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| Ninibini |
Posted - Apr 18 2013 : 03:46:17 AM
I was just posting in another strain and heard the mousetrap go off in the kitchen. Ewwww.
My big, brave, manly man, critter-hunting, bug-eliminating, foe-fighting, home-and-heart protecting knight of a husband is already off to work...
...my son, who would only roll his eyes and exclaim in disgust, "Mom! Really? <Sigh> Fine! I'LL get it!" is upstairs sound asleep...
...the dog certainly doesn't seem like she's going to be any help...
...so, looks like it's <gulp> up to me to put on my big girl boots and do what needs to be done...
<Deep Breath>
Didn't that mouse know it was spring and that it is beautiful outside?!
WHY on EARTH did he decide to come in the other day?!
WHAT was he THINKING?!
<Deep Breath>
Where, oh, WHERE are my kitchen gloves...?
<Deep Breath>
CJ - I'm thinking of you...
And Debbie - I'm thinking about you and Big Buzz, too...
Although, when before I might giggle a little bit thinking about Big Buzz if it were someone else going through this, right now, I assure you, I'm not giggling so much...
'Bet Big Buzz gets a good chuckle out of this, though...
I'm sure my husband will be ROARING and rolling on the floor when I tell him when he gets home tonight...
<Deep Breath>
"There's no mouse!" he said...
"That's not mouse poop - it looks like coffee grounds to me!" he said...
"I'll set the trap; but trust me, no mouse is going to be in the house when it's THIS nice out!" he said...
<Deep Breath>
I soooo don't want to do this...
<Deep Breath>
Would it be so wrong to pretend that I didn't hear it, and wait for my son to wake up and take care of it?
I know... I know... I'm going... I just have to gear myself up for this...
<Deep Breath>
I think I'm going to puke...
Where is my farmgirl can-do spirit?
What is happening to me?
It's not like the boogey man is in there waiting to jump out at me!
<Deep Breath>
But... Ewwww...
<Deep Breath>
Okay... I know... I am woman... Hear me roar...
<Deep Breath>
Meeeooow...
<Deep Breath>
I don't want to do this...
<Deep Breath>
I didn't know you could hear your heartbeat so loud in your ears!
<Deep Breath>
Okay, girls... I'm ready... I can do this...
<Deep Breath>
Wish me luck...
<Deep Breath>
I'm going in...
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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| LynnDinKY |
Posted - Apr 26 2013 : 8:29:36 PM
All I've got to say is..... "THANK YOU LORD FOR 14 YEAR OLD BOYS!!!!"
My son will happily empty the trap for me.
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Proverbs 31:30 |
| Ninibini |
Posted - Apr 22 2013 : 08:08:26 AM
Jody - HILARIOUS! I think I would've loved Rita, too!
Shanda - Ohmygosh - that is too funny! I can't they believe they held back the laughter! Good men!
Brenda - YOU WIN! LOL!!! Not sure if you wanted to, but YOU definitely win! LOL!!!
Happy Monday!
Hugs -
Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Apr 22 2013 : 06:34:50 AM
Oh my word Deborah! I know that a snake can come in through the walls and under any spaces like between the mop boards (that's what we call them, I can't think of the other word) and floor. That how they got in here before we had the carpeting put down. I told dh if we ever take up the carpet we are making sure there are absolutely no spaces for mice nor snakes that way. 
farm girl sister#43
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Apr 22 2013 : 06:32:23 AM
Eww, I don't blame you a bit there Brenda!
farm girl sister#43
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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| brightmeadow |
Posted - Apr 22 2013 : 06:07:55 AM
Since you girls are telling ucky stories, I'll tell mine.
had a shop vac in the garage for quick cleanups. Evidently the mice thought it looked just like one of those hamster trail things. Unaware, I turned it on to do some cleaning, it made strange noises and fur came out of the motor. Let me tell you, that whole shop vac went in the garbage and I was at Home Depot the next day for a new one.
That was one mess I was not going to clean up, even with an apron, boots, and rubber gloves!
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Apr 20 2013 : 5:25:09 PM
Shanda,
That is funny, in a morbid sort of way. lol!
farm girl sister#43
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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| shanda |
Posted - Apr 20 2013 : 1:56:33 PM
One of the worst and (in an awful way, funniest) mouse stories I have ever heard was told by my brother-in-law. He worked for a funeral home, and his company just bought an older funeral home. In the process of remodeling and cleaning up, they found a large mouse problem, so they set traps out everywhere. One afternoon, while my BIL and his partner were counseling a grieving family, a trap that was in the ceiling went off. But the mouse didn't die right away, it sort of flopped around in the ceiling, above their heads for a few minutes. My BIL and his partner had the hardest time controlling their laughter while sitting with their grief-stricken guest. Of course they felt awful for the family, and they couldn't make eye contact for the rest of the visit. Poor guys.
Shanda
Farmgirl #4233 |
| Bear5 |
Posted - Apr 20 2013 : 08:59:01 AM
I loved the story Jo!!!!!!!!
