Jennifer vs. Mouse Family

So remember me telling y'all about the mouse in my garage this weekend? Yea... well, her family decided to make an appearance IN MY TRUNK today. I opened the trunk to get out a bottle of water (I keep a big pack in the trunk to carry into work with me) and I saw two little mice scurrying around in there. EEEEEKKK!!!!!

So I had to leave for work.... I was scared the WHOLE way.... I kept picturing them crawling up my pants or something terrible. Then when I got to work I asked my coworkers what to do and finally they decided I should get some of those sticky pads and put them in the car & trunk. I did that and both of them were caught shortly after... I had to have my coworker go get them out for me. I shouldn't have looked, but I did and that image will be stuck in my head for a while. Poor little things...

I also bought 4 traps (the metal snappy kind) and put peanut butter on them and placed them in my garage. Well, actually, my neighbor placed them because every time I tried they'd go off and peanut butter would fly off. I can't do anything!! GAH!

Why on earth would this happen now of all times? Special Agent Henry needs to get his butt home FAST!!!!!!!!

Long haired dogs & hardwoods: not a good combination!

I'm SO tired of sweeping up dog hair! I told Dan earlier that either our next house won't have hardwood floors OR our next dog won't be a shedding breed! I REALLY wish Shelby didn't shed. Hopefully this is just a bad time of year for shedding and once it gets cold she'll stop? I have a daily routine now of brushing her and then sweeping... and then walking around and finding more hair....yeesh!

My mom came down to visit me this weekend and I really enjoyed having her company. Yesterday we cooked chicken fajitas and I made chocolate chip cookies! It was my first time ever to do them from scratch! I used my friend Julie's recipe and they turned out pretty good... not as awesome as hers always are, but still, pretty good. :)

I just finished my first week at my new job and I think it's going pretty well. I don't love dressing up every day but that's just the real world, right? I DO love getting off at 2 pm once a week... I love, love, LOVE that! I also met my neighbors this week and they are so sweet. They have 4 kids and they cut my grass yesterday and brought me dinner. I could get used to this kind of treatment! :) The wife is so nice... she asked if I cooked much and I told her no, I usually eat a sandwich for dinner. When she came over to bring me dinner she said "the baby doesn't want a sandwich tonight!" I offered to pay her for cutting the grass and she said no way and that her neighbors used to take care of her when her husband was in Iraq... so it's good to know she understands. Dan's parents are giving us a lawn mower and he is coming home October 10th so hopefully the grass won't need to be cut again until then. Owning a house is serious business! It's just a totally different feeling of responsibility. Yesterday I saw a mouse in my garage...... greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeat. I'm leaving the garage door open all day and praying he will go back outside where he belongs! I just can't wait till Dan gets home so he can worry about all that stuff. Only 2 1/2 more months!!!

That's all the news for now! I hope everyone has a great week!

We're hooome!

Oooo...ahhhh....


Dan installing blinds:


Pop installing blinds:


Messy, but pretty kitchen:


Messy, but pretty living room:


Baby's crib is up:


Aww, first pic of our family in the new house!


Dan looks like he is struggling a little bit... strange...


It's finally OVER! Here is a little timeline of events: Dan came home around 8:30 on Thursday night and we drove all night and arrived in our future drive way at about 4am on Friday morning. We were able to go in and look around and we prayed the cops wouldn't come carry us away in handcuffs! :)Then, we spent the rest of the morning sleeping in our car (again, in the drive way). Our realtor showed up at 8 and we had closed on the house by 9:30. After the lack of sleep, we were both feeling pretty rough by this point! We went to OUR house and took a nap and got some much needed rest. I felt so much better by Saturday morning after a full night's sleep. Dan's parents showed up Saturday to help hang blinds and install our new refrigerator, washer & dryer! Sunday was move in day and the movers were quick and got it all done in a few hours. It started raining at the very end so they finished just in the nick of time. A little later my brother in law and sister in law & their kids showed up to help us unpack and hang pictures and organize furniture. I can't tell y'all how blessed I am to have family that will come and work so hard for us! Dan leaves tomorrow to go back to Georgia and I'm going to miss having him around! It's so easy to fall back into our normal routine and forget that he isn't home for good. Thursday through Sunday I'm going to the beach with my sister in law's family and I can't wait! I'm sure my next post will be full of pictures from that trip. Unfortunately, who knows how long it may be before I can blog again... I have no idea when I'm going to get internet! :( I don't know what I'll do without it!

Shelby on an inflatable mattress

Yea, I'm crazy. I did just buy an inflatable mattress and yes I'm letting my dog sleep on it. Will I regret it? I sure hope not....



Where else is she supposed to sleep??? On the floor? **GASP, I think not!

Our apartment is officially all packed up and on a truck which is who knows where by now. I still don't know what day they'll be delivering our stuff to Hattiesburg and it's really starting to tick me off. I'm not sure if I should try and be extra sweet to the lady in control or just cry and scream at her. Probably neither...

Anywho, this will probably be the last post until this move is all over with! I.CAN'T.WAIT.

I think I hear the inflatable mattress calling my name... here I come!