Oh NO - Skunk Part II - The Biggest Skunk Ever!

Luke, Alan, and I delivered all our Christmas Paloosa Sugar Cookies to friends and neighbors alike, but arriving home, Luke started up the stairs in the garage to enter the house - when Alan saw that mammoth skunk right on the stairs where Luke was heading, so we yelled and he almost ran it over trying to get away.

We call the police to see if we could get a trap, and a trap we got. We put all kinds of yummy treats in the trap and the cat trap was set. Alan thought that it would be a good idea to also put a trash bag around the trap - when we went out to do that the skunk was in the trap, but had not set it off. RATS - Will would have said. Yes, it ran out and under some boxes. After placing the trap in the bag, we went back in the house 3 min later snap. We ran to the door only to see the little tiny skunk inch its way out of the 2" by 2" side hole, than to add insult to injury, our Pepi atempted to get back in the trap - and did!

Alan yelled open the garage door. He kicked the trap out, and yelled again for his right hand gal to now SHUT the door, SHUT the door, being as nice and fast as I am - I DID. I wish this were the end of the story, but by morning the skunk had escaped once again, only to return another day. We hope this day will be at your house. Our house has had enough excitement.

TAKE OUT THE TRASH OR YOU'LL BE SORRY!

Recipe to Cure Skunkism

1 pint peroxide

1/4 cup baking soda (not powder)

2 tsp. liquid dish detergent

A bath in tomato juice

and one can of Febreze..............

I took Luke to school this morning, and when I came back I heard some swishing coming from a trash can in the middle of our garage. It was more than a bag settling. The tan trash can had a few empty boxes on top of it, but I could see into the trash can from a spot that the box didn't cover, and I saw back and white moving. A magpie? That must be it - it flew in and is stuck in our trash can. I ran in and call Alan at work - he told me to go let it out. I told the kids and Grant ran out to see. When Grant came back, he asked me Mom I know that you are smarter than me, but don't birds have wings, I said "yes" - he then asked me if birds have long fluffy tails with a white stripe. Oh my gosh - I called Alan back and he just laughed - yea funny unless you are the one dealing with it. Grant went out again and when he came back in he was plugging his nose - I thought NO not on the last day of school for the year, "Grant you didn't get sprayed did you?" No, just kidding! - KIDS -
Grant and I went out moved the trash can in the middle of the drive way. I had to take a few photos, because who was going to believe us! After I snapped a few - my camera battery needed to be changed, so I told the kids to watch the skunk, and I would be right back. When i turned around in the office - all the kids were standing right behind me. I asked them who is watching the skunk, by the time we went back out, the skunk was gone - the sad new is I think that he or she is back in our garage.

I hope that we do not have to add to this post or use our researched recipe