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My thoughts released; a mind set free |
| Tonight, we set the clocks back, one of my least favorite nights of the year. The other least favored is the night we move them ahead. I would really enjoy seeing the end of this foolishness; it doesn't matter if it's permanent Daylight Savings or back to real time. I personally prefer real time, but like I said, I can live with either, just pick one and then leave the damn clocks alone. Now that I have my semi-annual rant out of the way, I can move on to how today went. We had some work to finish up outside before winter's snow hits, and we got it done today. I helped rake leaves to put in the flower garden (we use them to insulate against the cold). I mulched a bunch more and, together with my wife, used the blower to get them away from the house, campers, and vehicles to help keep the mice under control. If anyone has any tried and true methods of repelling mice, I sure would appreciate learning them. We use a product called Cab, and it helps, but in the last few years, we still end up with mice getting into the camper. We never had an issue with them in the camper until a friend told us to put dryer sheets inside to keep the mice out. We tried it, only to discover the mice seemed to like them and did the most damage where the dryer sheets were. Coincidence? Possibly, and for sure they didn't repell them, but for some reason the mice are out of control here. All the people we know around us are having problems with mice. How bad? While raking and blowing leaves, I disrupted three mice that were hiding under the leaves. I also saw two run across the floor of the garage (they can get in and out by the overhead doors), and we've trapped four mice in each camper, one a day for four days! As much as I dislike using deadly force, I've concluded that there's no choice. I could use the live traps, but they either are going to find their way back here, or I'm going to be moving my problem to someone else's property. But, if anyone had any ideas of how to repel the little shits, I'm all ears. |
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