Tonight my darling dh brought home "what-a-burger's" and they were mighty tasty! I really should go out and walk them off....but I'm sleepy now from eating.
Today I had the bug guy here. We have had a problem with carpenter ants, and thought we had taken care of them....unfortunately the little buggers prooved us wrong, and showed thier ugly little faces again. Dh and I had to go to my mother's house, and when we came home, we had an infestation of flying ants in our dining room. Apparently the rain causes them to search for higher and dryer ground, which constituted our window. They are attracted to light, so they were by the computer and the stove light. Now, being from the north, I never realized what a problem these insects are....up there, having ants meant you were not too concerned about the cleanliness of your house....however here, you could clean all day every day (eg me) and still have them. When we got home, I could hear a screeching from inside the house and thought, oh man, the girls must be scared to death! However, upon entering I realized it was laughter....as wee one was catching them, and dropping them into my burning Yankee candle. Horrified I asked her what she was doing and she replied, "I'm cremating them!" Betsy was caught between laughing and gagging. (I can't help but wonder what my spiced apple candle is going to smell like, next time I light it....little ant bodies suspended in wax....)
But I digress....the guy came today and put bait in the bathrooms, under the sinks, in the kitchen, behind toilets and shower heads, and then sprayed and spread granuals around the house. Hopefully this will do the trick. I hate to think of the little monsters crawling around inside my attic or walls. Ewwwww. One more thing to despise about living here.
I have to say I am so proud of Betsy. Yesterday morning she left for my mom's house, and spent the night. Since my sister was working and my mom had to go to thedoctor with my grandmother, Betsy stayed over and spent the day caring for my dad. She said he did really well, and she enjoyed spending time with him. She can be a "typical" teenager sometimes, but when it comes down to it, she is a wonderful, loving girl. Last night as we were walking to pick up wee one from her friends house, we were talking and she said, "I had such a nice time with Gram, I didn't realize how much I missed being with her." I can't tell you how wonderful that made me feel. I have truly been blessed with two of the most loving and special kids in the world....in my opinion!
Well, it seems everyone wants dessert and I am apparently the only one who knows how to work the ice cream scoop....*sigh. Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
9 comments:
Ummm, do you have enough ice cream for me? YUM! You do have some pretty great kids - good job mom!
I see you have the same problem, no one but me knows how to work that difficult ice cream scoop! lol
aww I'm glad Betsy enjoyed her time with her Grandma and thats great that she helped care for her Grandpa :)
still lol about "I'm cremating them!" You'll have to let us know if your Yankee candle was tarnished! I do hope that your ant problem will be solved, those are pesky little buggers!
Its great that your kids are learning early to care for familiy members. Hey I have a good excuse for not walking. ITS RAINING!!!!!!! Lori
Yes, you truely are blessed...and they are blessed knowing you know how to use the ice cream scoop!! LOL. :o)
But seriously, I think it's great that the kids love spending time with their grandparents...I sure miss mine. But a lot of what I learned was from watching and listening to my Grandma!
And LOL at Wee One....omg that's too funny!!
Your daughters are wonderful little girls. I love hearing about them. As for the aunts...well carpenter ants eat wood..what is my house right in front of? yep. We suffer with them. We have this big green bottle of crap with a little hose we got at home depot. Once around the foundation twice a summer and that takes care of them. Think it's 15 bucks. And my friend Jennifer in florida was the one that told me about the stuff. She gets them bad down there too and she is also a clean freak
Mmmm, I'd like a scoop while your dishing up! :-)
Your daughters sound so sweet and LOVING.
Monica who is off to bed. Nite Sherry
Yeah, I would be up all night wonjdering if they were climbing in my walls!! Thats cool though that the girls weren't freaking about them....too bad about the candle though...lol
Jackie
Here in Vegas you have to have an exterminator come monthly or you are over run by bugs....since im not into bugs I choose to have the extermination once a month thank you!
Yummy, the burgers sound good, I love burgers
Those bugs sound like the flying ants we can get. I can remember when I lived in Wales coming home to a black wall, it was covered. I vacuumed them all, which was weird as you could see them in the drum of my dyson vac. I laughed so much as wee ones cremaorium, shes such a character :)
It was lovely of Betsy to help out. I think family are so important and its lovely when you hear of a family who take care of each other. You have 2 gems there, your daughters are lovely, just like their mum.........Jules xxx
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