A Mouse in the House

Yes, this is in our house
Yes, I got down on my knees and took an up close picture
Yes Leslie, I am one sick person :)

Over the past week we've caught three mice in our house. This is the last one - I HOPE !! I want to proudly report that I have disposed of all three, without Roger's help.

Funny story (not really) - I bought a big bag of almonds from Sam's Club. Cost? About $12.00. I had them in my pantry at the top of the stairs. I'm lazy and didn't close the ziploc on the top of the bag. I mean really, it would be SUCH a pain to open and close it every I reached in to grab a few, right? Of course, I left the pantry sliding door open about 8 inches, so I could easily reach in and grab me a few, many many times during the day. They are yummy :)

I may never eat another almond...........

Friday night I couldn't sleep after consuming two Diet Coke's. I hadn't had one in a month, and I forgot how caffeine makes me a night owl. I decided to sew on a quilt, and I was at my dining room table sewing away. I stopped sewing for a minute and thought I heard something. I quietly turned my head, and sure enough. There was a mouse, running from under my stove, in the pantry door, and MUCH TO MY HORROR, appeared on the shelf where my beloved almonds were located !!!!!

That's right folks, I watched this little bugger go back and forth and back and forth, about 3 times a minute, taking one almond each time.

I kept telling myself, that this was the FIRST NIGHT he had been busy. There was NO WAY I had eaten out of that bag all day long, that had been contaminated the night before - Yeah right.

I finally had enough of the mouse show, and I got up and put a mouse trap right in the almond bag and went to bed. I totally expected a FAT FULL DEAD mouse the next morning.

Instead I found an EMPTY almond bag, with the trap fully cocked, with NO MOUSE !!!

Well, to make a long story short, Roger bought some "old school" mouse traps, and I think our situation is taken care of. At least I hope so.

PS - My dear friend gave me a fresh bag of almonds. I'm keeping these LOCKED UP !!