so finally after about 6 weeks of plotting against the mouse, WE FINALLY CAUGHT IT!!! VICTORY!
honestly the mouse has kind of been on the back burner lately because we've been focusing on some other crawlies we've had around our house in the past couple weeks. yu-ck. so last night after i went to bed, robyn was upstairs and heard a trap go off in the kitchen. after donning rain boots and gloves (because that's how we roll around here...not taking any chances with the mice nibbing on our fingers or toes...) she checked under the sink to find that the mouse had eaten the bait off the trap, set it off and gotten away. i'll tell you, mice these days must be up on the peanut butter trick. everyone told us that was the best bait, but experience has taught us, it is not. this is when she got crafty. we all know from every children's book ever written about mice, they love cheese. so she melted some cheese to the trap. this way there could be no snitching.
today, we were in the kitchen putting some stuff away and what did we find under the sink? a mouse in the trap! SUCCESS! as i scooped that little creature out with the dustpan, all i could think was "what now little mouse, what now?!" sad, i know, but in light of the events from last weekend with the snake, i'm really just feeling dominion over these pests around my house. wo-man. who even knew this girl could take care of such things???
woooaahhh-man. Hariet.
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