Argh!
So while it wasn’t raining and we had record-breaking heat, we didn’t have one of summer’s most miserable nuisances–
MOSQUITOES.
With the return of the rain, we’ve had an outbreak of epic proportions. We can’t open the door without the blood-suckers swarming inside the house and taking the dog out requires Off repellent in gallon quantities. Terrible, terrible. I *hate* mosquitoes.Â
Thankfully my dh has been outside–being eaten alive, no less-fogging and spraying our yard in an attempt to kill off a few of the little vampires. Eek! Is a happy medium too much to ask? Why must everything be one extreme or the other. 
Damn. It’s not even Wednesday yet.
September 4th, 2007 at 5:24 am
I’ve actually devoted quite few brain cells to trying to figure out what ecological purpose they serve and I always come up empty. They’re simply horrid.
September 4th, 2007 at 5:46 am
Well ladies at least we share the same views and weather…though when it rains here we lose our phones, still a mystery to the local Ma Bell, but alas I finally have internet back, I’ve missed y’all !! I try to avoid night from dusk on, the nasty litle blood suckers are too much, perhaps that is why we have cats and not dogs
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday, time for the traffic grid to begin. Have a good day!
September 4th, 2007 at 7:37 am
Seems all the bugs are out–every cricket, kadydid, and other noise-making bug is in my backyard.
And I don’t know if it’s the heat or the drought or what, but spiders have been terrible this year. Cobwebs are everywhere and I’m killing the little leggy suckers all day long.
September 4th, 2007 at 8:49 am
Yep, I agree with all so far. And why can’t we have a nice medium here? Go figure. I hope everyone has a nice Tuesday.
September 4th, 2007 at 11:47 am
I agree. We just sucked up a gazillion spider babies into the vacuum last night as they were descending down our wall. Eek! I also killed a humongeous mosquito trying to land on my ankle last night. That thing was as big as a quarter!!!!
Thank God for researchers who’ve developed methods for killing the blood-thirsty varments.
FYI, Mansquito aired on TV this past weekend. Double eek!!!
September 4th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Eeeeeeee! Okay, I’m hiding under the bed until all this talk of creepy crawly bloodsuckers is over…
September 4th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Um…Kathy…why are you up vacuuming on a newly surgified (yes, I’m making up words) knee? I haven’t vacuumed in I don’t know how long and my knees are…well, not good, but they’re original.
My house is being fought over by ants and spiders. Neither of them seem terribly concerned about including me (the mortgage payer) in the fight. Lets just say my house smells like eu de Country Flower Fresh raid. I don’t dare go outside…
September 4th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Our mosquitoes are pretty much gone, as evidenced by being able to sit outside and enjoy a bonfire last night.
However, we’ve had to replace flying pests with the need to wear long pants and long sleeves. (Yeah, it was a tad cool last night…
But frankly, I’m not complaining!
September 4th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Oh, sorry. I should have said DH was vacuuming. I’m behaving… honestly.