Come Out Come Out

My normal routine is as I come down the stairs in the morning is to  check the four mousetraps that reside in the living room and kitchen/dinning room.  With all the doors and windows that I leave open it is Grand Central Station here and that means sometimes mice as well.  After I removed the three deceased mice and I could not find the forth.  So while the coffee was a brewing, eggs and bacon dish baking in the oven I went on the search.  That means turning over furniture, moving all things at ground level.  It also means doing that through the whole house because I have had them fall down the stairs with a trap caught on them and even some have managed to crawl up the stairs while only having a foot or leg caught.  Not the best of tasks to do before breakfast but it is what it is.  I did not find the silly thing but in my normal "Grace" fashion I thought why not vacuum while I am at it.

So as I looked I cleaned and soon my breakfast was ready but no forth mouse.  I sat at the table and started to enjoy my delish dish and just then out from under the china cabinet came the mouse running full speed towards me with the trap attached to his hind leg.  I got the rubber gloves and grab the trap.  I wanted to see how bad the injury was and if I could not just take it outside and let the silly thing try again.  Nope, the injury was too great so I put it out of it's suffering and washed up.  All in the typical morning of "Grace".   After returning to my luke warm meal I wondered does everyone else have these types of morning routines?  While others may be chasing a energized toddler through the house trying to get clothes of the little tike, or those women who are struggling to put on the pantie hose and spanks to start their work a day world, or even the young lad sniffing his way through the clothes on the floor to see if there is any that don't smell that bad for at least one more day of mindless work - I guess playing hide and seek with a mouse caught in a trap is just as normal as any one's morning...

Don't get caught in any traps today!!