Comments on: Tender Mercies — A Rat Tale

By: KYouell

KYouell — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:45:47 +0000

Double amens on the ability to see the silver lining and on taking the home inspector to task. Sometimes it’s easy to want to be nice and not think of the next people that could get a shoddily done report if you let it slide.

And my apologies if this appears twice. Seemed to be a hiccup in the ether when I tried to comment the first time.

By: Aunt Murry

Aunt Murry — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:19:06 +0000

I’m with Heather. That Home Inspector has some ‘splaining to do. Think of all the other people he is going to hurt.

By: heather

heather — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:34:32 +0000

uh, yah, definetly take the home inspector to court! Hope you are documenting everything.

WOW- on the nest. Wow. what on earth kind of bird lived there, that is HUGE?!!!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:15:33 +0000

This brought tears to my eyes. Good for you for being able to find the good in an otherwise yucky situation. God really does work in mysterious ways. Thankfully He is wiser than we are!

By: Heidi

Heidi — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:33:06 +0000

Pack rats? Know ‘em better than I’d like! We live in the mountains and every fall, enterprising critters decide to try to (literally) gnaw their way into our home for the winter. There is nothing quite like the stench of pack rats. No rat vacuum for me, though. I have a live trap that I bait with Goldfish crackers, which are apparently the preferred cracker to said bushy tailed creatures. After catching my prey, I drive them several miles up the road into the mountains, way away from any homes, where they get to live out their blissful little pack rat lives, intact. No joke.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:42:36 +0000

Great post, I wish we had bushy tailed pack rats in the North East, they really are cute.
I would have a discussion with the Home Inspector. Hopefully the guy had some insurance because if he leaves you with a report that says everything is fine and there are holes in the roof and Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom living in your attic then he was having a bad day and you should not be responsible, he should be.
Friends of mine bought a House, the Home Inspector said everything was fine and then the Chimney fell down. The home inspector missed it and paid for the new chimney.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:59:16 +0000

Holy cow, you had a zoo in your attic. If that’s not enough to give you nightmares, I don’t know what is! What a spectacular inspector you had. Did he even enter the house?

I love your thoughts on how this is all a blessing. Way to look at things positively. I don’t know if I could do it!!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:44:35 +0000

Well, the rats will add an authentic touch to your manger scene if you decide to take advantage of the osprey nesting grounds.

By: Caryn

Caryn — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:02:45 +0000

Wow! So do you think the home inspector was just incompetent, or did s/he have other motives for not telling the truth about the state of your house? That’s ridiculous!

Oh, and it’s absolutely adorable that Laylee wants to give the rats your castoff roof. How nice of her.

By: RGLHM

RGLHM — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:53:46 +0000

Glad I read this before your nut cracker post b/c I was seriously feeling anxiety from all the things that have happened to you!! Oh the stress of a car accident and RATS!!! You are a brave women. TAKE CARE!