Still heard the creature once last night (thankfully only before we fell asleep and not after). Did not catch any creatures in the traps. New theories include: the creature is under the house; the creature is ON the duct work, not IN the duct work; the creature is not a mouse and therefore not interested in the peanut butter in the mouse trap; and the creature is in actuality the gray neighborhood cat who likes to torment me.
It has been suggested that SOMEONE, not me, should go under the house to look for creatures, signs of creatures, and/or broken duct work. I’m sure I could send the other adult who lives in this house, but I can almost guarantee that he’d go down there, look around, come back up, and say, “It looks OK to me, but I don’t know what I’m looking for.” Therefore, I need someone else. Someone like…a Merry Maid…for under houses. Like the Happy Handyman or something. Recommendations?
The thankfulness prompt for today is “What are you thankful for that might not be perceived as a blessing at first?” That’s a really hard one. It reminds me of I Thessalonians 5:18 “Be thankful in all circumstances.” You know, like even when life is hard and there’s really awful things happening, your attitude should be one of gratitude. Not that you’re thankful FOR the bad stuff, but IN the bad stuff. Being thankful that no matter what is happening, God is walking beside you all the way. I don’t really have something like that in my life at the moment, for which I am also thankful. But it’s a good reminder to continually be in an attitude of gratitude and thankfulness.
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Handyman Dads are good for knowing about crawl spaces and duct work such . . . (Sorry Mr. DeJong . . .)
Maybe 'the hand' has moved to your house???
Julie: At our last house, one day we heard something in the duct work and then we saw a long tail come up thru the register. We quick closed the register, but I was NOT amused. The other adult in our household crawled under the house. He discovered it was awfully warm down there and went along the ductwork until he discovered that there was a section of pipe that was NOT hooked up, blowing the heat down into the crawlspace AND allowing the little critter to crawl thru the system. We had lived there for a few years when we discovered this and we were SO excited (NOT) to know that our heat had been pouring into the crawlspace for years! Good luck!
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