modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
> The mice saga continues.
>
> We got some traps in a neighboring town after a really fine barbecue
> dinner with friends (ribs, hot sausage, and brisket -- dinner not the
> friends). Then it was back home to kill some of the mouse hoard.

How appetizing for you!

> I baited the traps with some crumbly Mexican queso at first, but the
> little *******s were able to steal the bait. Then late at night I
> switched to small strips of cabbage.

Do you have peanut butter? That's the lure of choice here.

> It did the trick. After
> rebaiting one trap and setting it in the pantry (only clobbered my
> thumb once in the process), I turned to another mouse whacker and more
> cabbage only to hear a WHACK! in the pantry.
>
> One down.
>
> D found another this morning in the pantry. Same trap. Next to the
> wine bottles. No idea what that signifies.
>
> Tonight I've switched bait again because I fried up the last of the
> most recent batch of homemade bacon. Bacon rind is tough enough that
> they'll either have to leave it or die. And homemade bacon is to die
> for.

That'll be the day I share bacon with rodent pests. Heh.

> Along with bacon, we had a fritata of sorts with some of the
> afore-mentioned queso and some leftover mustard greens. Also some
> sliced tomatoes.

That sounds excellent. I'm sorry about your thumb. I hope you
run out of uninvited guests soon. It's freaky they all showed up
at once like that.

nancy