Wonderful whirrling weekend at the Wheelwrights'

So this weekend was a whirlwind of excitement and edge of your seat anticipation as we were determined to catch the small four legged creatures that roam the night in the nether reaches of the house... Yes folks, we are talking about MICE! Ever since our recluse neighbor Tom, (I use the term recluse only in the sense that but only one person on our block has been in his house, other than that he is more than willing to tell you all the dirt, or percieved dirt that is), had to move all the "hording" crap he had piled up against the side of our house because we were having trees cut down, and since that fateful day, we have been waging war against the squeaky little ones that strike fear into the very souls of the strongest amongst us. We, as you may or may not know do not eat nor kill living creatures, so the problem was; "what can we do to rid ourselves of our unwanted house guests and still maintain our moral bearing?" The solution seemed obviouse (after a half an hour search at the local home improvement warehouse that is), yes, live catch traps. Seemed perfect, you lure them into a tunnel and the weight of the mouse pivots the trap and....WHALLAH! the mouse is trapped inside, unharmed. This worked for a while and though we caught about 12 mice this way, there were those recon mice that were too smart for the tunnel. Back to the drawing board. Glue traps were the next method, because anyone who paid any attention in chemistry class knows that common household oils breaks down the properties of the glue, so this weekend we caught the recon mice.........SIX OF THEM! Yes folks, you heard (or should I say read it right, six) We now have six extra-virgin olive oil covered mice roaming the back alley of our neighborhood. The kicker in all of this was that after we caught Mum and Daddy, we caught two at a time....Twice. I think we are done with the little freeloaders as we have not seen the flashing black blurrs running across the wall as we have so many times before. I guess next we get a cat...................

A really good book!!!!

For those of you who would like to know of a really good book than here is one. I just finished it and I absolutely loved it. It is # 4 of a series and it is her final of the series. I cant wait till the movie comes out.

This week in review!

So Chad's hand is doing alot better. He can now use his two fingers again. Lucky for him there was no damage. We decided to keep the dog since we just couldnt let them take her and put her to sleep.

Chad has been doing a side job for a while for this guy and I have been going with him and the other day we were talking to Gordon and found out that he is Porcia's nephew. It is really a small world.

We decided that we wont go on vacation again since work never stops. I got back to work and its been 2 weeks and I am still not caught up on all the work I had missed. UUHHHHGGG! I am reading a new book. Its Stephanie Meyers new book and it is fantastic. I am almost done with it. I should be done with it by tonight. I cant wait to see how it ends. I am trying to get my mom to read them but she says she does not like Vampire books.

We have the kids this weekend and we stopped at the Hare Krishna Temple and ate. They have really good food. It is really a beautiful building. The kids always ask what we are gonna do the weekends we have them. Its hard on the weekends when we have them and I have to work graveyards. I am thinking of getting a different part time job but I really love working with my Dad. Anyway, this weekend we have Chads work party and then a birthday party at 6. I can say I will only be able to go to one event and I think it will be the work party. Next weekend is my work party and then we have a festival the weekend after that. This month is really busy for us.

The kids start school in a couple of weeks so its time for back to school shopping. We cant believe how fast this summer has gone by. Hayden will be in 6th grade and Hannah will be in 4th. I cant believe it. They are growing so fast. We have to buy them backpacks and lunchboxes and jackets too. I love Wal-mart!!!! (just not the one by our house) For those of you who have not had the "downtown Wal-Mart" experience...... You just have not lived. It's like a walking freak show on each isle. It's always good for a laugh.
Well folks, that's all for this week in the life and times of the Wheelwright clan.
SEE-YA!