Don't read this if you are skittish, especially about rodents

First bit of wall sawed open

oooooh disgusting!  The smell, the look, oh, horrid!

So then began the routine:  Drill a hole, look inside with camera, saw open if mice are spotted

Remove mice, vacuum up bits, wipe with lysol wipes

some of my tools:  gloves, vacuum, wipes, also a mask and goggles

And now i've screwed the drywall bits back on

it's looking better already  Spackle anyone?

What Meg found

Apparently, a rubber boa

Meg and some of her friends stayed at the cabin one night recently.  I was happy to have them there:  The toilets would get flushed, water would be run in pipes, and the mice would be reminded that they do not own the house. I wasn't prepared, then, for the news that they found a snake, basking downstairs, in the middle of the basement's carpet.  Oh ick!  The good news is that snakes like this don't bite humans and they eat mice.  The bad thing is I think it explains the smell that comes from one of the walls.  Snake poop.  Ick!!!

I forgot to post these

I took some pictures so Rob could see the color of the bedroom walls

The bathroom floor is cold, so I got numerous rugs

More of the bedroom.  You can't really tell the wall isn't white

The guest bathroom.  You can't tell, but the walls have been textured.

A very clean kitchen, as I went out the door...

Oh %&#@

What the deer left behind: a folded-in mirror

 

I would like to think that when I am about to meet my maker (unexpectedly) I would say, "Oh no!"  But this evening, with an imminent threat to my life (or at least great bodily harm) I yelled, "Oh SHIT!"  The only evidence is a leap in my blood pressure, a folded-in driver's side mirror, and the smell of hot brakes.  But I looked into a deer's eyes tonight.  His face was just inches from mine.  I don't know how he ended up vaulting my car and running down the hill, but that's what he did.  He didn't break my windshield, and as far as I can tell, he didn't even leave a scratch on my car.

On the other hand, now safely at the cabin, there are two mouse traps without peanut butter anymore, and a third trap with a dead little mouse.  I'm not sure if that means I'm winning or not.

the bathroom, stripped

tools of destruction

naked wall!

the master bedroom now

look rob, there's the carpet!

bunk bed

view of the gorge

umm...trees

looking down the driveway

knobs!

 

and the other rooms

we still need a tv/entertainment stand

this is the office

the office has a bed

and a desk