A re-post, because it made me laugh!

I somehow got to my old blog today, and was caught up reading about my kids when they were little, and watching cute videos - and then I came across this post and laughed out loud remembering it and wanted to post it again - enjoy!!

 Tell me - what do you think when you see the picture above?

 How do you feel about flying rodents?

 How would you feel if there was one in your house?

Believe it or not, the other night (Monday actually) I came out here to the living room/dining room to make sure the doors were locked and the computer was closed - all of that stuff - probably about 11:15 p.m. Hubby was asleep, the girls were asleep, and I often just come out here to make sure before I can go to sleep.

Well, I turned on the dining room light and saw out of the corner of my eye something flying in my living room. No kidding!! So I gave my head a little shake because maybe I was having a stroke and seeing things instead - it would make more sense, but no, there was really something flying in my living room. So, being a 34 year old woman, I of course handled it with the utmost of decorum, um or I screamed like a girl. I started yelling for my husband - poor guy!! I couldn't even go down the hallway to get him, I think I might have been in shock or something.

So I started to yell, "...there is something flying around out here, it is either a bird or a BAT." My poor husband was ripped from his sleep and came out here to valiantly rescue me find out why in the world I was ripping him from his sleep!

 He tried to catch it or shoo it with a big reusable bag for a few minutes, telling me to calm down, it must be a bird (there was a flash of white on it) and then decided to use the broom instead. He was trying to shoo it out the door, which we had opened, and then hopefully out the garage door, which we had also opened.

So, I went down the hall and closed all the doors to be sure it couldn't get into any of the rooms where the kids were, and then back to the little kids room to make sure the window to the back yard was indeed closed. As I came out of their room, the stupid thing was flying right there in the eating area, so I quickly closed the door again and waited for a few minutes before attempting to come out again.

By this time he had wacked it once, and it was starting to tire and fly more slowly. I felt so completely ineffective - I mean what could I do...except maybe get my camera and try and get a picture to make the telling of this story so much better for the blog!!!!

 I grabbed it quickly and at the same time Hubby managed to whack it again - this time a good one - that sent it to the floor behind the open door. So I slowly tried to get close enough to take a picture, until Hubby said, "Hmm, it is a bat." That comment was enough to make me pause, long enough for it to crawl through the crack in the back of the door and fly out into the garage! He followed it out there to try and be sure that it left the garage, and as far as he knows it had flown up to the rafters of the garage, like inside the fascia. But so far we have seen no other sign of it, and if we haven't seen it in dusk tonight he is going to dig around in there a bit more comprehensively to find out if we have a dead bat up there - just in case!

 Man, it was a crazy experience!

The whole time we were trying to get it out I kept thinking about my cousin telling me about them trying to get a bat out of her parent's living room, which had vaulted ceilings - this was the one time I was glad our ceilings are a touch low!! I have talked to a couple of people over the past 2 days who have had similar experiences, but I for one can say it was a first for us! CRAZY!

 I was very glad my husband was here, and I think he quickly forgave me for waking him - at least I have been trying to help him see what a hero he really was to me!!! Ugh, I would have hated to do that alone - and if you have ever seen me try to play baseball on the Wii, you would know that it was a good thing it was him swinging at it, not me!! According to what I have found on Google, the good way to rid yourself of them if they happen into your house is to wait until they land and throw a wet towel on them, or try and lock them in a small room and call animal control - do we even have animal control here??? Whatever - at almost midnight just getting it out was our main concern!

 AND as far as we can tell - OUT it is!

finally spring

 I was starting to feel a bit like this with all the winter but finally spring has arrived!!!
Which for us means that school is almost done...

 And there is no more playing outside on the mountain of snow...

 I have a strict rule about not complaining about the weather, but the weather beat me this year.  I was so done with snow!  I am so glad to see all the plants growing in my yard, and the bushes starting to bud.  I can't wait for my apple trees to start budding!  When we moved into this house almost a year ago the trees were in full bloom!

I had to go shopping for maternity clothes a couple of weeks ago as well.  I managed to buy one shirt and one pair of capris.  Apparently this is going to be a season of a lot of laundry...I still have one skirt that I like from the last pregnancy, one shirt that is okay, one that is not really great, two pairs of jeans that are fairly uncomfortable and 2 or 3 regular non maternity shirts that will last for another couple of months. 
(I ordered some stuff online today - let's hope it fits!!)

I have an awesome new haircut.  I totally, totally love it and would post a picture of it, but I didn't shower and style it today so you will have to wait until tomorrow - or some other day in the future!

I promise, I will blog about more interesting things later, and include more pictures.