The "Taiming" of the "Shrew""

For any of you who follow my Cousin Chelsea's blog, you would know that she and her husband, Jay, are going through the adventures of first time home owners!!!!! Since buying their new living quarters she has found countless critters, that I'm sure has given her many shreeks and OMG's, since she is not the country gal that I am! Well, Cousin Chelsea... get out your guns because yesterday, I was the one pacing around my apartment doing the OMG's and shreeking.

Yesterday, I was enjoying my day off like any other person, cleaning and vacuuming. I knew that I had seen a June Bug on my floor in the part of this apartment that they like to refer to the "Dinning Room", but what I found next was a surprise to me that I was not ready for. Are YOU ready?!?!?! Here it is.



Now, if you are anything like me, your first question is WTF?!?!?! I can only assume this is my Mother's Day present from my loving cat Mary Jane. Why doesn't she understand that I don't enjoy these kinds of gifts? So my next question to myself, after wiggling and wanting to scream was, is it a mouse or a bird? I've never seen a mouse with a beak or a bird with a tail. So, with the great technology that we are blessed with today, I send a picture via BlackBerry to my mother. This morning, after she showed it to my father, and I have a feeling there were some laughs involved, they came to terms that this creature is either a mole or a shrew. Either way it is not a house pet and it was tossed off my balcony after I poked it a couple times with the lunchable box I scooped it up with, to make sure M.J. at least killed it before she brought it in. I have no idea what I was going to do even if it was alive, because when I found it M.J. was no where to be found because of the noises of the vacuum.

I don't want to brag, but I think this creature is worse than the bugs and slugs that my cousin has found. Being the nurse that I am, I'm worrying if this thing has brought diseases into my living quarters. I have contemplated having a hazmat team come into my apartment, gear and all. I have checked all corners and counters to make sure this is the only thing that is hidden in my place. Well, I have checked them multiple times really.

Now that I have the hebe-gebies all over again. I am going to do some laundry and hope that there isn't anything else lingering around this small apartment. If there is I'm sure that you will hear the shreeks all the way to Arizona!