Stuart (Little)

Soooooo we have a little mouse in our apartment. It has been around for a couple of weeks now and we’ve been trying to catch it via an OLD SCHOOL mouse trap (shown at the right). Clearly, it’s not working. Haha this mouse trap is literally straight out of Disney’s Cinderella. Only our mouse is no Gus Gus. Our mouse is named Stuart. Like Stuart Little. Because he is… so…. little. I named him today after Josh spotted him in the cupboard. Josh says he is teeensy-tiny so I decided this name is fitting. I imagine he is a cute one too; however, mice are unsanitary- and so as cute as he may be, he needs to leave. SOON!


Here is the email conversation between Josh and I today regarding Stuart:

Gmail Anna Burns

Mouse spotted!
2 messages


Josh Hodges Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:09 PM

Reply-To: JoshaHodges@gmail.com
To: anna.burns@gmail.com

Nan!!!!!!

I hope you dont mind i barrowed your computer to email you!! Today at 1 30 pm i spotted a mouse who was in the pantry closet! I found his whole and his hiding spot!!!!!! He or she is tiny and almost jumped out at me!
WE CANT TELL MEG! HAHAHA BUT I AM GETTING SOME TRAPS AND BY GOSH I WILL GET THIS SUCKER. ANYWAYS I WILL SEE YOU SOON AND WILL HAVE TRAPS TONIGHT!!!
HAVE YOU SEEN CADDY SHACK? WELL SIMILAR TO THE GOPHER THIS MOUSE IS GOING DOWN!!

-Josh


Anna Burns Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:50 PM

To: “JoshaHodges@gmail.com”

Hahahahah OMG! In the pantry?!?!!!! That little sucker. I’m so glad you spotted him though so now we know where he is coming from. We should try to block the hole.

Good idea about not telling meg. It would distroy her. Haha she would never eat anything out of the pantry again!!!

I have class soon but I will see you tonight. The mouse is going DOWN.

Sent from my iPod

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**Sidenote to Lauren: If you are reading this be assured the mouse will not be killed. Please hurry home to help us save/dispose of Stuart. Meg especially needs you more than ever right now.

funny.

How funny is this picture? Brenda sent it to me this morning in an email with other pics from the end of the year. Hilarious! Me and Frankie on the bus on the way back from a field trip to the beach. Guess we were worn out from looking at all those crabs and snails.

He’s BACK!

Finally! After 15 days Zan and his family have returned from their river trip on the St. John in the North Maine Woods! Since there is no cell phone service up there I went for 2 weeks without knowing if they were fairing alright or if they were attacked by bears. Just have to have faith in these situations I guess! YAY for Zan’s return!

Wegmans: the mecca of all grocery stores.

Wegmans is the best grocery store in the whole entire universe. I thought I would dedicate this post to Wegmansbecause I have been home in the Cuse for the past week and a half and living it up at this dream of a grocery store (if you could even call it that, to me it is SO much more). Where should I begin? How about with the produce? When I first walk into Wegmans in Dewitt I am always in awe at the immense amount of produce that stands before me. And if you’re someone who likes fruit as much as I do, it’s like you’ve died and gone to heaven. Then there’s the whole restaurant section. DREAM! I personally like to get a turkey sub (white roll, mayo, lettuce, pickles, provolone.. delish) but I have also tried their chinese, pizza, salads and sushi and am a fan of it all. In the bakery section I often like to pick up a pizza bialy to enjoy while I’m shopping, or to take home for a quick, light lunch. The bakery section is also where you will find the one and only rye bread dip. I have tried to find this dip at other grocery stores in Boston, with no luck, no luck AT ALL. I could live happily off this dip and pumpernickel bread for the rest of my life. Glorious. There is an amazing cheese section, a pharmacy, a mini book store, a flower shop, a natural food section, and all the bulk candy you could ever want. I can only hope and dream that someday Wegmans will come to my town, where I could do all of my shopping in one place and be perfectly content for the rest of my life. Until then I will just have to make do with my occasional trips to Syracuse, where I soak it up as much as I can to last me until the next time I am back.

Thank you Danny, for creating such a truly special place.