Tis The Season...
March 14th 2008 19:30
What Is the worst thing you can think of when living in an older house...let's say more than 100 years old? What's the worst that comes to my mind? Well other than the fact that it has no heating or air conditioning, the worst thing that I have come across is the infestation of BUGS!!
We've only lived here, in the boonies, for a little over a year. I was so excited to be in a new place, new town, new everything. But when Spring came, I was in for a MAJOR shock!! All of a sudden we were getting more and more spiders and sugar ants and flies in the house!! No matter how clean I kept the place or how much spray we put on them...no matter what we did, they came. But by Summer it was worse!! In every little cabinet or corner, there the spiders sat. My counter tops were completely covered in ants, and the flies were so bad that no matter how much swatting we did or traps we hung up, you were almost scared to breathe because they'd fly up your nose. I actually woke up one afternoon from a nap and a fly was in my nose!!
Now I know that this all sounds so funny, but it really is very annoying and made me feel like I'm a pig because of how my house got over run by these bastards!! Now here it is, almost Spring again. A few days ago I took a shower, and because I'm so used to looking up at the ceiling to see if I have any "watchers" (spiders), I was greeted by two...YES, two spiders were already on the ceiling!! And then last night, I went to take a drink of my soda which had been sitting out for more than an hour. Would you like to know what I was greeted by? A sugar ant...yes, already. I'm NOT excited!! If you haven't guessed by now, I'm a little scared of spiders. I don't care WHAT kind they are and how harmless they are, I don't care for them and wish God created something different than those suckers.
The whole point to this is the fact that Winter was just not long enough and my daily battles are approaching. If you are wondering if I've ever had to go through this before, no, I haven't. I've dealt with an occasional spider and a few flies, but not hoards of them at once. Throw in the dang sugar ants and I've got myself a party of insects that don't want to go home. I'm getting the confetti ready.
We've only lived here, in the boonies, for a little over a year. I was so excited to be in a new place, new town, new everything. But when Spring came, I was in for a MAJOR shock!! All of a sudden we were getting more and more spiders and sugar ants and flies in the house!! No matter how clean I kept the place or how much spray we put on them...no matter what we did, they came. But by Summer it was worse!! In every little cabinet or corner, there the spiders sat. My counter tops were completely covered in ants, and the flies were so bad that no matter how much swatting we did or traps we hung up, you were almost scared to breathe because they'd fly up your nose. I actually woke up one afternoon from a nap and a fly was in my nose!!
Now I know that this all sounds so funny, but it really is very annoying and made me feel like I'm a pig because of how my house got over run by these bastards!! Now here it is, almost Spring again. A few days ago I took a shower, and because I'm so used to looking up at the ceiling to see if I have any "watchers" (spiders), I was greeted by two...YES, two spiders were already on the ceiling!! And then last night, I went to take a drink of my soda which had been sitting out for more than an hour. Would you like to know what I was greeted by? A sugar ant...yes, already. I'm NOT excited!! If you haven't guessed by now, I'm a little scared of spiders. I don't care WHAT kind they are and how harmless they are, I don't care for them and wish God created something different than those suckers.
The whole point to this is the fact that Winter was just not long enough and my daily battles are approaching. If you are wondering if I've ever had to go through this before, no, I haven't. I've dealt with an occasional spider and a few flies, but not hoards of them at once. Throw in the dang sugar ants and I've got myself a party of insects that don't want to go home. I'm getting the confetti ready.
| 70 |
| Vote |
Subscribe to this blog
Comment by Harry
Sydney Diary
Personals
Brisbane Diarystar
Zoo Parent
Comment by rosey3223
My Dailies