Pre-Thanksgiving Whatever

Remember Pixie and Dixie, those two adorable “meeses” ("meeses" being pronounced to rhyme with "pieces"), who ran Mr. Jinks (the cat) ragged to the point that usually at the end of each cartoon episode the jinxed Mr. Jinks would say, I hate meeses to pieces?

Well, Alex has been using Mr. Jink’s line quite a bit since that meese—or, uh, mouse—escaped him last week in the Bathroom Drama. He still maintains his vigilant watch on the space between the stove and the kitchen cabinets. However, to the best of my knowledge, no meeses have emerged from it.

The Vigilant Mouse Slayer on Watch

I, however, have seen the mouse, or maybe, the meeses, more than once. Alex was right: they do nest behind the stove. However, since last week's incident in which Alex the Mouse Slayer chased the itty bitty mousey from the kitchen into the bathroom, I don’t believe any itty bitty mousies have ventured onto the kitchen floor. When I have observed the mouse, it has been scampering across my kitchen counter top and leaping behind the stove. I suppose that I must become accustomed to sharing my home with meeses. After all, every church I have ever pastored has had its church mouse or two.

Amos, the church mouse in Disney’s Ben and Me

So, perhaps I will join Alex and Mr. Jinks in the lament: I hate meeses to pieces. Then, again, I may not.