Losing the fight

NO rats yet on my traps. I dunno what else to try. Bummer.

Ohhh, they're sooooo gonna die !

Last night I stayed up until 4AM. Fucking rats kept running around and while Isaida slept like a baby I read and read and read online boards where people explained their rat-ridding techniques. This morning I rushed to the local Home Depot and bought all the parts to build my very own "rat trap assault rifle". I put two together and placed one up in the attic. I mixed peanut butter with D-con pellets and put some on the board to entice them to the traps. The 2nd one goes outside later tonight near the spot where it looks like they're getting in. I noticed that they ate some of the D-Con poison bars I placed yesterday. I'm concerned about the smell of poisoned rats in the attic if they die there but I think we can survive a few days @ my brother's if we have to.
It's on BITCHES ! Or to paraphrase my close personal friend Samuel L. Jackson: "I'm sick and tired of this motherfucking rats in this motherfucking house", or something like that.

Shooter

I've been playing sharp shooter the last couple of days. Seems the critters we had in our attic have moved to a gab above our kitchen cabinets. Last night I shot one mouse as it came up from under the plastic covers I had gaffered taped over the cabinets. Later in the night another mouse came up and I shot @ it and missed. This morning I adjusted the sight on my pump action bb gun ;) and took several practice shots. I was dead on and then, the mouse came up again. I got so exited that I shot once and missed. Now the fucker won't come up. It stays in the crawl space gnawing @ something. Tomorrow morning I'm buying a few traps to nail the SOB. I'm fucking stressed out. I hate critters.

Life near the beach

After 20 years living in So/Fla I've decided to hit the beach @ least once/week. This was last Sunday. This is a quiet beach near 71 street and Collins. BTW, I got stung by a jellyfish. Ouch.

Waiting for bags

Isaida reads her book while waiting for our luggage @ FLL airport a couple of weeks after flying back to Fl from Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rican grass

My dad is re-sodding his house in Rio Grande. This is a slow process as he drives his Toyota Rav-4 to the grass place which is about 10 miles away, buys 38 blocks of sod and plants it. He's done this quite a few times. He prefers to take his time and not pay someone to do this for him because they won't do as good a job as him. Isaida and I took one trip w/him and filled my rental Mazda 3 with sod. Isaida returned later w/another 38 blocks. I tried to convince him to get a truck load of sod to get the trips over with. He vehemently said, NO WAY. He's in no hurry to finish the job. He sez this is a good therapeutical endeavor for him. Plus, if he finishes this project too soon my mother will something else for him to do...

Rata, Raton !

Hemos estado en Puerto Rico desde el 25 de Agosto. Decidimos quedarnos par de dias extra porque la 1ra semana estuvimos comprando los materiales para la renovacion del baño del apto de playa. Nuestra vecina Norma descubrió que tiene rataS en su apto. Ayer ella y su hija formaron tremenda griteria y cuando entre a su casa a averiguar lo que pasaba vi la cola de una rata enorme que se escondia detras de unos gabinetes. Esta mañana como a las 6AM toco nuestra puerta. Encontramos a esta ratita muerta al lado de su refrigerador. No se, pero me parece que hay mas animalitos...


We've been vacationing in Puerto Rico since the 25th of last month. We stayed a few extra days to enjoy our visit. The 1st week we spent most of the time buying materials for the bathroom which will be done soon. Our neighbor Norma has rats in her apartment. Yesterday she and her daughter started screaming and when I rushed into her apt I saw the tail of a huge rat hiding behind some cabinets. This morning @ 6Am she knocked on our door. One of the traps her husband had set up had caught a rat. This one is smaller than the one I saw. I think she has more critters...

Is it wrong to NOT go back to work ever ? We don't wanna leave P.R.