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| katmom |
Posted - Apr 19 2013 : 10:12:51 PM
Oh My Stars! this is all such a Hoot! funny funny funny....
>^..^<
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| TexasJo |
Posted - Apr 19 2013 : 7:52:35 PM
I laughedback then!! She always made me laugh. Miss her bunches.
We can do it! |
| levisgrammy |
Posted - Apr 19 2013 : 4:34:57 PM
Oh Jo that is too funny! Thanks for sharing. At least we can laugh at these things later on.
farm girl sister#43
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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| TexasJo |
Posted - Apr 19 2013 : 2:54:17 PM
You girls are great! I hate mice! I hate anything that crawls in my house uninvited and gets inside my little bubble and makes me shreak! They have no right! LOL... Especially spiders. They just drop from the ceiling and land on you. That's when they do not get caught and thrown out the door, that's when they are a spot to clean up! I apologize to them afterward, but they asked for it, blast it! I had a friend some years back now (she was 97) and lived on a farm. Her name was Rita. She would call when she needed help with things like moving her sprinklers around the yard and was blue cause she had a cold and knew I would bring soup and cookies. One day she called and asked me to bring my boys out (they were elementary and middle school aged at the time). We showed up and she asked the boys to go out and help her reset all her mouse traps in one of the old barns that she used as a garage for her car (yep she still drove around town, but you had to lookout!). She had mice that would get in her car and nest. Ewww... well the boys had to remove the already caught mice and reset the trap with the peanut butter she gave them. The boys were told to pile the little critters somewhere (GAG!) and my oldest asked Rita, "what do you do with all of them" and she calmly and sweetly told him, "I make mousey gloves with them,, they are best for keeping your hands warm". You should have seen the look on my son's face! Course when I returned a certain look to him, he knew she was kidding! But to tell you the truth, she was one onery farmgirl and I wouldn't put it passed her! Whenever the minister at church asked her "You're still here, Rita"? every Sunday, she would respond with "yep, the Good Lord says I'm not done yet, and the Devil won't take me cuz I'm so onery"!. She was a hoot! But I will never forget her and her mice in that big old barn/garage. Just thought since we were sharing mousey stories today... hahaha..
Hugs,
Jo
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| oldbittyhen |
Posted - Apr 19 2013 : 2:07:58 PM
LMAO at you girls, ok you have to pick, snakes or mice...mice or snakes...as for me, I would much rather have non-poisonous snakes in my house ( and yes I have had snakes in my house many times over the years, poisonous, and non), than even 1 mouse, if you have a large rodent problem, you don't have enough snakes, and then again alot of mice means good meals for the snakes, if at all possible, try and let the eco system take care of nature...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
| Ninibini |
Posted - Apr 19 2013 : 12:54:03 PM
Ewww! Marly! You seem to have handled that much better than I would have! Although, to be truthful, I always shake my shoes, boots, gloves, hats, etc., before putting them on. We've got some scary spiders around here, believe me! So, hopefully I'd be shaking out a mouse, too, before squishing any body parts up against one! God love and bless you!!!
You poor thing, Denise!!! I would've had a fit! Don't you love that he just watched? My husband would just watch, too... 'cept he'd probably be laughing at me... and then he'd probably pull out the camcorder...and then he'd most likely share the video with family and friends at the next get-together...
You know, the more we talk about this, the more I am convinced I'm going to find one out in the garden this summer - just to teach me a lesson. I don't hate snakes, per se... they do serve a wonderful purpose and have the right to exist... just not where I live and breathe, that's all! LOL!
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Apr 19 2013 : 12:24:33 PM
Oh my goodness! I went to get the mail a little bit ago and while walking back up the lane their was rat snake wound around the limb of a briar bush on the side of the driveway. I had to take a second look, I thought one of the guys threw some electrical tape and it jjust landed there. Dh asked when I came in if there was a snake. Apparently he was watching me come back up and saw my looking and then the horrified look on my face. Suffice to say the only good snake is a dead one!!
farm girl sister#43
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Apr 19 2013 : 12:21:13 PM
I would have totally flipped out finding a mouse in my gloves! Ewwww.
My dd is very afraid of mice. And it is no laughing matter when she sees one as her dh found out when we went to a cabin for vacation one summer.
Nini~ I don't blame you, I would have high tailed it out of there in a hurry too!
