I have a gardener!!!

Meet My Gardener


I am so thrilled that I don't have to mow the lawn anymore. My yard is small compared to my old yard in Seattle but it will still be nice to have a gardener do it for me. I got a great deal on this one. She insists on mowing my lawn for me even if I cant pay her. She even begs to mow the lawn when it doesn't need it.

I also have a mouse. Yes a mouse. I have seen it three times now. The first time was a few days ago. I didn't know it was a mouse then. I saw something flit across the floor out of the corner of my eye. I told myself it was just a shadow, It surely was not a mouse. It was all too familiar. You see I saw this before at my sisters house in NY. I wasn't sure it was a mouse then either but found out quickly that it was. Only my mouse didn't show itself until a week later. I went to pour my second cup of coffee this morning and the little bugger ran accross the counter and shoved it's fat self behind the stove. I screamed of course. The kids were like "what! what!" I told them what I saw and this is what Taj said. "COOL!" No it's not cool! It's unsettling is what it is. Kiah apparently thought it was cool too because she didn't want to go with my mom to babysit her cousins. She wanted to stay here so she could see the mouse. I told her it might be dead or half dead when she saw it and she doesn't seem to care. Maybe it's because she feeds her cornsnake dead mice every week. But those are much much smaller. I figured out that it was coming from under the kitchen sink. It had left signs such as a chewed up sponge and droppings. I cleared it out and I had also pulled the stove out but it had already gotten away. We left the house for awhile to get some stain for Taj's bed and when we returned I opened the cupboard and said " mousey were home!" then it jetted across the back of the cupboard and of course I screamed. I didn't really think it would be there or come out. Something creepy about a mouse loose. I am not usually a screamer but they just catch you off guard. I just know this mouse has a name and I just know it's Gus because he's FAT. I'll let you know when I catch GUS GUS and friends. Maybe their here to help me like Cinderella.

Maybe I'll keep him.