Cheers for the weekend!

[Deleted]

I was hoping to do absolutely nothing this weekend, but then we found ants on my desk. So now we're super deep cleaning the apartment and I'm drinking.

What are you up to?

[cjchio]

Oct 15, 2016 15:41:14 GMT -5 @led said:

I was hoping to do absolutely nothing this weekend, but then we found ants on my desk. So now we're super deep cleaning the apartment and I'm drinking.

What are you up to?

Oh no! I hope you get the ants out.

We have a fall sangria here. It's pretty yummy!

[Deleted]

Oct 15, 2016 15:50:26 GMT -5 cjchio said:

Oct 15, 2016 15:41:14 GMT -5 @led said:

I was hoping to do absolutely nothing this weekend, but then we found ants on my desk. So now we're super deep cleaning the apartment and I'm drinking.

What are you up to?

Oh no! I hope you get the ants out.

We have a fall sangria here. It's pretty yummy!

Luckily they seem to be only by my desk, so I think they're gone pretty easily, but when h cleans he goes overboard and pulls everything out deep cleaning. He's pretty all or nothing about cleaning.

[PirateCat]

Oct 15, 2016 15:41:14 GMT -5 @led said:

I was hoping to do absolutely nothing this weekend, but then we found ants on my desk. So now we're super deep cleaning the apartment and I'm drinking.

What are you up to?

We had good luck setting out a few ant traps around the house.

We are deep cleaning the kitchen because of mice. *shudder*

[teraiin]

Oct 15, 2016 15:58:10 GMT -5 @led said:

Oct 15, 2016 15:50:26 GMT -5 cjchio said:

Oh no! I hope you get the ants out.

We have a fall sangria here. It's pretty yummy!

Luckily they seem to be only by my desk, so I think they're gone pretty easily, but when h cleans he goes overboard and years everything out deep cleaning. He's pretty all or nothing about cleaning.

That's my h as well and I'm usually made miserable by all the upheaval lol

[Deleted]

Oct 15, 2016 15:58:34 GMT -5 PirateCat said:

Oct 15, 2016 15:41:14 GMT -5 @led said:

I was hoping to do absolutely nothing this weekend, but then we found ants on my desk. So now we're super deep cleaning the apartment and I'm drinking.

What are you up to?

We had good luck setting out a few ant traps around the house.

We are deep cleaning the kitchen because of mice. *shudder*

Cannot do mice. Nope. Time to move. We had mice growing up and it was such a nightmare. So much nope. You have my sympathies.

[wannabmama]

Hi! I'm drinking hot apple cider with applejack...how did I never think of this before?!?
I cleaned three rooms of the house and ran out of steam...now doing some mindless work and watching college football.

[Deleted]

We just got home from DSs skating lessons. He was a champ in his new to him figure skates!

Now I'm cooking up some quick and easy pizza waffles for supper. Bonus, we can toast the leftovers for breakfast or lunch tomorrow

[PirateCat]

Oct 15, 2016 16:00:31 GMT -5 @led said:

Oct 15, 2016 15:58:34 GMT -5 PirateCat said:

We had good luck setting out a few ant traps around the house.

We are deep cleaning the kitchen because of mice. *shudder*

Cannot do mice. Nope. Time to move. We had mice growing up and it was such a nightmare. So much nope. You have my sympathies.

We live in an old house and it's really hard to keep them out this time of year. My cat usually does a good job catching them in the basement and at least keeping them out of the living spaces and we've never had one come upstairs in the past 6 years we've lived here, so I don't know why they're coming up all of a sudden. Maybe my cat is getting old... It's gross but I also hate mouse traps so we are trying to seal up the house as best we can.

[PirateCat]

We went and voted today then went shopping for a wood stove for our living room. Really hoping our chimney doesn't need too much repair and we can keep the cost to a minimum, but I am really looking forward to getting it in for the winter.

[PirateCat]

If your state allows early voting I would highly recommend it!

[teraiin]

Oct 15, 2016 16:05:44 GMT -5 PirateCat said:

Oct 15, 2016 16:00:31 GMT -5 @led said:

Cannot do mice. Nope. Time to move. We had mice growing up and it was such a nightmare. So much nope. You have my sympathies.

We live in an old house and it's really hard to keep them out this time of year. My cat usually does a good job catching them in the basement and at least keeping them out of the living spaces and we've never had one come upstairs in the past 6 years we've lived here, so I don't know why they're coming up all of a sudden. Maybe my cat is getting old... It's gross but I also hate mouse traps so we are trying to seal up the house as best we can.

We had mice shortly after we moved into our house. I called an exterminator friend and he took care of things.

DNW mice. Now we have a barn cat we take care of in hopes of keeping them at bay.

