There is a Mouse in the House!!!!!!

Mom was dead serious with the mask,

we aren't kidding around here, we wanted the mouse to know

we mean business!!

In case you are wondering... this is my SWOLLEN knee, ouch!

After my spill
What kind of guard dog is he??!

OH MY GOD!!! I am very, very stressed. Two disclaimers before you read on... #1: my house is super clean, we aren't those people that leave take out boxes all over the house (does anyone even do that?) anyway, I feel like the kid that got lice in elementary school, when they always say "the cleanest kid can get lice" well... you get the point. #2: I know I am a girly girl so don't judge me at how freaked I am at this. Everyone has there thing that scares them... spiders (Jared), snakes (Stephanie), well to add to that... mice (Sarah).

To start off, Jared found a dead mouse last night in the laundry room. Writing that just then made my feet tingle and I had to pick them off the floor in the event one scattered across my toes. Ok, then we found mouse leave behinds in the pantry. OMG!! SO, Jared was gone after work this afternoon and I was soooo freaked out. My saint of a mother volunteered to come over and clean out the pantry and help me solve this problem. THANKS MOM! She took everything off the shelf and wiped down the entire pantry for me. I stood way back and only had one scare at first, when I was peaking my head in the pantry and our lab, Charlie, came over and licked my foot. I almost died... I so thought it was a mouse. Mom and I would poke at things with the broom before we would be brave enough to pick up the boxes. He had been into all sorts of things (oatmeal, coco mix, mac and cheese... even Crisco, gross!!) As we are almost done, the unthinkable happened. I was standing in the kitchen when mom saw the damn mouse!!!!! He ran across the laundry room and under the washing machine. We are both screaming, the dogs are barking and in an attempt for me to run away, I plowed into the vacuum cleaner and fell to the ground. (Haven't posted on this but did I mention my right knee has been soooo very sore and hurt lately) and if course, I banged it and busted it to where it was bleeding. Go figure. So, here we are a few hours later and I think the mouse is still in the laundry room... I don't know though??? I checked my entire bed tonight when I got home before I sat down. Do they get in beds? Heaven forbid they do. My dad put traps out, but I am not about to go check that thing. This mouse has made me a mess! When I walked out of a meeting tonight at the Springdale Holiday Inn, I couldn't even remember where I was or where the car was parked. It took me almost 10 minutes before I realized I was on the wrong side of the building. WOW!

So, now I am off to enjoy what's left of this disastrous evening with the following:

The Bachelor

Please, please pray for a mouse free house. Otherwise, you can find me at the Raddison:)

slg