Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Adventures in Home Ownership

Emily and I are about to finish our second month as home owners this week. Here's some of the joys we've experienced so far...

1. Our house has a built-in grill on the back porch. The first time I went to use it I found a mouse nest with a mamma mouse and 3 babies inside our grill. So I ran the mouse off (unsuccessfully tried to kill it) and gave the grill a good cleaning. A week and a half later I went to grill again and the mouse had come back in the grill and rebuilt the nest!!! This time the mouse did not escape. Victory was mine.

2. I use those glue boards in my garage to catch insects. Here's the list of things I've caught on the glue boards besides insects. 2 birds (they get in the garage and try to eat the insects but get stuck on the glue board), 1 snake (this was a nice catch), 1 mouse.

3. Our house is two stories. Luke has fallen down the stairs.

4. We've been rolled twice.

5. Life is great and God is so gracious. I'm glad to have a house.

Later folks.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Is your house new enough to find a nail that the builders drove through a base board and a water pipe at the same time? They stay pretty well sealed for a few years or until a few sub-freezing days in January go by. Then they leak until you find them in May and can only be repaired through a big hole in the sheet rock in your living room. We thank God for our home warranty that year and our friend who does free sheet rock repair.