Yesterday I put on my dog-walking shoes and my foot found a dead mouse nestled in the toe.
I have been in a bit of a funk because I have nothing of consequence to do.
Deb and I both bought new drivers in Denver, and I am finally hitting the ball long and straight off the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘mice’
Fifteen Things
Posted in list, tagged bike, Diabetes, funk, garden, golf, Graeters, grammar, high school, ice cream, mice, Scooter on May 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Invisible Things Are Eating My Shirts
Posted in Domestic, tagged mice, moths, Smartwool, wool on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wool is the answer. Right now I’m wearing Smartwool socks and a Smartwool shirt. My house is cold in the mornings, so this is the sweet old thing I put on right out of bed. I wear merino wool long underwear. I wear a wool hat, wool gloves, and wool ear warmers. I have a [...]
A few months ago, I visited a woman whose housekeeper was making bran muffins. That’s all it took to set me off, though it took a couple of months to let the idea sink in…sort of a muffin-percolation period. Then, though, there was no stopping me. I started with bran muffins, then on to pumpkin [...]
Pests in Dark Places
Posted in Domestic, tagged cat, Indian Meal Moths, mice, poison on November 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I spent a good deal of time this past summer fighting Indian Meal Moths; I cannot tell you how awful it was once I decided to tackle the job. At first, I simply smashed them to death with a fly swatter as they flitted around the pantry. But they kept coming. And coming. When I [...]
