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Cat Napping

Someone (a cat) is sleeping on the job!  This is serious!  After all the darn felines only have one job (keep the mice population under control.  By ‘under control’, I mean fewer mice outside and NO mice inside).

Our inside cat is peculiar, rarely nice to anyone except My Loving Spouse and likes to crawl under the covers on my side of the bed to sleep covering my side of the bed with cat hair.  Her best quality is that she keeps the house free of mice, or so I said so out loud, about a month ago.

“No she doesn’t”, said Number Two.  “I saw one last night.”

“See, I told you not to take food up to your room!”

“It wasn’t in my room it was in the kitchen”

Which was when I did an ‘ut-oh’ inside.  I don’t ‘do’ rodents or dead things…

We hadn’t seen the mouse in question again, except we were suspicious this weekend as The Damn Cat was taking a peculiar stalking kind of interest in the space under the oven.

Today is a cold and damp sort of day and contrary to popular opinion, I can and do cook.  I was just finishing up a nice pot of chili for my family when I saw “IT”….

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….. maybe a few of the nice barn cats would like to come inside tonight…

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  • Dawn Ellis November 19, 2013, 8:09 am

    Oh Ellen, you are so funny! Here I sit at my desk this morning sipping my coffee and trying to wake up and I see your mouse story. It was funny as always then I get to the end and read the text. My co-workers must think I’m a nut. You made me burst out laughing. Ah, a great way to start my day. Thanks again for sharing and keep the wonderful stories coming!

    • Ellen November 19, 2013, 1:29 pm

      Oh, friends I love your joining me in laughter and mouse hating stories!!

  • Shelba and Donald Jensen November 18, 2013, 7:22 pm

    I feel for you!! I hate mice! When Don and moved into our 1st house, he was working very long hours; I’m home this night with the baby down for the night when I see a mouse coming out of the fireplace! Up on the table I went and called my father-in-law to come down from the ranch (about 20 miles) away!
    Set on the table until he came and plugged the hole!! UGH,!

    • Ellen November 18, 2013, 8:21 pm

      Love that Shelba! Uncle Fred to the rescue!

  • Diane Brown November 18, 2013, 6:55 pm

    Yuck! I was never so happy with Summer (dog) than when she killed a mouse in the downstairs bathroom a few years back. Had to call my brother to come over and take care of it, of course.

  • Miriam November 18, 2013, 5:22 pm

    Ewwwww! I feel your disgust and terror!

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