This is the cake I made for Meg's wedding shower. It was a fun first cake decorating project. I hope it tastes yummy!
Friday, November 16, 2007
The Cake Project
This is the cake I made for Meg's wedding shower. It was a fun first cake decorating project. I hope it tastes yummy!
Thursday, November 15, 2007
A Small Victory
A quick update on the mousecapades. Plug in happened Monday mid-day in the house for the miracle machine to fend off the evil mice in my house. Tuesday morning we woke up to evidence that a mouse feasted off of our dirty dishes during the night (which my husband graciously cleaned up before the kids or I knew the difference). And today....today came the winds of sweet victory. One of the longer mice that I've ever seen met his end last night at the suspected point-of-entry to the basement. We now know that they have been coming in from the garage. I hope they smell doom in the air and rest tonight knowing that it very well could be their last. One by one, we are going after them like a hawk circling a field! Victory will be ours!
Monday, November 12, 2007
The War Begins
I just wanted to let you all know that the machine to rid my house of rodents arrived in the mail this weekend. The war officially begins today. Nathan and I will spend some time over the next few days deep cleaning the basement and plugging the noise-maker (only to rodents, of course) in order to drive out the pests in my basement (I can say that now because Meg moved out this weekend, and she was no pest). I will keep you updated on our progress, but just rest assured tonight that we are taking the upper hand! We will be victorious!
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Another Prayer Request
I have another friend (very close to the aforementioned girl of my last prayer request) who was having complications with her pregnancy (breach and trying to have a VBAC). She just went in and found out that her baby boy has spina bifida. They are running several tests this week to see how severe the genetic makeup of her son is, but they have told her that the BEST case scenario is that he will never walk or have much control of function in his lower extremities. Please add her and her family to your prayer list.
What Lies Beneath........Worse than Forcasted
So, I have received a few concerned comments about the previously mentioned rodent problem. I am now here to set your mind at ease and assure you that it truly is worse than we first thought. Let me explain....
You see, I mentioned before that this is not a new problem in our house. We have expelled enough mice in the last four months or so that I simply lost count of the unwelcome invaders. I am determined that this is far beyond living near an empty field. This is far beyond a small nuisance that requires a walk to the hardware store two blocks from home to invest five dollars in some traps. This is war!
Thursday afternoon was my breaking point. I resolved to cleanse my living room area of all evidence of the mice. Nathan helped me remove all furniture from the living room and witnessed the fact that the mice crossed the wrong girl this time. There were droppings all over the carpet underneath our furniture. I can't tell you how many toys I threw away or cleaned due to the mass contamination. It was, in essence, worse than we thought.
As if that were not enough, while we were away for the weekend, Megan was forced out of the house after coming home to two dead mice in traps downstairs and being greeted by a third trying to take in the movie she was watching upstairs (I would have reached my limit, too, and slept somewhere else). Needless to say, Megan and her fiancee removed five dead mice from the traps this weekend.
The glimmer of hope comes from this: we have not found any more mice this week and, after careful and detailed exploration of the basement, we have not found any nests. But, in fair carnal truth, war is war and the damage has already been done. I've invested $70 in field artillery. The frequency pest controller is in the mail. My girlfriend (who once had a serious mouse problem herself in the neighborhood) swears by this machine for ridding your house of peace burglers and keeping out any unwanted future house guests. I am taking back the night and taking back the control and security in my life! I don't need a cat to come make my house worse. I need technology! (Okay, so I know it's getting a little deep now, and I apologize Mom for giving you hard times about mice growing up, but this is serious stuff).
I'll keep you posted on the results.
You see, I mentioned before that this is not a new problem in our house. We have expelled enough mice in the last four months or so that I simply lost count of the unwelcome invaders. I am determined that this is far beyond living near an empty field. This is far beyond a small nuisance that requires a walk to the hardware store two blocks from home to invest five dollars in some traps. This is war!
Thursday afternoon was my breaking point. I resolved to cleanse my living room area of all evidence of the mice. Nathan helped me remove all furniture from the living room and witnessed the fact that the mice crossed the wrong girl this time. There were droppings all over the carpet underneath our furniture. I can't tell you how many toys I threw away or cleaned due to the mass contamination. It was, in essence, worse than we thought.
As if that were not enough, while we were away for the weekend, Megan was forced out of the house after coming home to two dead mice in traps downstairs and being greeted by a third trying to take in the movie she was watching upstairs (I would have reached my limit, too, and slept somewhere else). Needless to say, Megan and her fiancee removed five dead mice from the traps this weekend.
The glimmer of hope comes from this: we have not found any more mice this week and, after careful and detailed exploration of the basement, we have not found any nests. But, in fair carnal truth, war is war and the damage has already been done. I've invested $70 in field artillery. The frequency pest controller is in the mail. My girlfriend (who once had a serious mouse problem herself in the neighborhood) swears by this machine for ridding your house of peace burglers and keeping out any unwanted future house guests. I am taking back the night and taking back the control and security in my life! I don't need a cat to come make my house worse. I need technology! (Okay, so I know it's getting a little deep now, and I apologize Mom for giving you hard times about mice growing up, but this is serious stuff).
I'll keep you posted on the results.
"'I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of wild beasts so that they may live in the desert and sleep in the forests in safety.'" Ezekiel 34:25
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