Circus at the Law's

I wish I had a picture, but my battery was not charged on my camera!  We

have had a little problem the last few days with a mouse (vole) in our house!

The first day, Charlie our dog was oblivious to the mouse.  Then, at 

about 3 in the morning, the little mouse must have decided to go wake up

Charlie to play.  All of a sudden I have a dog running around in my bedroom

sniffing, whining, growling, etc (you get the picture) and I am trying to quiet

him down so he doesn't wake up Greg (who is sick with a terrible head cold!)

and hope the mouse doesn't run over my feet!!  After awhile, I finally settled Charlie

down by putting him into bed with me.   Greg set some traps in the morning.  Then,

all of a sudden Charlie was sticking his head under my dresser (where there was a trap)!

It was hilarious, he had discovered the mouse and his tail was wagging so hard and he

was trying to get that little mousy.  I could imagine him saying, "Mom!  You got me a new

toy!  I love it!  I want it, why won't it hold still for me!!"  I really tried to get a picture of this,

darn those batteries!  Anyway, he finally chased the mouse out into the living room and I got

distracted and lost track of it.  I needed to leave to town and Charlie wanted to go with me,

as usual.  So, I grabbed his blanket for the car and put him in.  As I was backing out of the

driveway, A MOUSE RAN OVER MY FEET!!!!!!  Yes, I think I accidentally transferred 

the mouse from the house into the van (as he must have been hiding in Charlie's blanket!)

This was stressful, I really don't want to be driving around with a mouse in my van.  What if

he decides to run around my feet or climb on me while I'm driving?  I'd have a heart attack and

wreck the van!  I sat in my driveway for quite awhile with the doors open hoping he'd just get

out, but no luck!  So, I went to my neighbor's house who owns a really good mousing cat and

put her into my van to catch the mouse.  She really freaked out and refused to play that game. So,

I went to the store and purchased some traps and set three traps in the van hoping to catch the 

little bugger.  Well, its been over 24 hours and no luck!  I have no idea what to do.  I'm hoping 

he found a way out, I haven't seen him.  However, one of the traps had been released and the

treat I left for the mouse was gone this morning.  Pretty exciting day, right?  NOT!