Wanted, One Husband, Must Be Good Mouser...

I had a stressful few days last week, which is why I have not posted anything in the last few days...read on...

Wednesday last week, Alfie (the Birman cat form next door that visits me) went "missing" for 24 hours. We spent most of the night looking for him & door knocking, but to no avail. Needless to say his owners were very stressed & anxious for his safe return. I finally went to bed around midnight. Cutting a long & emotional story short, I got a call from his owner (while I was in the 'ladies' at the shopping mall!!) to say they had found him!! Oh bliss oh joy! I am very fond of Alfie & was happy he was home. Off to the vet as he had a few injuries, but the good news is, he is on the road to recovery & will be back on my lawn to haunt the Mynah birds soon!

(I slept well THAT night!)

Around 8.40 am the next morning & "Mommies little Princess" (aka Bella -above!) is outside digging holes in the garden. I am on the phone to my friend Ruth.

There I am, sitting on the sofa still in my pj's & dressing gown & dainty little Cinderella slippers & in comes "Mommies Little Princess" with ....a MOUSE in her mouth!!!!! (I am petrified of these unless they are a rubber image...)

I am sure you heard my screams???? Well my friend Ruth did & she lives about an hours drive away!! By this time I am on top of the sofa (still screaming of course!) clutching my dressing gown for security (?) & telling Bella to take the mouse OUTSIDE! Yeah right, total waste of time..she dropped it & it ran under the sofa...the one I was on!!

Told Ruth I have to get off the phone & call the NEIGHBOURS (or the firebrigade, or ANYONE!!) to come & get the mouse!! Lucky I had the phone in my hand otherwise I might still be on top of the sofa!

You guessed it, the big burly neighbour had done the UNTHINKABLE & gone to work!! Ok, next option, PHONE A FRIEND who lives two houses away! Yes, SHE was home & YES she would come & rescue me!!

Well, I managed to get OFF the top of the sofa & CAREFULLY put ALL the furniture up on the table & off the floor so we (well, my friend actually!) could find this darn mouse! "Mommies Little Princess" had, by now, lost interest in THE MOUSE & refused to tell us WHERE it was!! By the way, I was still screaming!! We searched & searched but NO MOUSE!! Not possible, it HAD to be in the lounge dining room or kitchen as these 3 rooms are as one & I had managed to CLOSE the door into the hallway & my beloved STAMP ROOM!!

By now I was not only feeling like I was going to FAINT, but I was hyperventilating & felt reeeaaalllyyyy nauseous...

My intuition told me to check behind the woodbox for the THIRD time...I did & as I moved some newspapers out fell THE MOUSE!!! DEAD! And still "Mommies Little Princess" was NOT INTERESTED!!

My friend - the BRAVE one put the mouse in a bucket & threw it in the compost bin - with the LID CLOSED TIGHT!! That mouse - dead or alive - was NOT coming back into MY home!!

And yes, all this time I am still in my pj's, dressing gown & dainty little Cinderella slippers! All this took the best part of an hour! The house looked like a BOMB had gone off inside it!!

I eventually sat down & had breakfast, only to hear the 'rustle' of newspapers...OHMYGOD could THAT mouse have come back to life????? No!! It was Bella, ("Mommies Littel Princess") she had gone to where the mouse was behind the wood box & was having a GREAT time shredding all the newspapers looking for THE MOUSE & sniffing the floor where it had been!!

Well thank YOU Bella, a bit LATE to show an interest in it now, isn't it??? Some help SHE was (not)!!

Talk about STRESSED!!! If that mouse had not been found (dead OR alive) I was moving into a Motel/the neighbours/somewhere/anywhere until it WAS found! As I said, I am PETRIFIED of mice! After I 'recovered' I called Ruth back & told her THE MOUSE had been DISPOSED of & 'normality' & 'sanity' (mine!) had been somewhat restored....

"Wanted, one husband. Must be good mouser..." please call 0800 MOUSE!!!!

PS, that's "Mommies Little Princess" above, asleep with her (TOY!) mouse which she just LOVES...the ONLY ones allowed inside the house!!

PPS...I have made some cards which I will post asap! Got to go for now, hope Bella's adventure made you smile...& check inside your shoes before you put them on..!. :-)