No killed rats overnight. I think I caught all of the rats that were living in my garage. I did catch at least two adult rats.

I hope the garage stays free of rats. I found a couple of places where they could get inside and blocked those. It’s chilly outside, so they may come in when the garage door is open, but I’m ready to catch them. I still have to deal with the rats in the tree though.

Here’s the overnight body count.

Killed:  3

That brings the total to 11 rats killed in my garage.

Nasty. I had no idea there were so many. I thought 2, maybe 3 were in there. It’s cold and rainy here, so more rats may get into the garage. I’ve had such success with getting rid of those in the garage that I have placed one trap outside to catch the ones in the tree. Those rats in the tree are likely to either come in my garage or get under the house. I often hear rats running around under the house. Somehow they get in the walls and floor.

Afternoon report…

1 adult rat

Total kill:  12

Evening report…

1 adult rat. Total:  13

Any bets on there being more?

Well, I’ve been updating the total catch all day. Rats don’t really come out until mid-afternoon, so the morning catch was nil. I haven’t even gone to bed yet, and I have caught 8 rats since getting the traps working and all other food out of the garage.

At 6, I thought perhaps I got a pregnant rat first who had babies. I’m still wondering. I have yet to catch a rat the size of the ones outside in the photo. All of them have been rather small. Half-size rats.

Just knowing that there were at least 8 rats in my garage is enough to make me sick. My cats were worthless in catching them. The rats are too quick and can hide too easily behind all the stuff in the garage.

One more found in the trap this afternoon.

Total kills:  3

And now another one. And another.

Total kills:  5

And another. That’s 6.

Gross…

Well, the trick-or-treaters will get a treat tonight as they walk by the tree in front of the house. It’s full of rats. One of the neighborhood cats is camped out watching the rats roam the tree. I saw 3 rats in the few minutes I spent looking. I also captured one on camera. You can just barely make out his beady eyes.

How perfect for Halloween! I have had a rat problem in my garage for about a month now. I haven’t caught any until this morning. I’m not looking forward to finding out how many have made my garage their home. Frankly, it’s disgusting to see all the rodent poo on the floor and boxes every day and listening to them run.

I don’t poison them because of potential harm to the cats. Neighborhood cats have taken up siting in my yard waiting for these delicious critters to come out of the tree.

Instead, I have these lovely little boxes that electrocute them. I’m gleefully keeping track of the numbers that I kill. Funny that my cats are eager to go out to the garage if they hear live rodents, but they had very little interest in the dead ones. The dead ones were good for smelling, but not much else.

Kills:  2

I have been thoroughly enjoying this show on HBO. I started to pay attention to the credits that run before the show starts. One day, about a week ago, I saw that the show is based on books by Charlaine Harris. I’m on book 4 right now. The show is slight different than the books, but all the main characters are there. The show is only about halfway into the first book. But since I’ve read the books, I know who the killer is. I’ve had several discussions with other fans of the show about the killer. Yes, it is someone everyone knows, and it’s not who you would suspect. I was taken by surprise in the book.

The show names comes from the synthetic blood that is available–which you know if you watch the show. The interesting thing about the books is that True Blood isn’t the only brand, and if I remember correctly, it isn’t until book 3 that True Blood becomes the brand of choice.

I havne’t posted for awhile..again. I often feel like I don’t have anything to say. Although there are hardly any readers of this blog.

It has been a disappointing week. The job interview I had that I thought went well enough to be asked back fell through.  I do have a few more possibilities though. The waiting sucks.

I was away for the weekend as part of caoching a leadership training program, and while I was away I had other people watch my dog. All of his training disappeared. I have been working with him with a new training method I have been following. So far he’s doing well with it, but he struggles at times. This morning we had a battle of wills. Typically I let him act up in the morning. He’s overly excited first thing. This morning I didn’t allow it, and he didn’t like it.

I will be partipating in NaNoWriMo again this year. I had an “ah-ha” moment this weekend when the title and part of the plot appeared. I’m still thinking about the setting of the novel.

Now why wasn’t this discussed when I was in college? Women have been tlaking bad about their bodies and other women’s bodies for ages. If you don’t think so, ask the women in your lives. My mother has struggled to be a certain size. My sister hates her “fat.” My own grandmother purges when she feels fat. And me? Well, at the moment I want to lose 10 pounds. Why 10? So I can fit into the size 2 clothes I have in my closet. Yes…size 2. I can say from experience that the more I hate my fat, the more it sticks around.

This week is Fat Talk Free week. Try it. See what happens.

I know I wrote about taking these photos awhile back. It has taken awhile to edit them as well. After that, I just forgot about them. I took nearly 600 photos. My shutter will continually take photos if I hold the button, so it’s easy to get a lot of photos–most of which look identical. I know Ricardo was looking forward to seeing these. The man whose picture I took has only seen one photo…and not the ones posted here.