we got hit by the mouse invasion -in spring - cleaned everything - and traps. hated to do that - but even when everything was in plastic and glass - they were still in the house. I hear them in the walls sometimes, which drives me bonkers. and the cat - he doesn't care

I'm sorry about the family stuff, KatieBee. I hope you do get to be together for Thanksgiving.

We've had mice--check your bathroom(s). Our wee beastie shredded toilet paper, q-tips, cotton balls, all excellent nesting materials, so, you know, you might want to get on with the extermination part of the proceedings before you have more than one generation to contend with.

We knew it was mice and not rats, and went with regular spring traps baited with peanut butter. They work. Poison getting into the water table aside, I nearly lost a cat to a poisoned rat a long time ago, so none of that. And I wouldn't wish a glue trap on Donald Trump, that's how bad they are. I don't think you want to humanely TNR local rodentia, so spring traps are the best way to go. They're so cheap we just throw them in the garbage along with the wee corpse. Rats? We'd probably move--I would, anyway.

Thanks for checking in, Gud.

Gud. Please tell us once you have contacted the suicide prevention hotline or spoken to a domestic abuse counselor. If you don't feel safe doing so at home, you can call from work. Please do this.

Echoing Pix. Gud, please take this advice.

Mice happen and make a mess in a hurry. The swanky areas here with their waterfronts and citrus trees have rat issues. Ick. I want to try those sonic dealios that drive away ants and other bugs and see how they work. Next summer when I go north I will absolutely try the sonic mouse repellent devices. Worth a try.

YP supervisor: "That's good, it looks like a sketch by Leonardo DiCaprio."

So a lot of inappropriately young models, then?

Natterers made me break my FB fast to check out Hec in HONY. I did not read the 1.6k comments! I often feel a kinship with the people featured in HONY, but this was extra awesome.

The gym has no hot water. I don't know how to cope with this.

Cold shower?

I must be a terrible housekeeper because I didn't notice the disgusting condition of my kitchen cupboards. Droppings throughout. Three junk drawers full of yuck. Why, rodent, why? There is absolutely no food in with the old batteries and spare power strips!

Oh Katerina Bee, please cut yourself some slack. Years ago, we had a mouse at the old house. The exterminator said baby mice reach sexual maturity in something like 30 days*, so a small mouse problem can become a large one, in short order. It's not you; it's them.

I don't envy you the clean up. I hope you're able to wipe out the problem soon. I am not humane about killing off rodents. They spread disease.

• This was in 2003 or before, so I could be misremembering the time, but the point remains the same : they multiply quickly.)

Ditto what Cindy said - mice can go from zero to OMGSOMANYFUCKINGMICE in basically no time. And they can get in through cracks that are more or less invisible.

Shout-out to my local PD for bringing the funny about tomorrow's weather forecast: [link]

Since this snow is supposed to start later in the day (or maybe early, depending on who you ask), we're going with afternoon snacks. You do NOT need to rush the grocery store UNLESS you don't have Oreo cookies. That is your key to surviving Snowvember (â„¢ï¸, ©ï¸, ®ï¸, Patent Pending and dibs on that newly coined phrase). Back to the cookies. Oreos are the king of cookies. Yes, you're always safe with Cinnamon Toast Crunch (bonus points for Sugar Cookie Toast Crunch, if you can find it), but this first brush with the cold calls for cookies dipped in milk.

(Since I do in fact have Oreos, I do not need to rush to the store. Except I do, because I don't have any buns for the turkey burgers I'm making for dinner.)