We have a mouse

That's right, we have a mouse. And when I went to pick up traps at the hardware store yesterday, the cashier said, "when there's ONE, there's SOME." Eeeek!

The other night, I was sitting on the couch watching TV and I looked down to see, what I thought was a mouse running across our hardwood floor! Really?! A mouse in MY house?! I jumped onto our ottoman, and scooted myself around the floor to see if I was just REALLY tired and hallucinating, or if it was REALLY a mouse. I didn't find anything, and brushed it off as a terrifying sighting by a very tired girl.

The next night, AJ woke up around 2am to go to the bathroom, and he said he heard the pitter-patter of, what he thought was a mouse running across our floor. That was enough for me, and I was off to the hardware store to find something to get this mouse (or mice) out of our house. Thank goodness, nothing in our house has been chewed on, destroyed or damaged by the suspected mice or mouse... and we'll do anything to keep this from happening!

The presence of mice isn't anything new to me. My family has a summer cabin in Hawick, MN that we close during the winter months. Every time we open the cabin on Memorial Day weekend, we have to do a major cleaning because of the mice that got in over the winter. I know it's gross, but hey, when you have a cabin on a lake in the middle of the woods, the mice are going to find a way in! But our house is BRAND NEW, and the last thing I ever thought we'd have to deal with is MICE! But we do live very close to a ravine and we're in a heavily wooded area, so the chance of having some kind of critter in our house was probably pretty good. We also have a compost pile and a garden in our backyard, so we frequently have deer visiting. And our most recent guest is a huge groundhog or something, who lives under our shed. He's so cute, but we will never be friends because he ate all my mint and basil from the garden!

Since AJ and I are new homeowners, we decided to buy the original mouse traps that you put peanut butter on as bait. We put them out last night. No mice caught yet. Thanks to everyone for the other mice-ridding tips, such as the sonic thingy and the idea of getting a cat. If you know AJ, that cat idea will NOT be happening:) I have, however, asked my parents if we could barrow Lewford (family cat) for a few days. AJ would die if I brought him onto our house:) If anyone has any tips about getting rid of these pesky critters, please feel free to let us know!