Gratitude Day 12

I'm grateful for mouse traps. And that I'm not throwing up right now.

Today I went to make Eva some "warm cereal" (read oatmeal), and when I opened my oven drawer to get out a pan to boil water I saw something like this...

he's cute, but when you see him in your oven drawer... not so much

So I acted like the girl I am... I screamed.  

Eva was really concerned... and hungry.  

I panicked! How could I make my warm cereal? How could I walk around barefoot ever again!? How could I sleep at night? How could I put my baby down on my floor EVER AGAIN?!?!?!

So I called my mommy.  She said to buck up and buy some mouse traps.  Set them (keep the kids away), and wait.  Oh, and when you hear the snap, wait a bit for the mouse to stop kicking.

Then I almost threw up.

So I called Will (who had the car), and said, "GET SOME MOUSE TRAPS!!!!"

He came home with this.

If my floor was this clean, do you think I'd still have a mouse?

So we set it (with peanut butter as the bait).

I waited....

nothing.

still nothing.

I went to check the trap, to see if I somehow missed it flipping.  There was a little string hanging out of it.  I thought, "Hmmmm, I don't remember there being a string in the trap." So I moved the trash can it was behind, and OUT RAN THE MOUSE!!!! 

stupid trap.

So I reset it.

I only had to wait about 5 minutes and then...

*muffled* SNAP

yep... he's dead

And I'm not throwing up yet... but I really feel like I might.

So long story short... I'm grateful for mouse traps.