On Saturday night, I threw some rat/mouse poison into my attic. Directly to the area where the creatures like to make noise. Since Saturday night, I haven’t heard any noises in my attic.
I am going to knock on some wood right now, because I have a feeling that tonight, the creatures will probably be back. And I will be pretty damn pissed.
The puddle on my patio. Every time it rains, this fills up with water.
After the snowstorm last week, the snow started to melt so fast that water poured off my roof for two days. The puddle grew. So I pulled out my rake and dug a trench from the puddle to the fence so the water would drain away from the foundation of my condo.
After talking to my dad, we’re going to have to figure out some kind of drainage solution so the water doesn’t just sit there when it rains. When the weather gets warmer and I start to renovate the patio, we’ll add this to the list.
View from my condo during the blizzard of 2010.
After 140 days of posts (which should be more), I have come to the realization that I don’t have enough to post about on a daily basis. Sure, I could make up some stuff or write about random things, continuously post about the creatures in my attic, complain about high electric bills…the list goes on.
So rather than write just for the sake of posting something every day, I have decided to post about the trials and tribulations, challenges and joys of owning my own home. It is still the adventure of a first-time homeowner. And trust me, there have been many adventures and I am sure there are more to come!
My electric bill, which was out of control last month, is a little more reasonable this month.
We had a few cold days, but I have been keeping my heat downstairs at 60-62 degrees during the day and 65-66 degrees when I am home on nights and weekends. I have also been leaving my heat off upstairs. Heat really does rise, so it stays warm enough up there and I sleep better when it is cool. Plus, that is what blankets are for.
Since whatever is in my attic is obviously still there, my dad came down today to investigate.
He found an old birds nest in the corner of the attic, but it was empty. He poked through the insulation, but nothing came out. He checked to see if any light was coming in from the corners of the attic and around the vent and found nothing.
I have no clue what to do from here besides buy a different kind of poison and if that doesn’t work, call an exterminator. Ugh.
I went shopping with my friend Ashley today and we went to Junkadoodle on Lovers Lane. Ashley pointed out this super cute, blue dining room set that looks similar to mine, which is wood and white.
After seeing how cute this dining room set was, I thought maybe I can paint my table and chairs a fun color. I am not sure what color I would paint them, but it is definitely something I am considering.
Last night at 10pm as I was getting ready to go bed, I heard the noises in my attic.
Great, just great!
So rather than have to deal with waking up every few hours to bang on the ceiling, I changed the sheets on the bed in my spare bedroom and slept in there. It was a little weird sleeping in a different bed, but at least I didn’t wake up during the night.
Bob the maintenance man came today. He opened the panel to my attic and checked around, but just like my dad, didn’t see any sign of rodents (besides some mouse turds, which I knew were there).
He got up on his ladder and found a birds nest in the soffit, which he pulled out. Then he covered up the hole/wood rot in the soffit.
He thinks it’s birds in my attic and I think that is bullshit. Birds don’t jump around at night. They sleep at night! I think Bob the maintenance man should stick to maintenance.
We’ll see what happens tonight. If there is something crawling around up there, I am going to call bullshit on Bob the maintenance man and consider calling an exterminator!
An unused curtain rod that I have laying around is the perfect length to bang on my ceiling at night when the rodents are playing up there. They go away for a few hours and then come back.
