a Mouse in the House

Sounds like the start of a Dr Seuss book, doesn't it! However, it is my reality. Sigh. Yup. After the plumbing blockage took over one week to fix and the water is again flowing and no brown stuff is backing up, we now have another crisis. Mice.

Ignorance was bliss. At least they are staying in one cupboard... as far as I know.

I had a whole funny story written out by hand for you, except that today the story wasn't so funny when I awoke at 5.30AM to the sound of the mouse trap snapping shut. That mouse was right handed. A few hours later another snap and before I even got out of my room to go check, there was an explosion of noise and my cat brought me a gift: a dead mouse (head this time) still attached to the trap. Talk about EW!!!

I know that some of you will be seeing the same bright lights flashing behind your eyelids with that yellow bumper sticker with the black letters screaming out "ban leg hold traps!" but, I'm not apologetic when I say that if I caught them without killing them and transported them to one of the surrounding wheat fields, they would find their way back into my house to continue stealing my penne.

Seriously, that's all I know they took. Over 1kg of dry penne. I have no idea what they were using it for!!! All I know is that the contents of my bags of pasta kept mysteriously disappearing. All that I'd find was the empty bag with a small hole in the top. Any ideas on what they would use dry pasta for? I can't believe that it would make a cozy nest....

Feel free to leave comments: advice would be helpful and encouraged. If you're laughing, you're not the only one. Not only are my family and friends, but I think the leg hold karma gods planned my cat's gift to accentuate my Lady Macbeth tendencies: "can't get my hands clean!!!"

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and another week to the wind

The Christmas tree is up on Main St. It was only -3, but the wind was so strong and it was way below -3 with windchill. If you didn't have a child or a blanket on your lap you were way to cold! It was so cold this year that not as many people as usual came out and we got seats and near the front!

Just got the house set up; no internet yet tho... hopefully this week!!!!? Last night the sky was so clear and you could see so many stars it was incredible - even the band of the Milky Way! Not at all like the city and one star in the sky that turns out to be a police spotlight.

Woke up with ice frost on the windows - on the inside!!! Scary for the one next to my laptop! yikes! I had to move it and now keep it in another part of my office/art room/writing room. Oh, and my 1945 farm house is so old that the floors are not even, if they ever were. So I've had to put felt under a leg on my desk and my table! ha! Now that's what I call fun!

There's a field of yellow school buses. I wondered if it was a bus graveyard, or a school bus junk yard, then got closer and realized that it was a rent-a-schoolbus yard. Just a few fields down from the Walmart! ha. Love this new life!

Can't wait to upload pics for you soon!

Don't forget about e-banned books bookclub for Beloved in a few days! :-)

ciao for now!

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Downtown Memory Project goes to a museum!!!

So I'm in Vancouver, BC for the weekend to attend the grand opening reception for the "Downtown Memory Project" exhibit at the Vancouver Museum!!! I can't believe it, but my written memory (along with about 26 others) will be featured in an exhibit there! I am honoured. I will write more and maybe even post a picture after it all takes place ... have to admit I'm a little nervous, esp. not knowing what to expect!!!

She's gone country! - end of week 1

She's gone country, back to her roots... took me 28 years to get back to this latitude, but the trees up here make me feel at home, except they're not as green. The open prairie is so peaceful. The fields are yellow for winter and the sky is open. I have watched the geese take flight, even from as close as the field in front of my home, forming Vs and heading south to winter warmth. Too bad we can't shoot the Canadian geese. I hear they make great Thanksgiving birds.

We have no internet at home yet. SIGH. It's a looong story. I am at the public library right now. At least we have a public library, but Aidan: it's not free! The tax base is not big enough to get a free library card. And now I'm learning all about poopsicles. Old farmhouses built in 1945 out in the country have septic tanks and old cast iron pipes that do not repair easily when they are clogged from previous people's use. Ick. It's been one week since I've slept in my own bed.

I miss blogging and having my computer WITH internet set up to use anytime! I will write more later even though I am constantly thinking of WHAT to write next! Miss y'all!

PS. Don't forget that at the end of the month we are going to be discussing Beloved for those of you who are interested.

PPS. My bookclub (from the foreign member now): I am almost done The Secret Life of Bees. I'm loving the writing style and perspective into 1964 and that girl's life. I'll be ready for Tuesday, via satellite - haha. If only I had internet, I could be there with you via Skype or video MSN....

I'm off to watch Madagascar with the kidlets. :-) "I like to move it, move it"

She's gone country!!!

More to post as soon as I get internet in my new home, but what with a major 1200 km move and new life, it takes some time to get established. however, it's a lot of creative fodder!!!

I'll post again soon!!!