Matt had a happy birthday last Saturday, complete with the traditional Fuddrucker's b-day dinner (his favorite) and a cold stone ice cream cake (my favorite). Unfortunately I asked the people at Fuddrucker's to keep the ice cream cake in the freezer 'til we were ready and I think they kept it in the fridge instead.
As you can see the writing & decorations started to melt off the sides lol. Oh well, it still tasted great
Happy 24th to Matt!...Now on to something a LOT less appetizing.
The other night Matt and I heard some scratching around somewhere in our house. We live on the second floor so I thought it was unlikely that we had a mouse. However when I pin-pointed the sound to the tube behind our dryer (gross) I could understand how a mouse could get in there. *It was at this moment I learned that not only does matt hate spiders snakes and frogs (!?) he also hates mice. Why do I need him around? Someone remind me please. Luckily my mom taught us how to deal with these "varmints". NBD.
After asking around I decided maybe I should run the dryer for a minute or two to help blow the little guy back out to where he came from. Well I heard a sickening thud as soon as I turned it on and thought--hopefully-it was the mouse going away.
The next day the smell came. I didn't hear anymore scratching so NOW I figured I had a dead mouse stuck in my dryer tube. Matt was still unwilling to climb back there so we pulled the dryer away from the wall and I climbed on over to pull out the tube and scoop up my dead mouse.
As I pulled out the tube (and was overwhelmed by the nasty smell!) I used a flashlight to try and spot the little guy. After moving some lint around I thought I saw the tail. SO I reached in with my garbage bag acting as a glove and started to pull. As I pulled it didn't feel like a tail at all and when I got a good handle on it I looked down and saw...
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THAT I HAD A FREAKING BIRD STUCK IN THE TUBE! A LARGE NASTY SMELLY BIRD!!!!!!!!
SO disgusting. Matt also doesn't like birds. Looks like I'm in for a life of spider smashing and mice catching---for the record I love frogs and snakes and I'll let our kids have them as pets. Matt will just have to deal with it. Anyway, I am glad that the problem is solved and the smell is already gone. I haven't been motivated to blog lately but I thought this should be shared.
