Long story short: we're having a problem with our drains (it's being fixed) but I hadn't done dishes for a few days because of not being able to drain the sink. Hubby worked up something temporary so I could clean laundry/shower/do dishes, etc. (yippie!). So there was a sink full of dry dishes that was there for maybe 2 days.
I reached under all the dishes, popped the plug in & filled 'er up. I got down to the last pan & some cutlery. I took out the pan and started scrubbing, then realized there was something really icky & light brown looking floating up to the top of the full sink. I thought it was a piece of bread...
(anyone want to guess).
REALLY glad I went for it with an empty yogurt container instead of my hand...
Yeah, DEAD FIELD MOUSE!!!!!
(the BIG suckers!!)
I SCREAMED!!! Dropped my dishes and bolted from the sink. All to the tremendous entertainment of my toddler... It's not that I mind mice so much, but I don't really like them when they are dead & I especially don't like them when they are in my SINK full of dishes that I just had my hands in
!!!!!!!
SO grossed out!!!!
Thankfully it was mostly in one piece, I just chucked it outside. I'm really not sure if it was wounded then tried to hide in there, or if Miss Kitty actually dropped it into the sink for some reason...
But it was definitely her, I caught the guilty look for the record:
WHO ME!?
She also found one under the kitchen sink today, caught & bit it but then lost it under a chair in the living room because she was playing with it :S. Of course my son, our two dogs, peaches & oscar & my friends 4 year old daughter all had to be in the living room at the same time. Obviously that was part of the reason she lost the thing as the dogs went diving forward, the kids when running back & the cats just got in the way!!!!
I'm hoping she find her little friend tonight before he crawls somewhere & dies!!
We don't really have mice (because of M.K.), but it's that time of year it's getting cold & they are coming into the house for the winter. Not for long!!
I reached under all the dishes, popped the plug in & filled 'er up. I got down to the last pan & some cutlery. I took out the pan and started scrubbing, then realized there was something really icky & light brown looking floating up to the top of the full sink. I thought it was a piece of bread...
(anyone want to guess).
REALLY glad I went for it with an empty yogurt container instead of my hand...
Yeah, DEAD FIELD MOUSE!!!!!
(the BIG suckers!!)
I SCREAMED!!! Dropped my dishes and bolted from the sink. All to the tremendous entertainment of my toddler... It's not that I mind mice so much, but I don't really like them when they are dead & I especially don't like them when they are in my SINK full of dishes that I just had my hands in
!!!!!!!SO grossed out!!!!
Thankfully it was mostly in one piece, I just chucked it outside. I'm really not sure if it was wounded then tried to hide in there, or if Miss Kitty actually dropped it into the sink for some reason...
But it was definitely her, I caught the guilty look for the record:
WHO ME!?
She also found one under the kitchen sink today, caught & bit it but then lost it under a chair in the living room because she was playing with it :S. Of course my son, our two dogs, peaches & oscar & my friends 4 year old daughter all had to be in the living room at the same time. Obviously that was part of the reason she lost the thing as the dogs went diving forward, the kids when running back & the cats just got in the way!!!!
I'm hoping she find her little friend tonight before he crawls somewhere & dies!!
We don't really have mice (because of M.K.), but it's that time of year it's getting cold & they are coming into the house for the winter. Not for long!!
that's the problem with the "drains aren't working" + "icky & light brown thing floating" part of the story 
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(Unless it was cat poo I guess...)
!!! Actually that makes me feel a little better about the whole thing 
you guys reminded me of the scene in Caddyshack where they had to clear out the pool....
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