Happy.....

Happy Wednesday....

Happy Day after the Elections....

Happy November.....

May today be filled with all things Good!!!

Tuesday was such a blustery day...that now once again we are back to using baling twine to hold our screen door shut! Praise God for baling twine....apparently while I was at work, a big gust caught the screen door and pulled it back so far the metal clamp broke loose?!?!

Then, on Mr. PPRM's way home...he had an incident too....when, he came in the house I said..."Oh, what's that smell..."??? It was something familiar but I couldn't place my finger on it....Well, this was the smell...."On my way home I hit a skunk"...Apparently three were crossing the road, and one stopped....I know you are wondering why I called that a familiar smell...Well, not because we live in the country and they wander through...but, because several years ago we actually had one living under our house. We did what all advice givers told us...we tried to trap it...it worked, and we took the skunk out in the boonies past us and released it....somehow, it found it's way back...so, next we tried another method...a huge garbage can filled with water, a plank leading up to it with bits of food along the way....NOPE...that wasn't the right plan. Then, one morning...as I was getting ready for work and my husband was drinking his coffee...there came an awful smell throughout the house...apparently that skunk and a cat had gotten into a little squabble under the house...!!! OH it was bad!!!!(There's nothing like your whole house smelling like a skunk...thankfully, it was early Fall so we could open everything up and air it out...plus, here's a little tip...Vanilla candles will remove the smell :D) So, finally, we call the Dept. of Fish & Wildlife...they bring a big trap...with the instructions to "destroy the little varmit" when caught. Well, it worked like a dream...and the skunk was caught in the little wooden box...Pat was working graveyard at Lamb Weston at the time, and before he got home the little skunk had nearly chewed a hole in the top big enough to get out....but, he was so tired he needed some sleep...So I found a BIG rock and plopped it on top of the hole...I gave him a couple of hours watching that hole the whole time...finally, I couldn't wait any longer....so, I woke him up...just in time too...the skunk had already figured out how to naw past the rock!!! We took the skunk out to a nice barren spot...let it go...and you know the Mr. had to use his gun...and did you know this...the minute they go....they release their spray....What a smell....So, that's why it's all to familiar to us!

Needless to say, we survived that little bit of adventure...and I'm sure this one will pass too...although, the clothes my husband was wearing last night are now in the garbage..and his coat is "airing" out on the front porch...poor guy...today he had to leave for Redmond...and the inside of his truck still had that familiar ordor...I'm hoping he found a solution...be it the windows down, some vanilla air freshners...or nose plugs :D It's always a fun time around here....And...it's Wednesday...a new day!!! Thanks for reading along....Sweet blessings!