[wannabmama]

Oct 15, 2016 16:18:33 GMT -5 teraiin said:

Oct 15, 2016 16:05:44 GMT -5 PirateCat said:

We live in an old house and it's really hard to keep them out this time of year. My cat usually does a good job catching them in the basement and at least keeping them out of the living spaces and we've never had one come upstairs in the past 6 years we've lived here, so I don't know why they're coming up all of a sudden. Maybe my cat is getting old... It's gross but I also hate mouse traps so we are trying to seal up the house as best we can.

We had mice shortly after we moved into our house. I called an exterminator friend and he took care of things.

DNW mice. Now we have a barn cat we take care of in hopes of keeping them at bay.

I lived in an old apt in Boston, it was a "garden level" (aka basement) apt, for awhile and my dog cornered mice a couple times, it freaked me out. My cat, not so much. Ive only seen a couple here, in our basement, but I've seen them run past her and she just watches them run by. She did, however, leave what we think was part of one outside our bedroom awhile back. Gee, thanks.

[PirateCat]

teraiin maybe I need to hire another house cat. But first I need to have a long talk with my current staff.

[diamondsndaisies]

This must be the day to clean. I have been deep cleaning the house and doing laundry. I am pooped. So now I am listening to the Husker game and drinking a palm breeze. I've got chili in the crockpot and am ready to take a nap!

As for the mice. I HATE mice. I grew up on a farm and we always had them in the house. I can deal with just about any bug or reptile but can't do mice. DH had a mouse in his house before I moved in and I refused to go in until I knew he put traps down.

[diamondsndaisies]

I had been putting this cleaning off for so long that I couldn't let another day go by and not do it. Thankfully DD is at her dad's this weekend and DH is at the farm so I can clean in peace.

[Deleted]

This wind is insane. I finally put batteries in our flashlights because if this keeps up I will be surprised if we don't lose power.

[wannabmama]

Oct 15, 2016 16:37:38 GMT -5 diamondsndaisies said:

I had been putting this cleaning off for so long that I couldn't let another day go by and not do it. Thankfully DD is at her dad's this weekend and DH is at the farm so I can clean in peace.

I get so much more cleaning done when H isn't here. He messes up my process, ha.

[wannabmama]

Oct 15, 2016 16:45:17 GMT -5 @led said:

This wind is insane. I finally put batteries in our flashlights because if this keeps up I will be surprised if we don't lose power.

Hope you guys are ok!

[rooskie]

I've spent today packing and cleaning. H wants to fit everything into one suitcase, but I'm a total overpacker so it's hard to cut everything down.

[rooskie]

Oct 15, 2016 16:13:27 GMT -5 PirateCat said:

If your state allows early voting I would highly recommend it!

We were going to try to today but it doesn't open up in IN until next weekend.

[wannabmama]

I am so nervous for Election Day...I'm going to be pacing the house until I know we're going to be ok..

Also...MH made dark n stormies. I'm verrrry tipsy, ladies...somehow still managed to make an awesome chicken potato casserole. #wonderwoman #didntevenburnmyself

[Deleted]

Oct 15, 2016 19:23:20 GMT -5 wannabmama said:

I am so nervous for Election Day...I'm going to be pacing the house until I know we're going to be ok..

Also...MH made dark n stormies. I'm verrrry tipsy, ladies...somehow still managed to make an awesome chicken potato casserole. #wonderwoman #didntevenburnmyself

+1 to being nervous for election day. Cannot wait for this to all be over with. I can't handle any more Trump bullshit.

[butlerfan]

All minor things bought for foster care licensing among other errands today. Now relaxing watching Badger game.

[teraiin]

Ugh election. So glad it's almost over. 😩

[wannabmama]

Oct 15, 2016 20:06:28 GMT -5 butlerfan said:

All minor things bought for foster care licensing among other errands today. Now relaxing watching Badger game.

We are watching, too...H is rooting for Ohio St. so I'm annoying him rooting for Wisconsin

[cjchio]

Oct 15, 2016 20:13:21 GMT -5 wannabmama said:

Oct 15, 2016 20:06:28 GMT -5 butlerfan said:

All minor things bought for foster care licensing among other errands today. Now relaxing watching Badger game.

We are watching, too...H is rooting for Ohio St. so I'm annoying him rooting for Wisconsin

I'm a Michigan fan so I'm cheering for Wisconsin!

[butlerfan]

Well I'll take the extra fans and cheers to help them out for this game.

[ceejay]

Late to the conversation, but I also CANNOT handle mice. We had mice in our small city apartment that we lived in during grad school. At least 3 mice (that we caught) but probably a lot more running around throughout our 100 year old building. I loved living in the city but couldn't wait to get out of that disgusting apartment.

[ceejay]

I had a nice day today. I got a lot of odds and ends done, ran errands during the afternoon, and had a nice evening with H and our foster sons. It was unseasonably warm today so we went to the park and have had the windows open all day.

Now I'm enjoying a gin and tonic and watching the Cubs game!!!