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Mice, mice baby

© Sharon Wren

It's October and the days are starting to get colder, the leaves are turning and the Cubs are out of the playoffs. I don't know what fall reminds you of, but I always think back to our old house, the first one we lived in together ...and the Year of the Mice. It was a teensy place; only 4 rooms and frankly, I've seen closets bigger than the bathroom. But it was paid for and it was ours - just the two of us, five dogs and two cats. Why a mouse would even think of living there is beyond me. Let me rephrase that - a mouse may not have liked the place but several did.

At first it was no big deal. We figured they were coming from the house down the street that had been abandoned. I'd seen mice before and they're no big deal; they don't drive me to climb on furniture, screaming. We'd just get some traps and I'd make Bud get rid of them. Simple, right? That was before I found out we weren't up against ordinary mortal mice. These were the Mice From Hell, on a mission to take over our house. They looked cute and innocent, and they ate paper like regular mice. But they weren't regular mice.

My first clue that we were in trouble came when I met Freddy Krueger. Freddy got his name because he loved to hide and then jump out at me when I walked by. I know I just said that mice were no big deal but wouldn't you jump if you saw a psycho rodent jump at you?

Me: AACCKK! Bud: What? Me: Freddy Krueger just jumped out at me! Bud: So? He's done it before. Me: Yeah, but I think he's out to get me. I think I heard him laughing. He's plotting his next move. He won't stop until he's scared me to death. Bud: What's for dinner?

Then there was Steve Austin. No, not Stone Cold Steve Austin, the pro wrestler. I mean Steve Austin, the Bionic Mouse. One of our dogs, Sneaky, loved to chase mice. (Funny, the cats never did.) One night he was barking furiously in the kitchen and we went to investigate. He had a mouse cornered by the washing machine. "Is that Freddy?" asked Bud. Before I could answer, this mouse jumped up (about 8 inches) and over Sneaky and made his escape.

Me: Did you see that?

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