You will never guess what happened to me today....
Remember this photo...
How cute Morgan and Otty appeared... well for the last three days there has been an odd smell in the house. This has been somewhat problematic as we are trying to sell the house and have been having lots of house viewings. At first I was convinced it was coming from the front room fire place (near where I park the pram) so I called in a builder to look at the fire - thinking we might have a damp problem. Then I was convinced it was coming from under the kitchen sink (interestingly I had just brought the pram into the kitchen from the yard). Then I was convinced it was the lounge curtains - you guessed it - right where the pram was parked.... and it really was a BAD smell!!!
Calum eventually realised it was the pram and we both thought the back wheels smelt rank!!! I wondered what on earth I had driven it through as there was nothing to show on the wheels. Any how I dutifully took the pram outside, scrubbed the wheels with bleach (it smelt like dead rotting fish) and put the pram in the car boot, all in time for another house viewing. As I was lifting the pram into the car my nose told me .. 'this pram still honks!' but my head said ' no no you have scrubbed it clean, fabreeze will sort any lingering smell out!!!'.
This morning the pram came back into the porch ready for Morgan and I to go to our group. The smell lingered on - I was about to put Morgan in the pram when I noticed my hat and gloves sitting in the bottom of the pram and thought I would put my hat on as it would go nicely with my outfit.
I got half way across the living room .. when the rotting fish smell hit me!!!
"Ahhhh!!!" I cried and ripped the hat off my head realising it smelt DISGUSTING!!!!!! Oh no, I thought, whatever I ran the pram wheels through must have splashed up onto the shopping net and made that smell too. I went over to the pram and started removing the general detritus from the bottom of the pram (till reciepts, gloves, shopping bags etc) and horror of horrors right at the bottom curled up into a little flat ball I found....
A DEAD MOUSE!!!! URRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!! YACH, YACH, YACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!And I had just put the dead mouse hat on my head.... DOUBLE URGGGGHHHHH, YACH YACH YACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Suddenly everything made sense - Morgans little friend had brought him a present. No wonder Otty has been chasing the pram wheels and driving me nuts every time I have been rocking Morgan to sleep. With no time to spare, a grumpy baby and the clock ticking I had to remove the shopping bag, put the mouse in the outside bin and get to my group. Although the hat wasn't touching the mouse directly I feel violated!!! I can't wait till my hubby gets home so I can jump in the shower!!!!
If any one has similar stories I would love to hear them, it has certainly given my family a good giggle today :-)
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