Well whatever these little guys are called...one got into our home yesterday.  I saw that it was stuck out in our egress window.  I called me husband to come and look.  He then said that he was going to get it out.  I warned him NOT to let it in, because it would probably get in under our bed or something (which is located next to our egress window.)  He didn't think that would happen. 

Well...two minutes later I hear him say, "Oh no...it got in!"  I am thinking, "What?"  But, then I see this little critter saunter into our computer area.  I am a bit embarrassed to say that I headed for higher ground (like a computer chair), and put my feet up.  So, there I sat on my little pirch watching my dear husband trot around after this outdoor creature.  My husband decided that we needed to throw a waste basket over it, and I was to be the one to aim and drop that basket.  Problem was that the little chipmunky thing was too fast!  It scared the living day lights out of me when it would zip past my feet and out of the room.  My husband had on a nice thick glove to try and capture it with.  I on the other hand worried for our lives, as I thought of a possible infestation of rabies!!!! (you gotta know I am exaggerating a bit, but one never knows.) 

 FINALLY, as to fullfill the 'prophetic' comment I had made just moments before my husband opened the window, that little critter crept in under our bed.  After several minutes of searching, my husband couldn't find it.  I then asked, "Could it be in our closet?"  And sure enough, there he was.  I ran and got my husband a towel to throw over animal.  With minimal struggle it was caught, and much to my relief as well.  When we couldn't find it under our bed, I seriously thought it may have burrowed itself up into our mattress.  I pictured our mattress literally  needing to be torn apart! (did I mention that I have a pretty overactive imagination) 

Whew!  I am so glad that is done and over with.  Before my husband set this little stressball free, we decided to snap a picture.  Can anyone tell me what these animals are REALLY called?  For whatever reason, both me and my husband grew up calling them 'squinnies.' (????)