Mouse Found!

After Mel came home from work, I was just trying to read in bed, when Melanie yelled, "Peter, come here!" I grudgingly went to see what the matter was when she said she heard something in the snack basket.

I heard it too! Something was in there, but we didn't want to find out. Finally, I manned up and took the basket out back and when I set it on the ground, the mouse leaped out and ran across the deck. How did it get up there in the first place?

Mouse in Our House!

Monday night I fell asleep before finishing my homework, so, not surprisingly, I naturally woke up in the middle of the night to finish. Walking into the kitchen for some water, I saw a blob float across the back and down the side of the counter. I'm used to seeing spiders do this, but this blob was bigger than a spider.
Being the big girl that I am, I got a flashlight and started looking around the fridge where I saw the blob fall to.

I found a mouse standing on one of the wall logs looking strait at me beside the fridge!!!

I did not scream, but I did wake Peter up at 3 am to console me.
So, ever since Monday night we have found "evidences" of the mouse in more and more places. We've set traps with peanut butter, but nothing yet. Each morning the mouse (I certainly hope it's only one) has explored a new part of our house. I feel like nothing is safe. I don't know how, but he manages to reach all sorts of seemingly unlikely places.

So, how long should I expect to wait for this mouse to be trapped? Am I doing something to encourage the mouse to stay, or to stay away from the traps--besides the obvious and inherent danger of traps?

Happy Birthday Me!

I just had my 27th birthday! Time flies. I had so much fun with my family, both in Salt Lake and our party at home. We went up to SLC for a wedding reception and to Logan for a baby shower over the weekend.

So, while we were up there, we had my birthday party too! We went to Jordan Commons and had dinner in the theatre. It was fun; I had never done it before. It was a bit hard to eat in the dark. I didn't even think of that. After the movie we went home and had cake and presents. I got Star Trek Voyager from Mom. That will take a while... But I finally get to watch it in order! I got some of the tools I have been wanting from Melanie, yay!

On Sunday, Mel and I had a little party at home. I got loads of cool stuff. I got some german books to improve my vocabulary, some more tools and a couple model train cars. Check out my new train!

I loved this birthday and I thank everyone who wished me a happy one! Yes, that means all you who sent cards and those "posted on your wall" emails from Facebook. Thanks all!

Storm!!

We had quite the wind storm today! Good thing we had nothing planned tonight but to sit inside. Check out our wavy trees in the video. This is life and "The Lake".

Problem Solved!

Finally, after weeks and weeks of fiddling, I have solved the big issue that is keeping my thesis from moving forward! Thanks to Mel for letting me stay at work late :). Now I can move on to actually doing things that will be interesting to write about.