At my age, I’m not very strong. However, with limited strength, I’ll fight to keep my gas stove.

Sick and depressed.

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My dear lady-friend (living in Jacksonville, Florida) sent a “Pest Repeller.” I do not have an unobstructed outlet so it is hanging from a power strip under the table with my computer monitor and keyboard. That was my only accomplishment yesterday. Gratefully, after a week, the trap got another mouse (this morning). Hopefully, the ultrasonic pest repeller will scare them off in the future.

POSTSCRIPT @ 12:15 PM: The third mouse is a surprise. It is very tiny and probably a baby looking for its mother. The way it was running around on the floor of my living room—and kitchen—made me think it was confused—or crazy. Perhaps the ultrasonic pest repelled has the first victim.

Approximately ten hours… and the mouse avoided the traps. He/she left their calling cards on the kitchen counter as if to say “We’re smarter than you, Old Lady.”

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Postscript @ 3:30 PM: Mighty no more.

It’s a throwback to the years I practiced health and nutrition. I don’t use a microwave oven. A dear friend brought me a container full of the “traditional food” served on New Year’s Day. I’m a couple of days late preparing it for my lunch.

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Fact: There was another piece of cornbread in the open container. In broad daylight, with me sitting ten feet away, the mouse was bold enough to help himself (or herself) to my cornbread. I must get glue traps!! I went to Walmart yesterday with “glue traps” as the primary purchase.  NONE.  I managed to kill four hours because I browsed every aisle. I found a lot of interesting items in the clearance area; I squandered almost $300.00. ~~ The image above and below are this morning’s genealogy projects. I’m trying to get to a “stopping point” regarding the Royer family. “Same name” is always a challenge because many Ancestry subscribers carelessly attach the wrong individuals. “If” I were teaching… lesson number two might be “location, location, location.”  Location is an important factor in Real Estate (from the mouth of a former Real Estate salesperson). Many Ancestry subscribers fail to consider that a family member living in Pennsylvania for decades didn’t die in Kansas. “Where did they live? What do the Census records reveal?”

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I’m a healthy “crazy old lady.”  I had a doctor’s appointment yesterday (regular routine appointment)  and the doctor praised me for being “in good health for my age.”

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Kudos to Elon Musk.

Postscript: How do I know the mouse was in my cornbread? I saw him/her!!