Mice are Not Nice ... A product Review To Help You Rid Those Not Nice Mice!

 See this cat? He looks ferocious right? HA! Bandit is anything, but ferocious. Bandit is 15 (yes FIFTEEN) pounds of loving. This guy loves everyone and anyone and anything! Even our birds! And if you come to our house and ignore him and he wants petted ... he will get you to pet him because he will smack you till you do. This is Bandit's favorite thing to do ... lounging! He thinks this is his Throne!

So, a couple of weekends ago we were doing my favorite thing (not really) cleaning the garage when I was sweeping and moving around boxes I noticed a lot of little black droppings. GROSS! And nesting material! Hmmm ... Not good at all. I HATE mice! The are dirty, nasty little creatures. You would have to ask my eight yer old about the time we had one get in our house and I whacked it with her play vacuum cleaner and killed it. She was three and still remembers it and the "Mommy broke her vacuum!" Yes this really is a true story I could not make this one up! Anyway, back to the garage. I know almost all garages probably have mice, but that does not mean I have to like it I wanted to kill those little varmints. I remembered when I was looking for something else on Amazon someone recommending a MICE DEFENSE so I went searching and found it!

http://www.amazon.com/Defense-Repellent-Deterent-Spray-Natural-For/dp/B01BLNEJZQ?ie=UTF8&keywords=Mice%20Defense%2032oz%20Repellent%20Deterent%20Spray.%20All%20Natural-For%20All%20Types%20of%20Mice&qid=1460902998&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

is a all Natural Mouse Defense Spray. Meaning it is safe to use around people, small children, and pets. The one Con to using this spray is it does have VERY strong odor, but if you can get past the odor or you are hopefully just using it in a outdoor open area you will not be overwhelmed by it. The key ingredients in this product is Peppermint Oil, Rosemary Oil, Vinegar and White Pepper all of which mice do not like. These are all things that professional exterminators are known to use too.

We drenched the main area where we saw the droppings and the opening to the garage where we figured they were coming in. We made sure the are was all cleaned firs so we knew if there were new mice running threw this area.

It has now been three weeks since we have sprayed, Exterminators Choice, Mice Defense and I am happy to say we have seen little to none tell tell signs of new friends!
 
  I received this product on a promotional discount for my honest review and they are 100% my own opinions. I received no compensation for this review and I am not required to give a positive review. I am also not associated with the seller in any way.

                                        This is the only mouse this Big Boy is gonna get!

"No Mommy I Did Not ..."

Have you ever heard those words, but you knew the answer already?

This morning as I am in the bathroom, Penny comes into the bathroom to ask me a question. I did not even wait for her question as I had a much more important one...

ME: "Why are your lips blue?" Of coarse, I already knew the answer, but I wanted to her the explanation.

PENNY:  "I don't know."

ME: "If you don't know who should I ask? Is there something you would like to tell me?"

PENNY: "Can we go out to breakfast?"

ME: "That's a question not a statement."

PENNY: "I want to go out to breakfast!"

ME: "We need to figure out first what is wrong with your lips."

PENNY: "Oh..."

ME: "And what is on your sleeve and shirt."

PENNY: "I think it was from a couple of days ago when I got a stain on it."

I am trying to know keep a straight face and not to laugh.

ME: "Do you think maybe you liked the icing of the cupcakes?"

PENNY: "No there was some on the cartoon and I liked it off so it would not get all over."

ME:: "If I go into the kitchen and look and there is icing off a cupcake ..."

Silence. I've given her the chance to come clean so fire is now shooting out of my head!

ME: "PENNY!!!" As I am in the kitchen and the cupcake box lid is not on right and two little finger prints are smeared through  the top of the cupcakes.

PENNY: "Yes, Mommy?"

By know I just know I am not going to get a straight answer so I give up.

ME: "Just for future reference ... next time wipe the evidence off your face and not on your clothes. And put the lid back on the container and don't leave fingerprints."

I guess as least I know she won't be a criminal ... at lest if it involves a Criminal Icing Thief:".

SIX HORRIBLE THINGS I DO BEHIND MY CHILDS BACK

We teach our children that honesty is important... right? We teach our kids not to lie to us and that lying is not allowed... right? As a mom that is in our job description I am pretty sure. So, how doe we justify the things we sometimes do behind our children's backs? It's in our job description right that we mom's now what is ok to do behind there back... right? Someones got my back on this one right? I think my mom would say it is using the "Executive Decision"  or other wise known as Mom's Rule # ... .

1. Throwing away a piece or two of art work or something she's made for us. I use to save everything she made for us. Then one day I realized that I have boxes piled up of things she has made and had ever intention of getting into a scrapbook, but never have. I don't know how, but it's  like radar goes off and she finds it in the trash. I try to get away with "I don't know how that got in there?" But since her daddy doesn't seem to know where the trash can is ... she knows it wasn't him! I try to logic with her taht I can't keep every piece ... "just the special ones". That just gets me in deeper trouble. Then at my mom's this past summer while I was trying to help her move and down size ... what do I do? "Mom you really aren't throwing that away are you. My mom just laughs at me... she knows I have had this exact same conversation. So, now I find myself with still even more boxes ... hoping to find there way into scrapbooks sooner then later.                                                                                     
2. Eating popcorn after she's gone to bed. I don't like to share my popcorn! I already have four little fur babies staring at me wanting some ... I don't want to have to share my popcorn with anyone else. I blame this on my dad. He did the exact same thing to me.
3.  Throw away those annoying toys that we as mom's don't like.  Personally, I mom test toys before  I buy them, but you know there is always that one relative that thinks a farting dog bank is really  cool and gives them lots of pennies to let them see how may times Spot can fart. Let them take the  bank home and with them and see how cute it is at 10 pm when their kids are still up because they have figured out how to take the rubber stopper out of the bottom and get the money back out so the fun continues. Oh wait ... their the ones that don't have kids!
4. Telling them their favorite tv show is not one because you really can not stand to see one more rerun of Sponge Bob. What happened to the rule "No Sponge Bob or Barney will ever play a part of this household? Oh yeah ... daddies seem to think Sponge Bob is great!
5.  Promising her that "I will not tell Daddy what you did today!". Then the minute he walks in the door "Guess what YOUR daughter did today!!!"  
6. Sounding like my mom. I love my mom don't get me wrong, but how many times did we say when we  were young "I will not ever say that to my child!". Then out it comes .. .did I really just say "If you roll your eyes like that again ...".

It's your turn ... surely I am not the only "bad mom" out there!