Something Positive

I'm aware that a lot of my posts can be on the negative side. Usually, I review products when they're not so stellar rather than when they're awesome and any post that involves my in-laws is bound to wound up all doom and gloom.

So, just to change things up, I thought I'd post something positive.

Today, I woke up to a little gift from our relatively new kitten. We live in a house that's 65-ish years old and the back yard is heavily wooded. Mice are an issue. There's no way around it. When we first bought the house, I thought it was weird how there were so many cats in the neighbor's windows and so many cats just wandering around. Ha! Turns out it's because of all the mice. We got a cat a couple years ago, but he ran off. So, this summer we got another cat - a replacement kitty if you will. She just turned 5 months old and unfortunately, we've started seeing little "droppings" in tell-tale places that let us know we have a mouse in the house. Well, today, I woke up and went into the living room. The cat was playing, and I didn't think anything of it. My daughter woke up, went over to get the cat and SCREAMED! A mouse! A mouse! Yes, the cat was playing with a dead mouse. She had caught it and apparently played with it until it died. There were no outward signs of trauma, no mess, nothing like what we would wake up to find with our old cat.

The kitten has officially earned her keep. She's a snuggle bug and she's a great cat all around, but we were worried that she wasn't much of a mouser since we have seen evidence outside of a dead mouse for the first time in 2+ years. Today, we got confirmation that she can actually catch mice. It was a good morning.

After disposing of the body, my husband let the chickens out. One hen ran past him and deposited herself in a bush. It's pouring rain, so that was unusual. He grabbed her to put her under cover and noticed... A BLUE EGG! So, now we have 3 hens laying and 1 is laying blue eggs. It's an Easter Egger, so the egg color could have really been anything, but my husband was so hoping for blue eggs and it looks like he got it.

A blue egg and the first mouse. What a morning! My husband left for work happy, even though it is raining.

We also heard this morning that it will be SNOWING here Wednesday night into Thanksgiving. We usually travel to my parents' house for Thanksgiving, then stay the night to go black Friday shopping while they have the kids. I am just a little bit excited at the prospect of being snowed-in and having our own Thanksgiving here without the travel headaches. So, if the forecast holds, I think I'm going to push for it. My mom will be disappointed, but it has been a long year and I could really use the time off with my family. So, silver linings, right?

See - just because it's Monday doesn't mean it can't be a good day.