Oh alright. I didn't die. It was a close thing though. We live in a 100+ year old house, and for the first 3 years everything was fine. But this winter we've had a problem with mice. Just one or two at a time, and Hubs catches them, and everything is fine for a month or two, and then it happens again. The problem is that I am deathly, ridiculously, afraid of mice.
This morning was the limit. I went to shake the crumbs out of the toaster before making breakfast....and a mouse jumped out of the top! It ran under the microwave, and I, (in one of my prouder moments) left my children where they were in the living room and ran straight up the stairs. I jumped on top of the Princess's bed....where I crouched, alternating between shrieks and whimpers, until Hubs the Hero went down and killed the invader.
Needless to say, I will be asking for a toaster for my birthday this year. If anyone knows how I can get the 10 lost years of my life back, I'd be happy to hear from you.
xoxo Badness
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I can guarantee - I WOULD have had a heart attack - extreme rodent phobia here!
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OMG, I would have had a heart attack too!!! And surely died as I've got a decade on you LOL!
Lately even little spiders are creeping me out!!
Hope your heart rate is back to normal sweetie!!
I would have died on the spot and would never have made it out of the kitchen.
When I was little and my mother was pregnant with one of my brothers, she left a slow cooker on the counter, filled with soapy water to soak. When she went to clean it, she reached in and pulled out a dead mouse. To this day, no one can believe that she didn't go into labor on the spot.
Oh my gosh, you have GOT to go see Diva Seasons 2 today! (http://divasseasons2.blogspot.com) It's a different version of your mouse story.
hahahah. very funny. oddly, i asked for a toaster for my birthday this year- and not for mice, but aesthetics-- they are getting much prettier, I mean- for a toaster.
That certainly was bold of the mouse!
We had a bad infestation with the mice and we used the traps and caught a few, but they kept coming back. The only thing I found that cleared out the ENTIRE population was these green poison sqares from Canadian Tire(placed out of reach of children). I was pretty resistant to the use of poison as I'm not keen on pesticides and putting more chemicals in the enviroment but it was a week of the blocks = peace in the house.
Good luck!
Yikes! I would have freaked out too!!
I am having a mouse problem myself. We replaced all the cabinets throughout our house last week and filled in about four or five mouseholes. I'm hoping that will slow the process down some.
One time I looked up their reproduction habits. I think I'm fighting a losing battle. Time to just burn this place down and move. I wonder if they have mice in Alaska?
I would have done the exact same thing. In the toaster....ick!!
Oh my gawd...I would have DIED. Nasty rodents...be GONE, I say.
Heidi
Ick, Ick, Ick!!! Poor you!
I was reading an article in This Old House about how to pest-proof your house and it said that mice can get in through a half inch or smaller hole! It told you how to go over your foundation, etc. and fill in the holes and gaps. I can send it to you if you like. I am making my dh do it this spring, as we had a couple mice in the fall too.
I got worried for a second! I don't like mice either but they come around now and then, never in my toaster though. At least I never saw them in there...
I am TERRIFIED of mice. That would have done me in.
I probably would have grabbed Matt and ran outside. (why yes, I do have a mouse escape route planned).
I have been known to take extreme measures when I see mice. They freak me out.
Thanks for making me paranoid of my toaster :)
PS do you have a cat?
I would have peed. Yep. A giant trail of pee following my path up the stairs.
Oh - and not sure if you have the same problem up here - but I know quite a few people who have opened their grill outside and presto a RAT climbs out.
Bet you forgot about the toaster, huh? :)
p.s. - I amnot using my toaster anytime soon.
Oh my frickin' frack. That is bad. I'm glad you didn't cook the sucker.
I hear ya on the old house thing. We got rid of the bat problem only to have a squirrel problem and now just the mice and spiders. Yeah for Hubs saving the day - yours and mine! :)
Maybe you need some kittens for your birthday?
I am so with you on the mice...mine is also roaches.
I think you reacted in exactly the proper way! I can't imagine having any other reaction to a mouse jumping out of the TOASTER!!!!
Now I have the total heeby geebies!
Oy! We had a mouse problem a while back, I too ran screaming from the room whenever I saw one...
What my house lacks in charm in makes up by being vermin free.
*knock on wood*
My response to the mouse would've bee much the same. But with more cursing. And you've probably cured me of EVER buying a garage sale toaster.
I know you probably don't care cos you posted this 6 months ago! But I can go one better/worse.
My mum found a mouse in the toaster, dead with scorch marks on it. When she told my dad, he said: "I just thought the toaster was full of crumbs when it was hard to push the handle down this morning."
It was years before I made toast without examining the inside of a toaster first.
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