General Update/ MOUSE WATCH

Not a whole lot to tell today. Things have been sort of quiet around here in Utah. The boys and I are starting to get more into our own routine. I feel bad for Kevin who is dealing with more issues then I am.

Here is what is happening on the Barltesville home front (if you aren't reading this on Facebook.) Kevin got home on Saturday July 10th. We knew we had a pest problem with fleas and were ready to battle them when Kevin got home. What we didn't know is that our house has been slowly being taken over by mice since we got rid of the cats. I had seen 1 mouse before we left to come here to Utah but only that one time.

WELL, Saturday when Kevin was getting ready to eat some dinner and was sitting on the couch, he saw something that made him curious. Kevin lifted up a couch cushion to discover 8 yes EIGHT baby mice. That freaked him out. I don't blame him it would me too. Kevin put on some rubber gloves and removed the mice and called Bobby and Teresa to see if they would come over to help move the couch outside. The mice had started to pull the stuffing from the couch cushions and were making nests. Totally GROSS if you ask me. Kevin went to Walmart and got some glue traps. He caught 2 adult mice that night in a matter of 10 minutes of setting the traps. Thus we begin our adventures in "MOUSE WATCH".

"MOUSE WATCH" Day 2 - Sunday morning, Kevin was sitting on the "royal pot" and a mouse ran across the floor in front of him. Kevin said he screamed like a little girl. I wish I could have been there to see that. Kevin said Sunday or not, he was going to Walmart after church for more traps and Decon!

"MOUSE WATCH" Day 3 - Monday Kevin did some research on the internet about mice and how to get rid of them. He found one site that said to use baby powder to track them. Kevin found some baby powder and I am not sure where he put it but, he could tell that a mouse/mice had traveled through it. Kevin lined the doorways down the hall with glue traps. He figures he could tell by the way the mouse was facing if it was trying to come out of the room or into it from down the hall. He said with the kids gone, the this would be a good start to catching the mice as he can easily step over the glue traps. Kevin also went to put a trap under the sink in the bathroom only to find that the pipe under the sink leading to the drain was cracked and leaking water when the sink is used. When it rains it pours!

"MOUSE WATCH" Day 4 - Tuesday. Got an email from Kevin this morning saying that he got 2 more mice on the glue traps. One was in the doorway to the little boys room and the other to the main bathroom. Kevin said the he needs to go get more glue traps and he is going to deep clean the little boys room tonight. Kevin has started to do repair work to the inside of the house. He bought some supplies from Walmart but he said he remembers why he doesn't use their stuff. It takes too long to dry. He said that the spackle is just too wet but he will use it since he bought it there. Kevin also said that tonight he is going to spray some kind of stiff caulking down a hole that we have in the living room. I had seen a mouse come up from that hole before we left to come to Utah.

Tomorrow I start on my new diet. The HCG diet by Dr. Simeon's. Thisn isn't going to be easy and a lot of sacrafices will need to be made on my part but hopefully, I will get this extra weight off and keep it off so I can be healthier for my family.

More to come on "MOUSE WATCH" as things progress.