(1) DH used old-fashioned traps to catch the culprits. He had a $5 off coupon at Ace and got four traps and a beef jerky. He ate the beef jerky and left the wrapper in the bag. Son thought that the beef jerky was bait for the mouse.
(2) Ratatouie is showing with GREAT REGULARITY on the Disney Channel right now. This is not the movie to be watching when one wants to catch a mouse.
(3) I was reminded of the third commandment when my sensitive son (this is the one who became a vegan at four when he realized beef comes from a cow - he's my John Deere Junky who'd be happy with my or husband's distant relatives on the dairy farms in Michigan). "Mom, it is not right to kill God's creatures. I've heard that it might be okay to kill if you're going to eat or if you need to defend. I don't see us eating mouse for dinner or that they're taking over." Good point, Son, tell that to your wife in about 20 years and see what see says. I thanked him for his sensitivity.
(4) Outcome: two casualties with much less evidence of mouse partying in my kitchen.
Off to deal with school volunteer work and more dance To Do's. How are your Thanksgiving plans shaping up?
Leasons learned from the Mouse Hunt
November 22nd, 2011 at 02:17 pm
November 22nd, 2011 at 08:58 pm 1321995520
He sounds like a little sweetie.
November 22nd, 2011 at 09:18 pm 1321996681
Good luck to your girls!
T-Day will be pretty easy for us. We just have to drive there and then eat.
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Jerry