While I prefer the cold weather to hot weather (it’s much easier to warm up than cool down), it seems to have two awful side-effects.
One, it’s harder to get up in the mornings. I have enough trouble with that without the cold weather.
Two, mice have been raiding our house for comfort and shelter. Two nights ago, I caught a mouse in my bedroom. I closed the door, cornered it in the corner of the room where the bed is, and proceeded to sift through every single box under the bed.
Of course, the mouse was nowhere to be found, so I left the door open so he could find his own way out. And I just found their way out: through the front door. Turns out there is a slight gap on the hinge side of the door that the mice can squeeze through. How do I know? I just caught two in the act.
Mice: just take what you want (bedding, food, supplies) for the winter and leave us alone!
I’ve had a similar problem. I once covered the gap under my door with towels and the little bastard still got into the room.
One thing that I have found that seems to be very effective, however, was to borrow next door’s cat (admittedly, without their permission). I let it wander around the house for a while whenever it visited me, hoping to get its scent spread around a bit, and the mouse has now gone (well, at least, I haven’t seen it for weeks, and it was one of the boldest creatures I’ve ever encountered – came into rooms while I was in them).
I live in switzerland and I would prefer warm weather