Instead, I see this fluffy tail strolling past the window and then BAM!!!!! the darn thing is sitting on it's hind legs peering into my window. This pacing and peering lasted for about 2 minutes until our cat realized there was another animal on the other side of the glass. Okay, he didn't know it was on the other side of the glass, because he ran full tilt into the window, crashed head first (The cat's name is Crash, so it fits), fell and shook his head. Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree, though I suppose instinct just takes over. (Men should get that one)

     I thought this all to be rather funny and weird at the same time. I couldn't imagine what a squirrel would be getting from a screen window, since I never wash them and he was licking a combination of dust, pollen, and dirt. Then, just the other afternoon, I was washing my hands in the kitchen when I saw a fluffy tail go past my window, which is quite high in the air, but I do have ledges under them on the outside. I stand still and wait to see if the squirrels is just running past. NOPE!!! The little bugger sat up on it's hind legs and looks into my kitchen.

     I called to my son, through pursed lips (just incase it could read lips), to come and see the windowlicking squirrel. He sneaked into the kitchen and we stood watching this peeping tom squirrel. My son told me to take another picture, I went slowly into the dining room and got my camera. I was able to take a photo of the little critter peering into my window. I was beginning to feel like William Shatner in the movie "Kingdom of the Spiders", I thought I would look out my window one morning to find it covered in acorns.

      I started to tell everyone and show them pictures, when I remembered what happened last summer. My husband and I were sitting on the porch talking and smoking (we don't smoke in the house) and the kids were on the pavement tormenting ants. All of a sudden a bird swoops down and lands on the railing, right next to me and my husband. I jump up screaming (like Tippi Hendron), while my husband stays sitting down, staring at this baby robin standing next to him and this wasn't the weird part.

     The thing started to chirp at us and didn't take it's eyes off of us when we moved. We walked down to the sidewalk and it followed us. We then took the kids down to the street, and it followed us again. We slowly went around it, walking backwards, till we got far enough away and then ran like crazy for the house. It worked to get the kids in the house, but I got trapped. The bird flew after us and landed between me and the porch, which just proved I needed more exercise, since I couldn't beat stinkin baby bird 20 feet.

     Luckily I just walked around it, while it's peircing black eyes stared at me. As I reached for the door knob, it started to hop towards me. I think that was the fastest I'd moved in years. I shut the large door to the house and looked out the window. The bird was sitting on the porch staring at the door, chirping when it would see us peering through. For a couple of days afterwards, it would fly down when one of us went outside. It would follow us in the yard and fly around the house every once in awhile. It only stayed for about 2 weeks.

     I have no idea what to think about these animals. Here are a couple of my theories:

1. One of my children is the reincarnation of St. Francis of Assisi and it's only gonna get worse.

2. All "wild" animals around my house become possessed when they come in contact with it.

3. I'm living in some sort of Snow White, whistle while you work, make the animals clean my house sort dimension.

4. I need to change my medication.