we had a mouse in the house - probably brought in by our great hunter, Bella. Luckily I'm not totally freaked out by them. I just don't like wild disease ridden roadents in my house. Actually, I think they're kind of cute if they're in a cage at the pet store. So after I got home from taking Halle to get her wound glued, I noticed that Bella was guarding the refigerator. I spent about an hour trying to catch it with a hand towel, then I just gave up and went to bed hoping that Bella wouldn't bring it to me as gift in the middle of the night. (She's done that before).

The next day I left for work hoping that Bella would catch the mouse and take it out of the house. Unfortunately, I came home to the cat guarding the pantry. This time a strainer as my weapon of choice. As it ran out from behind the dish washer detergent I caught it! Halle was eating dinner and was totally bugged that I wouldn't let it out of the trap so she could pet it.

I actually feel really good about catching it because the last time there was a mouse in the house Ben killed it by putting it in a grocery sack and slamming it against the cement. I am more humane and threw it over the fence into the neighbor's yard. LOL!

Is That a Purple Booger?

Well, no. Not a booger. It's super glue! A couple days after we took the stitches out the wound opened up a little and being the paranoid parent, I called dad. He said not to worry about it, but I had already called Dr. Clayton and he called me back and said he'd glue it. So one more tramatic experience at the Dr. later and now she has a purple looking blob on her forehead.

Halloween!

Halle wasn't too into the pumpkin carving and lighting. But you may notice that we tried to make it look like her complete with a scar and little teeth! One of the trick-or-treaters said "Look, it's a Harry Potter pumpkin!" Close enough, I guess.


Ben took Halle around the cul-de-sac, but he had to carry her the whole way because she was kind of being a monster on Halloween....go figure. It took about an hour, but she came home with a load of candy that I put in the community bucket.

The TV is Up and Running

Anyone who reads this blog should be happy to know that I'm over my TV issue. But it sure is nice to have a place to vent so I don't have to vent directly at my loving husband who I love and don't like to fight with. Honestly, I'd still be happy with our old one, but if the new one makes Ben happy, then I've decided that I'll be happy too. Steven, I forgive you. lol....

So does anyone want an old TV without RCA jacks?

No More Stitches!

Halle got her stitches out on Halloween. The Dr. put steri strips on the cut, but by the time we picked Halle up from daycare, she had already pulled them off. So we put some more on. I think we went through 4 sets before we finally gave up.