{"id":179,"date":"2010-05-03T01:45:57","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T01:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buckroth.wordpress.com\/?p=179"},"modified":"2010-05-03T01:45:57","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T01:45:57","slug":"a-raccoon-in-the-attic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mydiabeticsoul.com\/?p=179","title":{"rendered":"A Raccoon In The Attic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You know how the story goes…”it’s always somebody else…”\u00a0 Well,\u00a0my husband and I are\u00a0that somebody.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yep, we have one, a raccoon in the attic.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Now, I’ve heard lots of stories of one person or another having to deal with a raccoon and\/or its young living in a basement or attic.\u00a0 I’ve even seen animal\u00a0television shows featuring such critters and I was creepily\u00a0mesmerized as to how, what, when and where such instances could and do happen.\u00a0 However, I never thought that we would have one right here, in our<\/em><\/strong> attic, on\u00a0our <\/em><\/strong>neighborhood street in rustic, woodsy suburbia.<\/div>\n
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You see,\u00a0my husband’s wood\u00a0shop is \u00a0an outbuilding on\u00a0our property.\u00a0 Having noticed a slight molding effect, a growth, last summer on the north ceiling of the shop, we kept our eyes on it, realizing that a new roof would be in order “one of these days.”\u00a0\u00a0 We didn’t think too much of it,\u00a0but one of our eyes glanced at it occasionally.\u00a0 After all, it was such a small growth looking like\u00a0more of a water stain than anything else.\u00a0 No big deal.\u00a0 It was ignored. We went about our business as usual.\u00a0 However, our calculations ran a bit short.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Mold, caused by dampness, further weakens its host.\u00a0 Well, the day has arrived, this day, to-day!\u00a0\u00a0 Mold feasts on damp-to-wet sheet-rock\/dry wall.\u00a0 A lesson has been learned right there!<\/div>\n
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As my husband\u00a0was doing his usual puttsing\u00a0in this, his\u00a0beloved shop,\u00a0just this morning,\u00a0when, after\u00a0tweny\u00a0minutes\u00a0or so, what to his wandering eyes should appear, but a section of caved-in ceiling!\u00a0 Closer examination with a ladder and flashlight concluded that there is a hole in the roof, right through to the big glorious blue sky.\u00a0 Further examination revealed\u00a0poop droppings, bigger than a rat or mouse’s.\u00a0 AHA!\u00a0 there was a twinkling eyed raccoon nestled\u00a0in the insulation.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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After calling ‘Mo, Curly, and Larry’ (sarcasm for two\u00a0area businesses that supposedly deal with such conundrums) about this\u00a0finding, one guy wanted $160.00 to come out\u00a0with other $85.00 to trap – but not remove – the critter.\u00a0 The other guy never called back.<\/div>\n
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So hubby, in his infinite wisdom, rushed over to Harbor Freight Tools, purchased a specific type of ‘racoon trap,’ put dog food and peanut butter in it because that is what his brother told him to use, and somehow rigged\u00a0the trap\u00a0to the roof.\u00a0\u00a0For some reason or another, there is a yellow nylon rope\u00a0 securely fastened from the north side of the\u00a0structure to the south, extending about 10 feet.\u00a0 I didn’t ask.\u00a0 Neither did I\u00a0inspect this rigging apparatus but trust he knows what he’s doing.\u00a0 I certainly do not have the know-how and would end up paying big bucks for the critters disappearance!<\/div>\n
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So, I\u00a0needed to\u00a0share this with you.\u00a0\u00a0 Hubby has\u00a0been checking the trap every couple of hours.\u00a0 But I know what’s going to happen: after we settle in for the night, a loud crash, bang, boom will sound meaning that the raccoon is caught in the trap\u00a0and unhappy – unhappy is the key word.\u00a0 And the rest you can probably imagine for yourselves.<\/div>\n
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Ahh, such is life and living in the woodsy, nature filled\u00a0suburbs.\u00a0 It’s okay, though.\u00a0 I chaulk this up to another one of our wonderful adventures!\u00a0 I look forward to sharing the outcome in days to come!<\/div>\n
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A. K. Buckroth<\/div>\n
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Hope all is well with you both!\u00a0 Hopefully I will have a good ending to this story very soon!<\/div>\n
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Andrea.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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