Comments on: Loud noises from downstairs… http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/coping-with-the-farm/loud-noises-from-downstairs/ my progress as I write, revise, send to my editor, re-revise, fact-check, galley-read, and promote a multi-volume history of the world. While living on a farm, educating my kids, and teaching. And doing a few other things too. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:35:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: James http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/coping-with-the-farm/loud-noises-from-downstairs/comment-page-1/#comment-53281 James Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:01:48 +0000 http://susanwisebauer.com/blog/?p=148#comment-53281 Throw out the frying pan! (don't use it... gross) To your husband: "Good job! Pest control is a real challenge" Throw out the frying pan! (don’t use it… gross)
To your husband: “Good job! Pest control is a real challenge”

]]> By: JFS in IL http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/coping-with-the-farm/loud-noises-from-downstairs/comment-page-1/#comment-50902 JFS in IL Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:04:36 +0000 http://susanwisebauer.com/blog/?p=148#comment-50902 A couple months ago, just as cold weather hit, a mouse decided to scamper across my kitchen floor, much to the amusement of two STUPID cats, who thought I'd bought them a wind-up toy. When I realized the cats were clearly NOT going to do their job, and that I was about to have a mouse escape under my 'fridge, performed the only action for which I had time...I stomped on the mouse with my sneaker. :-( A couple months ago, just as cold weather hit, a mouse decided to scamper across my kitchen floor, much to the amusement of two STUPID cats, who thought I’d bought them a wind-up toy. When I realized the cats were clearly NOT going to do their job, and that I was about to have a mouse escape under my ‘fridge, performed the only action for which I had time…I stomped on the mouse with my sneaker.

:-(

]]> By: Sarah http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/coping-with-the-farm/loud-noises-from-downstairs/comment-page-1/#comment-50820 Sarah Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:30:21 +0000 http://susanwisebauer.com/blog/?p=148#comment-50820 We once had a mouse in the house that my daughter, who was three at the time, called "Stuart Little". As we had just watched the movie the day before, I thought she was joking until I saw it run across the floor. Of course, my husband was out of town, so I did what any sensible independent woman would do and called my Dad to come and kill it. He set a trap and had to come back and empy it the next day. I too wouldn't last in the country. We once had a mouse in the house that my daughter, who was three at the time, called “Stuart Little”. As we had just watched the movie the day before, I thought she was joking until I saw it run across the floor. Of course, my husband was out of town, so I did what any sensible independent woman would do and called my Dad to come and kill it. He set a trap and had to come back and empy it the next day. I too wouldn’t last in the country.

]]> By: Dona http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/coping-with-the-farm/loud-noises-from-downstairs/comment-page-1/#comment-50812 Dona Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:44:47 +0000 http://susanwisebauer.com/blog/?p=148#comment-50812 My sister once killed a mouse by slamming the door on it. It was a freaky thing, not something she planned. She just happened to slam the door at the exact moment it was trying to run through the crack by the hinges. Hadn't thought about that in YEARS! My sister once killed a mouse by slamming the door on it. It was a freaky thing, not something she planned. She just happened to slam the door at the exact moment it was trying to run through the crack by the hinges. Hadn’t thought about that in YEARS!

]]> By: Valerie in Chicago http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/coping-with-the-farm/loud-noises-from-downstairs/comment-page-1/#comment-50660 Valerie in Chicago Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:45:12 +0000 http://susanwisebauer.com/blog/?p=148#comment-50660 And now it's HIS frying pan. And now it’s HIS frying pan.

]]> By: Teresa in Topsfield http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/coping-with-the-farm/loud-noises-from-downstairs/comment-page-1/#comment-50328 Teresa in Topsfield Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:30:45 +0000 http://susanwisebauer.com/blog/?p=148#comment-50328 Your frying pan would likely have been spared if you had a reliable feline in residence. Your frying pan would likely have been spared if you had a reliable feline in residence.

]]> By: Susan in TX http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/coping-with-the-farm/loud-noises-from-downstairs/comment-page-1/#comment-50224 Susan in TX Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:00:55 +0000 http://susanwisebauer.com/blog/?p=148#comment-50224 Okay, you just made up for all the times I have sighed and thought "what a pleasant existence that must be..." Give me suburbia any day!! Never mind, I don't know what Virginia is like, but down here, if you get too far out of town, your internet providers are not as reliable, and heaven knows this little "city slicker" wouldn't last a day without her high speed connection! My husband laughed out loud when I showed him this post. His comment, "You wouldn't last ten minutes!" Thanks for sharing, Susan in TX Okay, you just made up for all the times I have sighed and thought “what a pleasant existence that must be…” Give me suburbia any day!! Never mind, I don’t know what Virginia is like, but down here, if you get too far out of town, your internet providers are not as reliable, and heaven knows this little “city slicker” wouldn’t last a day without her high speed connection!
My husband laughed out loud when I showed him this post. His comment, “You wouldn’t last ten minutes!”
Thanks for sharing,
Susan in TX

]]> By: Sylvia http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/coping-with-the-farm/loud-noises-from-downstairs/comment-page-1/#comment-50133 Sylvia Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:20:09 +0000 http://susanwisebauer.com/blog/?p=148#comment-50133 What a guy! I had a friend who killed a mouse with a teaspoon. That's a sign of a really useful and resourceful man! What a guy! I had a friend who killed a mouse with a teaspoon. That’s a sign of a really useful and resourceful man!

]]> By: Michelle in MO http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/coping-with-the-farm/loud-noises-from-downstairs/comment-page-1/#comment-50120 Michelle in MO Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:48:20 +0000 http://susanwisebauer.com/blog/?p=148#comment-50120 That reminds me of two stories! Once, my husband used one of my plastic measuring cups to expertly measure out Round-Up, that very noxious stuff used to kill weeds! Of course we had to get rid of the measuring cup! My youngest daughter, when she was eight years old, found two mice inside of the dog food bin. Undaunted, she took a shovel, scooped up the mice, and promptly beheaded them with the shovel! This is the same kid who's afraid of bugs and stickers! Go figure! That reminds me of two stories! Once, my husband used one of my plastic measuring cups to expertly measure out Round-Up, that very noxious stuff used to kill weeds! Of course we had to get rid of the measuring cup!

My youngest daughter, when she was eight years old, found two mice inside of the dog food bin. Undaunted, she took a shovel, scooped up the mice, and promptly beheaded them with the shovel! This is the same kid who’s afraid of bugs and stickers! Go figure!

]]> By: A Circle of Quiet http://www.susanwisebauer.com/blog/coping-with-the-farm/loud-noises-from-downstairs/comment-page-1/#comment-50086 A Circle of Quiet Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:00:09 +0000 http://susanwisebauer.com/blog/?p=148#comment-50086 No pity for the mouse. Lots of pity for the man who grabbed the closest thing (be it book, frying pan or a bust of Homer) and did it in. Diane No pity for the mouse. Lots of pity for the man who grabbed the closest thing (be it book, frying pan or a bust of Homer) and did it in.

Diane

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