Dear Folks, I know that I've belabored this subject years before but once again I have a mouse problem along with an ant problem. Regarding the mice, they're back again and for the life of me I can't understand why they're in my kitchen and scurrying all over my kitchen counter top. I'm very particular that when I go to bed at night there's not a scrap of leftover food on the countertop. Well that goes the same for the ants that continue to stroll all over my counter top. No they're not in a mass group heading for an open sugar bowl, it's that there are just enough of them to drive me crazy. Regarding the pesky ants, I'm certain that the advice I would be given is to put out some sort ant deterrent to keep them off of my kitchen counter top. Regarding the mice, I'm certain that the advice I'd be given would be to plug up the holes in the foundation where they're entering my house. Like right! My house is as old as I am and there ain't no way that I could plug up all of the holes as small as the mice could crawl through. Here's my big question. Why in the world are the mice and the ants scrounging around in my bare kitchen hoping for food scraps when it's now spring and there's all of the outdoors to forage in? clueless in the country, vee