I ordered some magazine holder thingys since my bathroom is beginning to look like an episode of horders from all the Consumer Reports laying around.

Amazon shipped to me this massive box....

...which contained this box....

...that held the tiny little magazine boxes.

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*  Remember the chipmunk post, where I saved one (twice!) in my window well?

yesterday morning the dog went out and immediately ran over to the well, which of course means something is stuck, again.  This time there was a tiny little field mouse.

in case you were wondering, mice are dumber than chipmunks.  I tried in vain to fling it out with a broom but it would just slide off and fall back in.  I probably brain damaged the damned thing.  So I had to get dirty and climb in, and corner it with a (red party!) cup.

After putting the dog inside, I released it back into the yard, maybe 8 feet from the well.  You know where this is going.

About an hour later I take the dog back out, and of course, the stupid mouse is chilling in the yard.  Just hanging out near where I left him.  The dog doesn’t notice it yet, so I tried to herd it through the fence, to no avail.  By this time, Parm knows something is up, and skips over to see what his crazy dad is doing.  I managed to drive the mouse to safety, below the HVAC unit.

I took a few steps back, and of course, guess what happens next.  The mouse made its way over to the window well, contemplated his next move, and then just kinda… fell… into the hole again.  It didn’t jump, it just sorta kept walking like it thought the ground continued.  Sadly I didn’t have my video camera with me, otherwise you would’ve heard “(mouse nears the edge) Oh come on. Don’t do it. (mouse falls)  Really?  Really?!  You have to be kidding me.”

I put parm back inside, climbed back in with my newfound skill of mouse roping, and secured it in the party cup.  This time I walked it over to the fence, and flung it a good 15 feet onto the other side into the grass.

It bounced.

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