{"id":1278,"date":"2011-08-31T15:35:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T15:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/gross\/"},"modified":"2011-08-31T15:35:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T15:35:55","slug":"gross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottysblog.com\/home\/gross\/","title":{"rendered":"Gross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, I&#39;m sitting in our nearly bare kitchen trying to write a proposal that will hopefully take me to New York to run some training in October &#8211; and far more importantly, be able to&#0160;stock up on some nice American winterwear before coming home in my plush Club seat.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, my eye keeps being drawn to our garden (in its last few weeks of existence before it turns into the kitchen extension) &#8211; as its sparse grass is currently covered with a stange bed of greyness. Yes, pigeon feathers, all ripped out by Mojo as she tormented a by-then-bald shitelark before killing it last week. Looks like a duvet has met its end on the lawn&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And now to make it worse,&#0160;some god awful squeaking has just started to come from the lounge. Made all the louder and more echo-ey as there&#39;s no furniture in there. Have had a squint and there&#39;s one terrified mouse and one black stalking cat having a ball with it.<\/p>\n<p>Oh no, more desperate noises, going up an octave&#8230;.. do I rescue it or let nature do its nasty thing? Although Mojo does have a foul habit of then leaving her gifts all over the house &#8211; last week&#39;s mouse was in the office&#8230; Damned if you do and if you don&#39;t, but not quite as damned as little Jerry in there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Gross, gross, gross, gross GROSS Mojo!<\/p>\n<p>x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, I&#39;m sitting in our nearly bare kitchen trying to write a proposal that will hopefully take me to New York to run some training in October &#8211; and far more importantly, be able to&#0160;stock up on some nice American winterwear before coming home in my plush Club seat. 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