the mystery ends

I just wanted to let you know that the mouse is now safe and well and roaming around in my neighbours' garden.

Daisy has not been helpful at all! I came home this evening to find Mr mouse (or Mrs mouse) running around in the utility room, Daisy simply stared at it as if to say 'well, I'm not going to lower myself to chase that!'. So Tupperware and cardboard at the ready, I managed to capture it and pop it over the fence (for it's own safety you understand!).

SO now some semblance of normality has returned to my life and home. Hurray!

Until next time.

Rxx

the mystery of the missing mouse

Well, here we are at nearly 3:30 in the afternoon and the mystery continues. So far I have done 3 loads of washing and have spun each one twice in order to try and encourage our little friend (who now in my mind is not so little any more) out from his hiding place. Daisy has been absolutely useless and is currently curled up fast asleep on a cushion the armchair looking at me as if I am mad. I would add that this is a new sleeping place for her, so she knows all is not well. I left her locked in the kitchen area for nearly 2 hours in the vain hope that she might recapture her friend. No. All I got for my efforts were a bite from her and her hanging from the hem of my dressing gown - this is one of her endearing ways of getting attention. Having failed to get rid of her I realised I couldn't walk round for the rest of the day with her hanging from me (not an easy way to do housework - or any sort of work). So I let her out.

So here we are with a mouse still at large in the house. As I see it there are 3 options: either the mouse has died of fright under the washing machine, or it is a deaf mouse, or it escaped out the back door when I went to hang out the washing and left the door open. I guess I have to sit it out and hope that the mystery gets solved before I have a nervous breakdown.

I'll keep you posted.

Rxxx

Welcome to my blog

In my introduction, I said I dreamed of a simple life. Well today is a classic example of how that doesn't always seem to work out. Today was to be half housework and half office work. It is now 11:55 and I am still in my dressing gown, trying to sort out a household crisis. I would hasten to add that I have done some office work already (just so you don't think I'm a complete slob!). Wishing to be efficient, I took the breakfast dishes down to load the dishwasher, followed by a load of washing to put in the washing machine. Sitting in the corner of my utility room was a very small and terrified looking mouse. Obviously a love offering from Daisy. I'm not quite sure who was most surprised out of the two of us to be honest. Being brave, I got out my trusty old Tupperware and piece of cardboard. By the time I got back to the utility room, the mouse had gone into hiding, presumably under the washing machine. So I thought if I load the machine and it starts, the mouse will come out and I can catch it. That was nearly 2 hours ago. I am now on my second load of washing and Daisy is locked in the kitchen/utility area with the mouse. Unfortunately, she is curled up fast asleep on the chair and in no mood to play 'find the mouse'. I am now going to clean the rest of the house as I have a lady from a cleaning agency coming to visit tomorrow to arrange for a new cleaner, and I simply can't let her see the house like this.

And my husband wonders why some days nothing much seems to get done around here!!!

If I am still sane, I will update you soon.

Rxxx