i am not nutzo!

about two weeks ago, when i got up in the morning to make the coffee, out of the corner of my eye, i saw a small, moving shadow on the floor. it startled me, but i thought maybe i just needed coffee to shake the sleep fuzzies out of my head. a few days later i went into the office and again i saw a small shadow. now, i was spooked.
i thought i was losing my mind and i finally told the malemate about the two incidents. he didn't laugh, but he smirked and i knew he was thinking i was going off the deep end.

i was getting very concerned; wondering if i was hallucinating. and if i was, what the hell had brought it on?

then the day before thanksgiving, i was busy in the kitchen making my pies and DAMMIT! there it was again! i squealed and the malemate came running in asking what the matter was. just as i was going to tell him what - there it went again - a frickin mouse!

the sticky traps came out and were strategically placed - or so i thought - until 20 minutes later i stepped in one. grrrrrrrrrrr okay, now it is game on. that mouse is not getting out of here unless it is attached to one of those sticky traps.

the malemate left to do errands and i went back to the office to do some work. after awhile, i went back to the kitchen and sure enough, there it was, the cutest little ball of fur struggling on the sticky trap.
Noooooooooooo! the malemate is not here to deal with it!
i get on the phone and asked how soon can he get home.
he was on his way.
the malemate is now my most recent hero.
the mouse in the house is no more. end.

the malemate and i spent turkey day in oklahoma this year. first time in 12-13 years that we did not head to iowa. i felt guilty about it. i missed not being with my people but i did have a wonderful time with the OK cousins - as we always do. i even did black friday for the first time in probably 15 years.

the OK! cousin and i got a later start than planned that morning, and i just knew that walmart was going to be empty of all the 5-11 am specials - as we did not get there til about 8am.
we pulled into the half full parking lot, walked in store, and were surprised that there were so few people - and glancing around, clearly wallyworld had puuuuuuuuuulenty of all the sale items! so, i got a couple of the 1tb external hard drives, a samsung lcd tv, a new office chair, and a 320gb portable hard drive - EVERYTHING on the ad that i wanted, was now in my possession.
yeh, black friday was all about me, i didn't shop for anyone else.
was i supposed to?