farm girl sister#43
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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| Bear5 |
Posted - Apr 19 2013 : 09:15:36 AM
I keep my leather gloves outside. One chilly morning, I wanted to get some garden beds cleaned. I grabbed the gloves, slipped my hand in one and my hand wouldn't go in the glove. GROSS! A little mouse was evidently sleeping or hiding in the glove! A lesson learned!!! I now shake the gloves before putting them on.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| Ninibini |
Posted - Apr 19 2013 : 08:50:37 AM
LOL! Well, I probably would've done exactly what your daughter did! You should see me with a teeny stink bug! LOL! When we first moved to PA, we looked at renting a cottage in the woods on the bank of a river. It was a wondrous, magical place, and just pulling in, I was in love and ready to sign the lease... until, that is, after the tour we came out the front door and I almost stepped on a snake ready to greet me on the front step! I screamed so loudly birds flew violently away as if there had just been a gunshot. The realtor commented she was amazed all the trees didn't fall. ('Last time we went anywhere with her! Hmmph!) I regained what little composure I had left, and we headed back to the car. Just a few steps more and it happened again! Only this time, it was much bigger, and my scream was even more shrill and piercing. My husband just rolled his eyes. Please understand - I wasn't in rough-and-tumble woodsy girl jeans and boots that would protect me! We had come right after work, so I was in my office clothes - girly high heels, sheer stockings and a very pretty skirt suit. All I could think of was that I'd skewer one end of the snake with my heels, and then it would leap up, bite me and slither up my skirt! I thought I was going to faint! (Very young, very vivid imagination at work - yes!) My hubby told me to hop on his back. My brave knight carried me all the way up the slippery wet-leaf-covered wooded hill back to the car, losing his balance and almost dropping me after almost stepping on yet ANOTHER snake, (and me screaming in his ear, of course)! Needless to say, we opted for a small house in a former mining town with a big, open yard in a highly populated family neighborhood... and not a snake in sight! LOL!
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Apr 19 2013 : 07:13:26 AM
Nini,
The snakes we had were black rat snakes. Very common around here. We weren't very humane after the first one we killed them all. I have to tell you one of the funniest stories, there were plenty during that time. My daughter took the dog out for a walk one day. They didn't get further than the back door area as the dog went running out and started barking, so dd goes to see what she is barking at and of course it is a snake. So she gets the bright idea to jump in the van that I had backed up to the door to unload groceries. She grabs the dog jumps in the van, not sure why she didn't just come back into the house, and she starts blowing the horn to get our attention. My ds is up in his room which is at the back of the house and opens his window. He tells her to cut it out because dad is sleeping. Hubby was working nights then. She pays no mind to him and keeps it up. So he goes to see what she is doing and we wake up hubby to go kill it. We never could figure out why she just didn't come back in the house. LOL! I think we have story for all 8 snakes we found. That was the only one that wasn't in the house.
Tina, I would have been nutso if I had found things in the paper towel rolls. Probably would have thrown every last roll out. :(
farm girl sister#43
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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| Ninibini |
Posted - Apr 19 2013 : 04:49:24 AM
LOL! Audrey - that's exactly what I did! I double-bagged a couple of old grocery bags, inverted them inside one another, slipped my hand inside, grabbed the end of the trap from the bottom of the bag, and then folded the whole thing over the trap and tied a big old knot. While furiously scrubbing my hands, I felt like Lady Macbeth: "Out, damned spot! Out, I say!" LOL!!!
Sadly, my husband set another "just in case" trap last night... and the bait was gone in the morning, but the trap was still set. Thankfully, tomorrow is Saturday, so he'll be here to take care of anything else. It's great to be a can-do farmgirl, but it's even better to be a big, brave, manly man, critter-hunting, bug-eliminating, foe-fighting, home-and-heart protecting knight of a husband's wife! ;)
Have a great day, girls!
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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| acairnsmom |
Posted - Apr 18 2013 : 9:02:05 PM
I use a plastic grocery bag and wrap up the trap with the remains and it all goes into the trash. Those traps are cheep enough for single use. And then compulsive washing of hands for a couple of hours, hah!
Since we got our cat last fall we've only had one mouse incident where as before we were trapping usually one per day!
Sounds like you overcame and got your Farmgirl on! We are all proud of you.
Audrey
http://prairiecairncottage.blogspot.com/
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| Bear5 |
Posted - Apr 18 2013 : 09:10:04 AM
No, no, no. Nini, so funny!!!!!!!
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| oldbittyhen |
Posted - Apr 18 2013 : 09:06:08 AM
years back, I went to pull out a new roll of paper towels from the cabinet ( I buy in bulk, so there were many rolls), and out comes dog kibble, cat kibble, cookie peices, etc...I think what the h%ll, and realize the mice had used the cardboard tubes as silos, and stuffed everyone one of them full of their food stashes,lol, so thats when I went to war will them, and with alot of work, I only get a few ayear in the house...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
| jenne.f |
Posted - Apr 18 2013 : 08:55:21 AM
Gals,
I opened my car hood one day, this was my garage kept car, to find dogfood on
the air fiter lid, (*I think, it is that round flat thing on the center top of the engine). I was told this dogfood was stashed there by mice! EWWWWWW!!!
~blessings~
Jenne
Farmgirl #4616
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| Ninibini |
Posted - Apr 18 2013 : 08:23:00 AM
Okay, Tina... my dear farmgirl sister... Are you trying to KILL me? LOL! I didn't know that, exactly, but eghads... I thought rabbits were bad! LOL!!! I'm with you - I hope that we catch any female, especially, but I'm certainly not going to be pulling their little legs apart to find out, I assure you! LOL!!
Hugs -
Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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