The bat saga continues!

After coming home last night and unloading my car (I bought a chair for my new sewing area), Amelia kept saying to me "Mama. There's a bat up there!". I located my husband who was doing something in the basement and asked him if he told Amelia about our indoor visitor from the night before. He did not. Amelia, again, says to me - now with more urgency... Mama! There's a BAT up there! So I walk to where she's standing and asked her to show me. Sure enough, on the stairs, under Buddy the cat's paw... is another bat. I asked her if she touched it. She told me she didn't but we washed hands anyway and my husband scooped it up and threw it in the outdoor wood boiler we have. It was pretty much dead (or so he tells me).

Again, we put Amelia to bed and I start on my evening chores... ironing some clothes foro myself and Amelia for the next day and pressing some muslin that I need to use this evening. I hear my husband say... SH*T! Not again! There's yet ANOTHER bat in the house. Thankfully he caught it.

He's working tonight. I told him that if I see another bat, I'm calling him to come home and deal with it. I'm not touching it! He also has strict orders to remove the A/C unit from the house. I'm sure that's where the bats are living. I will buy another air conditioner next summer.

I'm tired of hosting "Animal Kingdom" in my house already!

Enjoy your day!
Jen :)

There's a Bat in Bunk 5?

Anyone remember that book? I read it in like 5th grade. Anyway, we had a pretty exciting evening last night. There was a BAT in the house. I was reading one of my many magazines and my husband was watching TV. Something caught my eye and I said to my husband "I think there's a BIRD in the house!" Buddy the cat, takes off in pursuit of his prey (good kitty!) and my husband goes upstairs to check it out and close doors. I stay downstairs. I'm not getting involved. LOL. My husband tells me that Buddy can jump about 4 feet off the ground.

He comes back down to find the broom and tells me it's not a bird. I say, please don't tell me it's a bat. He said "Okay, I won't tell you." LOL. I've been seeing lots of bats lately flying around outside. Long story short, the bat was flying around and my husband finally caught him and threw him outside. The only thing we can think of was that my husband took out our two window A/C units last night. The bat was either IN one of the units or attached and once it warmed up, because it's been cold over here the last couple of nights, the bat wanted out.

I would have taken pictures but I was hiding in the bathroom behind a closed door. LOL!

In other news... I FINALLY have a dedicated sewing area! My husband and I cleaned the office and created an area for me. We went out Saturday afternoon and he purchased a couple of tables and shelving for my stuff. I still want to get some sort of rolling cart to store under one of the tables to hold stuff and a chair. But my sewing machine is all set up, my cutting mat is all set up on its own table and now I can sew whenever I want! I no longer need to take 20 minutes to get myself organized on the dining table in order to do an hour's worth of sewing. So happy! It's not as pretty as what I've seen that other people have but I just love it. I will take pictures of my modest sewing area and post them soon.

Enjoy your day!
Jen :)