Happy New Year!

I normally don't do this, but I was so busy to blog over Christmas vacation, so I'm going to skip it. I spent a wonderful vacation with my Mom, brother, sister and their families and my fiance, up in Maine. Hated to leave, but I have a lot of great memories, and we get to do it all over again in October at my wedding!

Merry Christmas to my Brothers and Sister!

All of my Christmas packages are in the mail.  If you guys don't get them by Thursday, call me at Mom's and yell at me.

Can't believe it is almost a week away!  Hope there's snow when I get home!  On with the craziest weekend of the year!

Happy Birthday, Danny!

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy BIRTHday dear DANNNNNNNNNYYY,
Happy Birthday to you!

I even called him before my Mom did. Wheee!!!

I don't understand people sometimes...

I had an employee who was a real problem, and ended up quitting about a year ago. At the time she resigned, she was in her 3rd probationary period. This girl had a real attitude problem, trouble with authority figures and very jealous of anyone who was doing a better job than her.

Today, a co-worker of mine got a phone call from a prospective employer asking for a reference for her. The co-worker was a friend of hers, but was never her supervisor. She passed the call on to me.

I don't think this former employee ever expected her to do that. Now the prospective employer knows this person lied on their application.

Don't let enyone ever tell you management is easy...

Busy busy!

I can't believe how time is flying. I don't think I will be able to complete my project - I'm going to have to do some marathon stitching in order to finish it, but I won't lose hope!

At least work is not crazy like it has been in years past. Not crazy for me, anyway.

Finally, life is back to normal!

I will never get rid of this cold – I now have fluid in my ear (I hate that feeling) and am taking Sudafed like crazy to try to get rid of it. Also, Scott and I are trying to get Christmas presents wrapped and delivered, since I will be in Maine for Christmas, and he will spend it here with his family. It’s going to be a VERY busy weekend!

Do I need a permit for that?

I’m still sick, but managed to put up my Christmas tree and village. I have a zoning problem with my village. I have a brewery, and you just can’t put a brewery next to a church, it causes the villagers to riot. Last year, I put it next to my lighthouse, and that worked out fine, plus I had a police officer stationed there full time. This year, however, I added an Irish Pub to my collection. (Now that I live in Southie, it is not unusual for a brewery and a pub to be in the same village.) So, I put the pub next to the fire station (so the firefighters can have a brew after work), then on the other side of the pub is a house, and then the brewery is next to the house. There have been no problems so far, but I better take it down before New Year’s, or all hell will break loose!

Fire!!! I mean, Squirrel!!!

Scott’s Mom, who lives in the 2nd floor apartment, called us at 9 this morning. The people who live in the 3rd flood apartment smelled smoke, and the Boston Fire Department was on the way. We got dressed and I went upstairs to wait for them. When they came in, I told the fireman that it was on the 3rd floor, and he just looked at me and said "Everybody out". So, we went outside and waited. We waited outside for about an hour, and then the firemen came back out. Then, another fireman popped his head out and 2 more went back inside. After a few more minutes, we were let back inside. This is what happened: When we reported the squirrel problem to Patrick (Scott’s brother and our landlord), he called the realtor who is handling the sale of the house next door. The realtor called the owner and they came over last weekend to clean out the house. While they were there, they turned on the bathroom light in the 2nd floor apartment and left it on. The light had a fan attached to it, and eventually, the motor to that fan burned out and caused a short in the wire, which had started to smoke. This is what the people in our building smelled. The firemen took their axes to the ceiling of the 2nd flood apartment and made quite a mess, from what I understand. Scott and I were hoping the squirrel had bitten through the wires and got electrocuted. But we figure if the squirrel was still in the house, those firemen would have put quite a scare into it!

We think it's gone...

Haven’t seen or heard anything since yesterday morning. Scott and I are going to his company party tonight. We are really looking forward to having a fun night together that does not involve talking about or chasing squirrels.

Is it gone yet?

I now spend my days and nights listening for vermin. It is driving me absolutely crazy. Scott and I went out to dinner tonight because we just didn’t want to go home. We heard something this morning, but it did not sound like a squirrel. We are praying it is gone.

Squirrel Invasion Part Three!?!

OMG, I can’t believe it! The squirrel is back! At 6:30, we heard it running around above our heads in the bedroom. It was in the ceiling, and it sounded desperate to get out. We apparently did a really good job at plugging up the holes, because now it was trapped! This morning, I called in sick to work because I feel lousy, and while Scott was on the phone with his brother, the squirrel popped his head at the top of the stairs! I pitched a fit, and told Scott he needed to call into work, and tell them he had a family emergency and he wouldn’t be in. Then, we made a barricade from the top of the steps to the back door, opened the back door, and waited. 15 minutes later, the squirrel popped back up to the top of the steps, and when it went around the corner and saw the door open, it ran outside. PLEASE LET IT BE GONE!!!

Back home again

The overnight operations was interesting, but long. We were there from 10:30 PM to 3:00 AM. I got my own hotel room, though, and they took us to lunch after the 11 AM meeting today. Still feel like crap, though.

Another road trip!

Today I will only work a half-day, because tonight I am going to a newspaper in Portsmouth NH to observe their nightly operations. Part of me is excited, and the other part of me(the sick part) would rather stay in bed.

Squirrel Invasion part deux

We were wrong.

The squirrel returned tonight. This time, though, it went downstairs. Scott went down after it, and after a series of crashes and swearing, he said "It’s coming back up!". Again, behind the fridge it went. We looked behind the fridge and pulled the wire cart next to the fridge out, but it was no where to be found. There was nowhere for it to go except out.

There is nothing left for us to do except wait. Scott and Patrick (his brother) spent most of Saturday spreading fox urine (I know, gross) and critter ridder on the outside of the house, and spraying a concoction of Murphy’s Oil Soap, hot sauce and cayenne pepper in all the nooks and crannies inside the house. We think it never left on Friday, we think it went into the bathroom and back into the plumbing, because the bathroom door was open the first time we tried to flush it out. This time, the bathroom door was closed. Also, we think that is where it got in because Scott was downstairs when it reappeared on top of the fridge, and he didn’t hear it come up.

So, we have a live trap in the bathroom, and we keep the door closed at all times. I won’t go in there by myself, so Scott has to open the door and check for varmints before I go in.
I’m just praying it’s out. If I see it again, I’m calling an exterminator.

*sniffle*

I’m sick. I think I got Scott’s cold. I’ll be spending my day on the couch, thank you very much!

Blog explosion

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Squirrel Invasion!

When I got home from work today, there was a squirrel in my house. I live in a very old 3 level house, and there are holes in various parts of the house. Holes in the bathroom that lead to the plumbing and pipes, holes behind the TV built-ins in the Reptile room, holes in the laundry room. It’s a house of holes. Surprise! Something got in.

When Scott got home, he opened the door and saw the squirrel on top of the fridge. (I was cowering in his Mom’s apartment upstairs). We ended up opening the door next to the fridge, and poking at the squirrel to try to get it to leave. The first time I poked at it, it ran into the living room, back through the kitchen and behind the fridge again. The second time I poked at it, it went out the door. We think. We didn’t actually see it go out the door, but we couldn’t find it again. I hope it’s out, ‘cause I don’t want it IN MY HOUSE!!!

Is it Friday yet?

I made chili last night. It was very tasty and I brought some for lunch today. AND I won another 100 mystery credits from Blog Explosion.

Yeah….

It worked!

Apparently, my concoction of fish and broccoli worked! Scott went back to work today and I went back to my craft project, which is almost complete, except for back stitching and finishing. If I push, I think I can have it done by the weekend! Yay!