The mouse incident of '09

Last night while minding my own business, sitting in bed facebook stalking, I see something out of the corner of my eye. I look up towards my bathroom door to see a tiny little mouse running across my carpet, and into my bathroom! That's when the fear sweats started! Attractive, right? I grabbed my cell phone and texted Sam, "THERE'S A MOUSE IN MY HOUSE! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? I HAVE TO MOVE!". Hm.... No answer! So, I picked up my phone again and call my Mom at home, :::ring, ring, ring::: "Please leave a message after the...." SON OF A BITCH! I wasn't going to let her off that easy, so I call her cell. :::ring, ring, ring::: "Hi, this is Mary, I'm not here right now, please leave a message!" DAMMIT!

"MOM! OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD! THERE IS A MOUSE IN MY HOUSE! WHAT DO I DO? ITS GOING TO GET ME! Call me back!". Now, will my mom vouch for this being the actual words I said? Probably not since it was all spoken at a pitch that probably only dogs could hear.

After I got off the phone, I sat in bed thinking about what I could possibly do. Perhaps pack up the boys and head to a hotel? That won't work since all my clothes and my suitcases are in the bathroom closet, with the mouse. OH CRAP! I GOTTA PEE! So, quickly (since I felt like I might end up peeing myself, but another story for another time) and quietly I run to the boys bathroom and pee. As I'm heading back to my room my Mom calls me back.

Me: "What the hell?! How come you didn't answer your phone!?"

Mom: "Well M, I was a little busy driving. What's up?"

Me: In a shrieking voice, "THERE'S A MOUSE IN MY HOUSE!"

Mom: "What did you say? I can't understand you."

Me: In a slightly less shrill shriek, "THERE'S A MOUSE IN MY HOUSE MOM! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?!"

Mom: "M, calm down, I can't understand you!"

Dammit! What the hell is wrong with this woman!? I mean, anyone can tell that I am screaming about a mouse! Come on!!!!

Me: So I calm down, and say, "Mom.... There......Is.......A.....Mouse....... IN MY HOUSE!"

Mom: :::Laughter:::

Me: "What is wrong with you?! Do you not see how severe this situation is?!"

Mom: "Well, what exactly do you want me to do about it M? It's not like I live down the street and I can come help you! Where is the mouse?"

Me: "IN MY BATHROOM! I haven't even brushed my teeth yet! Guess that won't be happening tonight!"

Mom: "Well, the mouse M is a lot more scared of you then you are of it!"

Me: "I highly doubt that Mom, I am having the fear sweats!"

Mom: :::more laughter::: "M, I didn't realize I had raised such a wuss!!!"

Me: "Yes you did! You just didn't want to admit it!"

Mom: "M, just deal with it in the morning. Get some rest. This stress can't be good for the baby!"

Me: "PFFT! Rest?! As if I am going to be sleeping tonight!"

Mom: "M, don't freak out! Just get some of those humane traps tomorrow, and then let it go."

So, what did I do after getting off the phone with Mom? Well, I certainly didn't go and brush my teeth! And I definitely wasn't going to go to sleep, so I hopped on facebook and started to update my mood!

11:45 pm Yesterday

"THERE'S A MOUSE IN MY HOUSE! it ran into my bathroom! have i brushed my teeth yet? NO! do i have to pee 1.2 billion times a night? YES! SO SCREWED! won't be sleeping tonight, what if that deranged mouse decides to join me in bed? snuggled right up on big L's pillow, covered up to his chin with the blankets! don't laugh, it could happen! and when it does, who'll be laughing then? well, probably still you, but that's besides the point!"

Attached comment approximately 14 hours ago:

"here's the worst part! ready for it? I TOTALLY SENT X IN THERE FIRST THIS MORNING, WITHOUT TELLING HIM THERE WAS A MOUSE SO THAT HE COULD SCARE IT OFF IF IT WAS IN THERE WAITING TO JUMP OUT ON ME! i know, worst mother in the universe!"

Update about an hour ago:

"so after the mouse incident of '09, which is being referred to this way since we had a rat incident of '05, i went out and got some mouse traps. set them up tonight.... hoping that it works..... also kinda hoping that it doesn't at the same time!!"

