Mama Mouse and such

I have had a few adventures since I last posted... and one of the coolest things

I have ever seen happened yesterday. Mark was going to grill some burgers on the grill, and when he opened the grill there was a nest in it. He soon discovered that the nest was occupied by a family of mice. He gently picked up the nest and moved it to the yard (actually the neighbor's yard, because I didn't want the mice coming back into our house!)... But they fell out of the nest... and we saw a Mama mouse on this little shelf below the grill with a baby in her mouth. After taking a couple of pictures, she decided to "escape" and ran by us... but in her haste she dropped two of the babies on the deck. I was really sad, and thought they were doomed (I know they will grow up to be mice someday.... ) but we went in the house and closed the door in case the Mama Mouse wanted to come and get them. Mark didn't think she would.... but she did!!!!! She came and got one, and ran under the deck and then came back and got the other one. She came back again and went on the shelf to look for more babies, but they must have been still in the nest. I thought it was so neat that the mother mouse came back for her babies.... how cool is that? And I didn't even scream... but I did want Mark to wash the grill with bleach before he cooked the hamburgers.

Last weekend we went to Madison to have brunch with Chris and Annie at the Great Dane restaurant, and Neal (Chris' roommate who moved to Texas) and his parents were there too!

Turned out it was Neal's mom's birthday (her name is Jan too!) and she didn't know Neal was in Madison...

A good time and meal was had by all!

And Happy Birthday Jan!!!!

The fall colors are gorgeous this year, this is the view from my office.....



I travelled to Oshkosh last week to have dinner with friends, and shop in Cedarburg with Cindy, Lisa and Brownie

Dinner with the girls at Vitalle's

Cindy

Amy Cori

And this is our new car... well, this one isn't ours, but it is the one we ordered..... we could get it any day now!

Hope everyone is Happy and Healthy!