apparently mice like eating wire off christmas lights too.
wish they had been plugged in!!
they only got one strand, and it was a new one so im not out any sentimental
items this time but i allready had it hung before i noticed.

if they had chewed up my other strands, i would have been very upset. my dad gave them to me a few years back and I can remember them from all my life. some of the bulbs have to be over 30 years old! (they dont make purple ones anymore...

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got out the holiday deco boxes out of the garage yesterday and lo and behold: it had been the summer home for a box of mice.
they totally ate one of my wifes decorative santas and chewed on the stocking my grandmother knit for me when i was a baby. ive had since 1970 (only a lil bit, its actually saveable without any work)
some of the salt/dough onaments from my wife and I's first christmas together got partially eaten. (hope they got salt poisoning)
but all in all: It could...

supertackyman

It's gonna be slow at my job until the first of the year and I'm dying of boredom. Not much to do but clean and look busy. The nice thing is that everyone gets to take an extra day off per week. a little hard on the pocketbook but it beats the alternative. Im pretty hyper so allthough I will stand around and do nothing, I would rather have too much to do.

that said, I will probably be here a lot more.

supertackyman

My 24 inch wide screen monitor just died. had to go back to the old 19 incher
It turns on for a sec but turns right back off.


in other news.
My suburban suddenly started running poorly but i wont burden you with the details.
if youre a mechanic though feel free to pm me.

all and all its been the week for things in my life to break.

supertackyman

here are the pics of the new fireplace and the old ones since they didnt seem to go through last time.

the first pic "fireplace" was taken on the day i moved in. note the red carpet. it wasnt nailed down and was so old and dry that my feet got chapped walking on it barefoot so out it went.

then next pic "fireplace2copy" was taken after i redid the floor. dosent look like wall paneling does it? the hearth of the fireplace you see is brick. but i chipped...

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