First Snow of the Season

I had a work meeting this morning and when I left work there was a light flurry of snow flakes falling. By the time I got home they were gone, but about an hour or so later there it was, coming down.....and SO beautiful!!! Aside from the fact that people get the flu, and my kids always get sick and have to do breathing treatments, Nick and I just LOVE winter and especially the snow! I am so glad he and I were both home to watch it and enjoy the moment of pure beauty! :-)


The weather channel predicts snow on and off for the next few days....Ahhhhh....sweet joy! :)

Caught!

I heard a strange noise on Saturday night in the kitchen, but it was late and Nick was sick so I didn't bother him to go look to see what it was. On Monday, our kitchen started to smell really bad, I thought it was the dishes, so I did them, but the smell was still there, then I remembered the noise I heard on Saturday, so since Nick was feeling a little better I asked him to go check it out for me.Low and behold, we caught that stupid mouse that was in our dishwasher last week! Yipee! The sticky traps we set did the job and the mouse was dead and decomposing! No wonder it stunk! ick!

Ash was kind enough to take some pictures of the joyful mouse catching day! :) We cleaned behind the vent and sprayed Lysol and then set out another trap for any future mice who would like to follow suit! Such dumb animals! We have a HUGE field and a bunch of mountains behind our house, why don't they just stay out there?!?!

HaHaHaHa....
at least we caught one.
It makes me giddy inside just thinking about it. :-)

Prestons Army Men

Preston loves setting up his little Army Men. So that's what he did today......(and of course he couldn't let go of his trains!)

End result

Bats

Ash wanted to show off what she made at school last week.

She showed me that Bats sleep upsidedown, so she wanted us to pin it up in her room upside down while she sleeps and then she would pin it right side up when she is awake.

But, so far, the bat is just hanging out on my desk. lol. She's cute!

Ashleigh LOVES art....and is coloring, drawing, painting, writing, cutting, etc pretty much any chance she gets. I need to get her in to an art class! I think she may have some of her Great Grandma Leslie and Grandma Call in her. :) It would be great if she explored her art and figured out if its something that she really loves or not.

Sick

Wednesday night when Nick got home from work, we cleaned out the cold storage and the whole basement and vacuumed, etc. We got laundry going and did all sorts of other things around the house. Then Nick disappeared. When I found him, he told me he was really really tired and didn't feel good, so I sent him to bed. He planned on taking only a 1/2 day at work on Thursday, but at noon, realized he wasn't getting any better and decided to stay home the whole day. Friday he was really sick--aches, fever, sinus pain/pressure, headache, tired, etc. I kept the kids away and tried to help him feel as comfortable as possible. Unfortunately, I had to leave him Thurs and Fri night to go to work. Today, he is feeling much better--still slight fever, and little bits of everything else, but better, none the less. For which I am very grateful!

Preston has a little bit of a runny nose, but otherwise the rest of us are doing well and avoiding this illness. We've been spraying Lysol all over the house a couple times a day, and washing our hands/faces a lot, so I think all of that is helping.

I keep reading that lots of other people are sick....this flu is hitting hard this year. For me, this is the only thing I "hate" about winter....however, personally, I would rather have the flu than a cold!

Mice....AGAIN!!!!!

This morning I went to use my computer, but the battery was dead so I went to find the cord. When I unplugged it, I noticed something out the corner of my eye moving.... it was a mouse inside one of our sticky traps that we had set up behind our couch to catch spiders. It's little leg moved like twice before I flipped out and ran to the kitchen for a big Tupperware to put it in. When I got back, it blinked its eye at me once then closed it's eyes...and I assumed it was dead. I carefully picked up the sticky trap and stuck it in the tupperware, put the lid on, and put it in our outside garbage can.

Ick....

Then I went about my day. I ran lots of errands, put my groceries away, got Ash from school, did homework with her, and just finished helping her get ready to go outside to play when, as I am typing on the computer, I noticed something moving and when I looked I saw a mouse climbing around on the inside of the dishwasher door....I sat frozen for a sec, just watching it, when it started to go back inside the dishwasher, I got up enough nerve to go and close the dishwasher door with my foot.

Then I got a bunch of sticky traps and lined around the dishwasher. Meanwhile, the kids freaked out and were sitting on the kitchen table. After about 20 min I decided I couldn't wait 3 more hours on the table until Nick got home, so I called my dad-in-law to come over and help...thankfully, he lives only 5 min away now so he was here in a flash.

While I was waiting though, the mouse showed up again, only this time, it's like it knew that I put the "death traps" down cause it wouldn't go on the ground, but I saw it climb just above the floor moldings from the dishwasher to the vent under the sink and it disappeared. Grrr...

Randy came over, took off the bottom front part of the dishwasher and took off the vent cover. We both looked, but didn't see the mouse....it had long since escaped back to wherever it came from....our basement somewhere for sure! Randy lined the openings with sticky traps for me, did another thorough look and then left.

As for me, I am sure the mouse is gone (at least not in the kitchen anymore) but I can't seem to pry myself away from the table...I am afraid that it will come back and I will miss it. I have to pee REALLY bad, but I am perfectly willing to wait until Nick gets home (in 2 hours) before I do. Meanwhile, I am being a bad mom....snapping at the kids, and making them stay out of the kitchen! They are watching a movie...Team Geo Tracks....AGAIN!

I HATE MICE!!!!! I am going to give Orkin a call again to come back and refresh all the traps. I can't live like this!!!!! I know I am going to have a VERY hard time sleeping tonight. *sigh*

Review

Here is a review from a fellow blogger about the new WinCo store that opened in Midvale....hope you all check it out! I am excited to actually shop there (despite the distance) once it is less crowded!

Winco review-#1

Winco review-#2

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