Paco was staring at our garage door a few weeks ago which alerted us to the mice in our garage. I bought a humane trap and also set out a storage bin with cheese and oats inside and a wooden ramp to entice more mice to get captured. Soon enough, we had three mice!

They were cute little babies. We wanted to see what Paco would do if he saw the mice so we let him into the garage and he was terrified. He has no problem beating up a 75 pound dog, but a baby mouse is spooky. He glanced over at the bin while staying as close to the door as possible.

Bob scooped him up and brought him closer to the mice but he still didn’t like it. Someone needs to explain to Paco that he eats, sleeps, poops and creates shenanigans 99.9% of the time. The other .1% of the time I expect him to earn his keep around the house.

Bob released the family of mice far away from the house and we haven’t seen them come back since. We are officially mouse-free, no thanks to Paco.

Speaking of Paco filling his time with shenanigans, flowers don’t last long on our table. I’ve known of his little habit for a few years now but I still love having fresh flowers in the house. I started purchasing inexpensive carnations so it isn’t a major loss when he lashes out. Plus, I think carnations have a bad wrap for being cheap and I still think they are pretty. This is what remains of a dozen carnations.