Thursday, May 27, 2004
"Screaming and Crying"
Yesterday i had a rather amusing experience. As some of you know, one of my ongoing projects involves constantly seeding different parts of our lawn in the hope that one day we might have a weed-free putting green surrounding our house. Well, I bought a 50 lb bag of grass seed i had it in my trunk for a while because i was seeding near our driveway and i was using my trunk as a dry spot to keep the grass seed since a 50 lb bag of seed is not the kind of thing I like to tote around, especially once it's opened. So anyway, let's just say that a mouse found the grass seed quite appealing and decided to take up residence!! The grass seed bag was out of the trunk but there were a few stray seeds remaining and I was actually planning on vacuuming the car while I was out doing errands. As I was driving up our street, I saw a small grey object dart out from under the passenger seat and head towards the engine - I had just gotten the mail and my window was open so all the neighbors got to hear my blood curdling scream. Mice are cute in pet stores, but I just can't take an unexpected sighting out of the corner of my eye, it's almost too much for me to bear, especially knowing that it's two feet away from me in an enclosed space. So somehow, I managed to make it 1/4 mile to the top of our road where I immediately put on the hazard lights opened the doors, got Sierra out of the car and called my Dad to come get us. I know it sounds crazy, but I seriously thought that if the mouse reappeared while I was driving that I could get in a car accident. Actually my dad mentioned that that just happened to someone recently - a woman was killed in a car accident after seeing a bee in her car. Anyway, we went back to my parents' house and vacuumed everything, blew out the engine compartment with an air compressor, etc. Of course, Sierra is not fazed at all and she even says that she and I should go on Fear Factor together - ha. I told her I'd sit in a vat of mice as long as they didn't just let one run by me unexpectedly. Well, I guess we scared the little guy because we saw no more traces of him and I put a mouse trap in the trunk last night and it's still empty. Moral of the story: don't move to the country. And if you do, keep your grass seed in the basement. :-)
Last night we all shed a tear or 5 million as our last puppy, Daisy, made her way to her new home. She's actually going to live with friends of Haywood's who live fairly close by, so we can visit her any time we want to. They have three kids, so she will get plenty of attention. Sierra was sooo upset. She was crying and saying how Daisy was her best friend and how much she missed her, etc... it was kind of heartbreaking to see her that upset and so she and I were just sitting there on the couch bawling while poor Haywood did his best to try to watch American Idol, now that we finally have our TiVo back.
So today, Sierra is doing much better and I was trying to get her to realize that adult dogs can still be fun, too! I was trying to think of something Sierra would enjoy and finally, it hit me....I can't believe I never thought of doing this before, but we painted Jessie's toenails!! Sierra thought it was the greatest thing! Jessie is ready for the cover of Dogue now...i can just see it.. "This is Jessie, wearing Colorspots in Grape."
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Yesterday i had a rather amusing experience. As some of you know, one of my ongoing projects involves constantly seeding different parts of our lawn in the hope that one day we might have a weed-free putting green surrounding our house. Well, I bought a 50 lb bag of grass seed i had it in my trunk for a while because i was seeding near our driveway and i was using my trunk as a dry spot to keep the grass seed since a 50 lb bag of seed is not the kind of thing I like to tote around, especially once it's opened. So anyway, let's just say that a mouse found the grass seed quite appealing and decided to take up residence!! The grass seed bag was out of the trunk but there were a few stray seeds remaining and I was actually planning on vacuuming the car while I was out doing errands. As I was driving up our street, I saw a small grey object dart out from under the passenger seat and head towards the engine - I had just gotten the mail and my window was open so all the neighbors got to hear my blood curdling scream. Mice are cute in pet stores, but I just can't take an unexpected sighting out of the corner of my eye, it's almost too much for me to bear, especially knowing that it's two feet away from me in an enclosed space. So somehow, I managed to make it 1/4 mile to the top of our road where I immediately put on the hazard lights opened the doors, got Sierra out of the car and called my Dad to come get us. I know it sounds crazy, but I seriously thought that if the mouse reappeared while I was driving that I could get in a car accident. Actually my dad mentioned that that just happened to someone recently - a woman was killed in a car accident after seeing a bee in her car. Anyway, we went back to my parents' house and vacuumed everything, blew out the engine compartment with an air compressor, etc. Of course, Sierra is not fazed at all and she even says that she and I should go on Fear Factor together - ha. I told her I'd sit in a vat of mice as long as they didn't just let one run by me unexpectedly. Well, I guess we scared the little guy because we saw no more traces of him and I put a mouse trap in the trunk last night and it's still empty. Moral of the story: don't move to the country. And if you do, keep your grass seed in the basement. :-)
Last night we all shed a tear or 5 million as our last puppy, Daisy, made her way to her new home. She's actually going to live with friends of Haywood's who live fairly close by, so we can visit her any time we want to. They have three kids, so she will get plenty of attention. Sierra was sooo upset. She was crying and saying how Daisy was her best friend and how much she missed her, etc... it was kind of heartbreaking to see her that upset and so she and I were just sitting there on the couch bawling while poor Haywood did his best to try to watch American Idol, now that we finally have our TiVo back.
So today, Sierra is doing much better and I was trying to get her to realize that adult dogs can still be fun, too! I was trying to think of something Sierra would enjoy and finally, it hit me....I can't believe I never thought of doing this before, but we painted Jessie's toenails!! Sierra thought it was the greatest thing! Jessie is ready for the cover of Dogue now...i can just see it.. "This is Jessie, wearing Colorspots in Grape."
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