Update 47 minutes ago:

"so, i think i have officially pissed of the mouse! the mouse traps were set, and baited-walked into the closet and one had gone off. I FREAKED! then i freaked even more when i discovered that there was no mouse inside!! this means that he has figured out my little plot, and is probably thinking of retaliation right now!!!"

comment on my update:

"pissed OFF.... pfft, my bad. how can you expect me to think right now in this situation?!?!?! THERE IS A MOUSE OUT TO GET ME!!"

So obviously I headed out today for those mouse traps, and much to my Mom's dismay I ended up buying the mouse traps that kill them, but in a contained environment so that I didn't have to see it. I mean, I'm sorry for the mouse, but A) The price really was the final decision in which trap I bought! I mean, if the animal rights activists really had a problem with traps that kill the mice, then they would start fighting for it to be cheaper to buy the non kill ones,instead of fighting to stop selling the kill ones! B) Honestly, its the mouse's fault! That thing shouldn't have come into my house in the first place! I did put chocolate frosting in some of the baits, I'm trying to give it a good meal before I kill it off. I CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH PEOPLE!!!

Outdoor fun! Pictures and videos

Fun in a bottle

So I bought the boys spray bottles a couple weeks ago, and we finally went out to the front yard to use them. They LOVED them! We spent over an hour outside while they sprayed every bush, plant, flower, weed, bug that was in the yard! They are such goofs, but you gotta love a $2 toy that keeps them occupied for so long!!!

Yom Kippur Breakfast Dinner

ANOTHER BRINNER POST! You know how much I like brinner! So my friend Sam is "my Jew" and follows a lot of the Jewish holidays. So recently it was Yom Kippur, and I don't know the history of it, sorry Mama G, but I just know that Sam wasn't allowed to eat or drink from sundown to sundown the next day. She did really well, barely complaining at all. She said that tradition says to eat breakfast for your meal after sundown because its a "lighter" meal, and easier on the stomach. So Sam suggested that we head to IHop for some brinner, since Steve had to work late. The kids were excited about that idea! This light breakfast for Sam turned into a 15lb. dinner! Pancakes, omelet, hasbrowns... I don't think I've ever seen her eat so much before! Grabbed a few pictures of the kids eating brinner, they were having such a good time! Enjoy!!

Quote of the month

"Jesus says, 'Don't eat the baby, 'cause das bad!'." ---- X Barrus

What?? You want an explanation?? I'm not sure if I'll have a good enough one, but I'll try. X started pre-school about 2 months ago, and has been going to a local church for their pre-school program. They recently started to visit, "God's House", or the church every thursday for 15 min. X has been telling me stories about Jesus, and God, and some lady. So a couple days ago he was telling me about how God and "some lady" had a baby. I said, "Mary?", he said, "OK, sure!". Then he starts to tell me this long story with a lot of words that don't exist in the human language added in between words that actually do make sense, so basically I got, "God and da lady had da baby.... :::don't understand the mumbles::: and da baby came out, :::more non-words::: and den dey ate da baby!"............ "WHAT?? They ate the baby?!?! Are you sure about that???". X proceeds to laugh and say, "No mommy, dats funny!". I said, "Well, your the one who said it!". HERE COMES THE QUOTE!!!
X says, "Jesus says 'Don't eat the baby, 'cause das bad!'."

"Kids say the darnedest things!!"

It figures he'd wait until Daddy was gone to figure this out! JERK!

And this is why my life from here on out.... At least for the next couple months will suck! I was hoping he wouldn't figure this little stunt out this quickly, but I guess I forget who I'm messing with! So I guess he's going to be moving to a toddler bed sooner then I had hoped for!

So, not about the boys, but its about their play area!

So here is the new design for my bonus room. It is now a family TV room/boys playroom. The last thing to do would be buying Big L his big screen TV. He is insisting that he needs a 52" TV, I think the 42" that is on sale for $499 this weekend would work perfectly. That is obviously the difference between men and women. So, what do you guys think of the couch?? After 7 furniture stores in 4 hours, I found this one at Big Lots of all places, for $649. Impressive, no?! Just say yes!