We set a humane mousetrap on NYE for our little visitor. You put some peanut butter in as bait, and then when the mouse comes in, a door closes and it's trapped until you take it somewhere and release it. I was part expecting to find the trap unsprung when we get back, or having to deal with an unpleasant wriggling black plastic box.

I was not expecting to find it gone. And it had. The whole thing. Disappeared.

A puzzling start to the new year.

I got mine from my local Homebase, which is a DIY/homewares/garden centre type superstore here in the UK. The trap is a black plastic square tube with a sharp bend in it. Looks like a weird tiny coffin.

Over where you are, for ten bucks plus shipping you can get something from a place in Tuscon that's much prettier that does the same job.

Mouse update:

I have only heard the mouse a little here and there. I'm not too worried about it. I've convinced myself that he lives in the downstairs neighbor's apartment, and he won't come visit us. (Call me crazy, but it keeps me sane.)