Eight-Legged Freaks
"M-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-M!" screamed our five year old Bunny, "There are a bunch of cockroaches crawling all over the coffee table!"
"WHAT?! I screamed. My immediate urge was throw up then take a shower.
*I have just recently decided that cockroaches are the most disgusting, vile and dysfunctional creatures on the planet. He-Man kills them for me if we ever see them...and with the freezing weather recently, it seems that all sorts of little visitors have been popping up in the house. The problem is, he tends to use my shoes to carry out the execution order.
I've also decided that only Disney could possibly make cockroaches cute. Although, I'm not even sure watching WALL-E again is going to redeem them.
Turns out, they weren't cockroaches. They were tiny little spiders from an egg that hatched somewhere around there. Gross. My skin is still crawling. Even after vacuuming I can't find where the egg was
Ants
We have an ant problem. The past tenants, who I continue to try to have happy, heartwarming feelings towards, (when I succeed, I let you know with a list of good qualities I'm sure they possess) left disgusting messes in the cupboards which included left over food, crumbs and sticky stuff. This, of course, was basically an announcement to the massive ant population of the greater metropolitan area that there was an on going kegger at our house. While I clean up the messes I find, I still keep finding more and more makeshift flyers for the feast.
Last night we put out ant bait. This morning, I went to hide it away from curious hands only to find hundreds of ants gathered around it, in what I can only assume was their makeshift disco ball.
Fuzzy Whatever It Is
We have an Easter box that has recently been an emitting a certain earthy, rotten smell. I first noticed it when we were preparing for our move and organizing our rubbermaids and again when we got here and organized them in their new closet.
Last night, I pulled out the box again to retrieve some Valentines and was bowled over by the smell. I think it must've magnified by 10 since we last opened it. After a brief inspection that turned up nothing I thought it would be prudent to air it out and leave the box open in the office. Which only incited reactions such as:
"Ewwww! What is that smell?!"
"Mom! RP has a stinky diaper...I think."
"Gross, Mom! Was that you?!"
Finally, I dived in and took a closer look...er, sniff. Note to self and anyone reading this: NEVER make the choice to inhale deeply when elbow deep in suspect Easter supplies from years past. After investigating the baskets, left over grass and decor, I opened up the reusable plastic eggs...and there, nestled in pile was a black, fuzzy and horribly stinky something. I have no idea what it was. All I know is that it got on my hand!
Sheesh! I think I'm going to sleep with the lights ON tonight.
7 comments:
Eeew, gross! That gives me the heebie jeebies. Yes, cockroaches are disgusting, ants are really annoying (we've been battling them for 4 years coming and going), and a smelly easter box would be a scary thing! Don't have too many bad dreams, I hope!
Ok...now that my skin is crawling...
eeerrrrr....Easter...year old Easter Eggs...did you, by chance, put a real egg in a plastic egg? That could explain the smell...ick!
Cockroaches = total disgust!
Ants = total obnoxiousness!
(I hope I can sleep tonight!)
Sweet dreams my friend!
Trishelle... my skin is crawling with you... if that were me I think I'd run bug bomb the place!! I'm such a bug freak, I make Jeremy spray and inside and out of the house every year... if not more often during bug season! I'm SO SORRY!! I remember our first apts in Gresham.... fleas!! Disgusting!
P.S. That last comment you gave me was one of the sweetest things anyone has said to me. Thank you. It's funny to me though, because Trishelle, can I just say DITTO! I feel the same about you. Thank you.
Don't use your shoes for the roaches, use the vacuum hose, works like a charm and you don't have to even get real close to them! I've taught my children how to suck them up! The joys of FL living. I never really had bugs in my house before living here besides the occasional fly. Ants, yep, always a problem here. Don't let your kids get near the ant piles. They are mean and they have a fiery bite, ask Kaden.
#1 - call an exterminator right away! It will only get worse - you can't clean enough to keep them away. I've had it with the mice and am about to call one myself. They consumed 4 packs of brown sugar. I hope they ate themselves to death! You'd think in a new home they would not come in. I know there has to be a crack somewhere.
And we had an easter egg disaster too. My mom gave my daughter an Easter basket and it was loaded with fun things. I never inspected it. It sat on her dresser for months until one day I realized that nasty smell was not from the laundry basket, but from the easter basket. There were 4 hard boiled eggs in the bottom of her basket covered by all sorts of non-edible gifts. First of all, my daughter knew they were there. Second, I'm not sure why she didn't eat them - she loves them! Third, my daughter had dyed them herself. Ugh. Note to self -always inspect gift baskets and look under every bit of paper straw!
Oh Trishelle! Blech! I'm so sorry. I don't miss the Florida cockroaches. At all. You know exactly why.
Will your landlord pay for an exterminator? A bug service? Most owners in Florida that we knew would have someone come once a month or every other month at most to spray.
We never had ants in our apartments in FL, but friends did. We are dealing with ants galore over here though. It feels like Ant Armageddon. But we're making some headway. Between an ant-spraying service, a store-bought spray, and some caulk, we are slowly making progress. Any progress is good. That's what I keep telling myself as I empty out the cupboard to re-wash my dishes and find the crack to caulk.
We saw a lot of those roaches when we managed apartments!! GROSS!!!!
When we moved to Utah I forgot how many more spiders there were!! I AM TERRIFIED!!
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