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I didn’t pray for this miracle, but I’ll take it.
Day two of the husband cleaning out the garage.
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Things were going well until he hit this corner…
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And found mouse nesting material covering whatever the hell was stored there.
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When he pulled off the filthy blanket?
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Yes. Those are corn cobs.
WTH?
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Sweeping off the pounds of nasty mess revealed this:
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Old, rusty and doesn’t work?
A keeper.
But the sweeping also revealed this:
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A tiny, squeaking baby mouse.
And when there’s a tiny, squeaking baby mouse?
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There’s a crazed mother mouse searching for it close behind.
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We spent the next half hour reuniting the little bastards, but the damage was done.
Their home had been destroyed…. like the chipmunks in the baby barn and the red squirrels in the house eaves.
Three rodent families displaced in the course of a summer.
I fear for our safety this winter.
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River's world..... 
I look forward to Mama Red turning this into a squirrel parenting blog in 2021. Who knows, maybe she likes pictures of rocks too?
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That’s not at all helpful.
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If anyone needs a cat, you do…
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We had 5 when we moved here. But the husband has said no to more pets…
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At least you haven’t found bats in your belfry (you do have a belfry, don’t you?).
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You mean we haven’t found them… yet.
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Just one of the many benefits of being Mrs. Marlin Perkins in THE WILD KINGDOM!
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It does have it’s down side….
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I think your husband is safe, they know you’re behind the evictions.
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Noooo!
😱
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Give up! You don’t stand a chance! (Unless you make a pile of ‘junk’ for them in another corner!)
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I fear they’ll never want for random piles of junk around here…..
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Well, if the Hubs didn’t have all that crap….I mean antiques lying around there wouldn’t be so many angry rodents plotting revenge, lol.
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This is true….
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Run, Mrs. Frisby! Run!
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Ooooh! A scroll saw! Bet it could be made to work very easily! It was manufactured by Delta, but it doesn’t have a Delta logo on it. Maybe Rockwell?
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I neither know, nor care. But it made a wonderful critter condo….
🙄
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Maybe what your barn needs is a cat.
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I’ve been forbidden from adopting any more pets.
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He can adopt more junk, you can adopt more pets. Those are #7 and #8 in the “ground rules of Marriage”.
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Please email me that PDF immediately.
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I would but one of the adopted pets ate it and then peed on it. But I will look. I probably put it somewhere ’cause I cannot throw stuff away that has value.
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Pee stained or no, I’ll still need a copy.
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I never thought I’d say a mouse is cute, but that baby is kinda cute!
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I know. And it was squeaking so pitifully… that’s the problem!
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I hate rodents. Even baby ones. 😖
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