"3 INCHES OF GAS"

These are yet another set of famous last words in the Deuel house. As we load up one of the last loads from the old house Daddy hops into his "VNTGDG" (a 64 dodge pickup), Uncle hops into the Jeep with a trailer and Mommy hops into her Saturn to make the trip to the new house. Uncle asks Daddy if he needed to get gas? "Nope, just checked the other day.... I have 3 inches" why you may be asking why we are measuring gas in inches?? well that is because you stick a hose into the tank and see how many inches is wet when you pull it out! We know very scientific :) So as we come to the four-way stop just out side our town you must cross diagonally over a 2 lane highway to go into town and just as Daddy is across both lanes of traffic he stops! cars coming both ways in the dark, mommy is totally freaking out! Starts flashing her lights, puts on hazards, and honking her horn in hopes of catching the people's attention before they slam into the side of Daddy on this dark unlit highway.... Uncle pushes Daddy across the highway safely as Daddy hops out of the truck to say "well I guess 3 inches isn't Enough to get us to the new house!" After Uncle yelled at him Mommy had her turn and we pushed him home.... OH what fun moving is!!! NOT

ON THE MOVE

So the big news is that we are on the move.... This time it is a big one too! We have rented our wonderful farm house for 3 years now and last month our landlord informed us that he would be putting it up for sale. As much as we would would have loved to buy it it is just not a possibility for us now. So we have moved into a MUCH larger house in a little town just west. We love the house it is beautiful but the few draw backs are, first that it is for sale so if someone were to buy it we will be on the move again very soon :( second it is over double the cost of our farm but hey we have to pay for size and last but not least the 6th Deuel is our little "puppy" who was brought home to the farm 3 years ago and has never been tied to a leash and spends his days running in the fields. We are sure the hardest change will be for DoggyDeuel :(

BAT!!!!!!!!!!!

So here I (mommy) sit all alone, chatting on MSN, doing invoices, updating planner..... when I see a shadow fly across the wall! Just as my brain thinks... hummm what could that be? I get thumpped in the head! BY A BAT!! Did I mention that it is 1 am and I am home alone as the "man" of the house is camping? SOOOOO what is a girl to do?

1. Quickly type "Bat in house got to go! Be back.... maybe"


2. Throw the invoices


3. Grab a towel to cover my head


4. Grab cell phone


5. Run out the door
   

Yes run out the door to flee from the killer bat (and leave my sleeping baby in the house!). So I hop in the car and head to town to hunt for a good strong man to come get the bat :) But not with out calling the "man" of the house first. and scream "THERE IS A BAT IN MY BEDROOM" to which he replyed... "do you what me to drive 6 hours home to take care of it for you?".... YES! (need he ask?) So here are the options.

1. Friend's husband gets off work at 12:30, maybe he is still up and will come... nope house is dark :(


2. Cousin still awake? ... nope house is dark :(


3. Friend from chuch works nights at gas station.... maybe can take a break?.... nope not at work tonight :(


4. Find nearest police officer!
   

So I begin my hunt for a police officer, because they were not at HyVee where I normally see them? At which time I notice friend (#3) talking to some friends in a parking lot! So "BATMAN" to the rescue! He hops into the car and on our way we go.... at which time he reminds me of this past winter when his little sister was babysitting for me and .... well.... there was a bat in the house! And he was on his way to the rescue and put his car in the ditch! :( So I drove very carefully as not to repeat the trend. And YEA! he got the bat in like 2 seconds which is much faster then the "man" of the house ever did (but he always uses a tennis racket) and tonight wepond of choice was a BIG fishing net. ... (I will have to remember that, not that I will be catching a bat!) So all well that ends well! BATMAN checked the house and found no more critters :) And I will doubtfully sleep well tonight.

THAT'S OUR HOUSE

So while Mommy was talking to a friend on MSN he told her about this really cool site. You can see pictures of anywhere in the world via satellite! So she could not resist. For all of you that don't know where we live here is a picture.