The Rat

Our house is currently full of people, dogs, cats.....and a rat. We've had a mouse problem lately and so when Jonny started yelling that there was a huge mouse in the kitchen, I really didn't think much of it. To my astonishment, when I pulled the stove away from the wall a rat the size of a small cat flew out of no where and ran into a hole in the wall. We....oh wait, I can hear it in the wall.....

Ok, so back to the story. After my staff meeting last night, Jonny and I went to Lowe's and bought a live small animal trap so we can capture the rat and then release it in a wheat field or something....whatever, just as long as it's not in my house. I set it up last night with a tasty half of a granny smith apple smeared with some peanut butter. Then, we waited.

I awoke this morning to find that the stupid rat had taken the apple, left the peanut butter and escaped. After fuming for a bit about this stupid genius rat with peanut allergies, I devised a plan. In my kitchen at this very moment is a trap with a piece of apple wired to the top on the inside. That way, the stupid rat will have to stand on the trigger plate to reach it's precious apple and I will be the VICTOR!!! Updates on my progress to follow.....