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| QUOTE (Wilfrid @ Jun 8 2005, 10:57 AM) |
| Worst of both worlds: all crowd, no Shakira. |
Maybe she needed more wiggle room.
Ants. I got ant traps, which have worked in the past. After a couple of horrifying swarms in the kitchen and living room they seemed to have disappeared. They are teeny, tiny brown ones and very hard to see on my wooden floors. This morning I caught one crawling up the bathroom wall and last night, sacre bleu, there was one in the bed. 
I don't want to spray because I have two cats.
I don't want to spray because I have two cats.
The house where I stayed last summer had an ant problem in the kitchen. They used some non-toxic thing which worked with regular application. It killed them on spot. It was a pain, though.
| QUOTE (Liza @ Jun 8 2005, 12:08 PM) |
| Toddler's bowels are improving, yeah, but my new symptoms is vertigo. Discovered whilst driving, good god. |
these things are related?
cure for vertigo: take kim novak to top of tall bell-tower; ascend via spiral staircase.
| QUOTE (Daisy @ Jun 8 2005, 02:29 PM) |
| Ants. I got ant traps, which have worked in the past. After a couple of horrifying swarms in the kitchen and living room they seemed to have disappeared. They are teeny, tiny brown ones and very hard to see on my wooden floors. This morning I caught one crawling up the bathroom wall and last night, sacre bleu, there was one in the bed. I don't want to spray because I have two cats. |
Cayenne is supposedly a good ant repellant.
When your kids lost your hair brush, when your dog peed on the floor at the door, when you run out of gas on the highway 
| QUOTE (bloviatrix @ Jun 8 2005, 01:28 PM) |
| Cayenne is supposedly a good ant repellant. |
Cinammon, too. They hate it.
I have always found them averse to boiling water. 
Windex seems to work as well--at least on the small ants.
I'm having trouble sleeping these days. I don't know why. My face is starting to show it too.
http://www.commonsensecare.com/diatomaceous-earth.html
This stuff works great for ants, cockroaches and fleas and is safe around pets (you can even use it as flea control.
This stuff works great for ants, cockroaches and fleas and is safe around pets (you can even use it as flea control.
| QUOTE (The Scream @ Jun 8 2005, 08:55 PM) |
| I'm having trouble sleeping these days. I don't know why. My face is starting to show it too. |
I find a glass of wine really helps (although for some it makes them wake up in the middle of the night). Have you tried Ambien?
| QUOTE (The Scream @ Jun 8 2005, 03:55 PM) |
| I'm having trouble sleeping these days. I don't know why. My face is starting to show it too. |
i've been taking lunestra. it works great and is not habit forming. call your doctor. no alcohol though.
Our bedroom a/c is sitting on the floor of the foyer awaiting installation into window and my dear husband refuses to clean all his shit off the bed in the second bedroom (aka the basement, attic, mini-storage) which already has its air conditioner. I'm getting sick of this weather.
Man oh man, I hear all of that.
A bunch of really big and itchy bug bites have appeared on my legs.
Want coffee but my acid reflux forbids it. DAMN ACID!
PS: Abby -- words of advice: cortisone and don't itch.
PS: Abby -- words of advice: cortisone and don't itch.
bbq - are you talking Prilosec? Over the counter...works like a charm. Every morning take 20mg....and voila, no more discomfort.
| QUOTE (Country Cook @ Jun 8 2005, 04:15 PM) |
| http://www.commonsensecare.com/diatomaceous-earth.html This stuff works great for ants, cockroaches and fleas and is safe around pets (you can even use it as flea control. |
i love diatoms
this also works well if you have slugs in your garden. the diatoms are so sharp they cut the body of the slug. it's also used for filtering water.
Fucking senile old cat peed in my gardening clogs. Luckily, they're all rubber & I just hosed them down and left them to dry in the sun, but still...
That's more like it. Enough of these cuddly kittens.
Also, eighth-grade graduation tonight: I can look forward to snuggling up with the huddled masses in this heat, in a gymnasium with little to no ventilation.
And what the fuck is up with eighth-grade graduation, anyway? You'd think they were graduating from fucking Harvard with all the damned pomp and circumstance, and the expense for all the attendant activities. IT'S ONLY EIGHTH GRADE, PEOPLE. Get a little perspective, man.
And what the fuck is up with eighth-grade graduation, anyway? You'd think they were graduating from fucking Harvard with all the damned pomp and circumstance, and the expense for all the attendant activities. IT'S ONLY EIGHTH GRADE, PEOPLE. Get a little perspective, man.
I have been to the beach four days in a row and now I am sunburned and can not go today. Well, I guess I can do the dishes.
ordering ice coffee and getting hot coffee poured over a glass of ice which instantly melts yielding watery, tepid coffee. 
| QUOTE (Tamar G @ Jun 9 2005, 11:01 AM) |
| ordering ice coffee and getting hot coffee poured over a glass of ice which instantly melts yielding watery, tepid coffee. |
I hear you.
| QUOTE (GG Mora @ Jun 9 2005, 11:41 AM) |
| Also, eighth-grade graduation tonight: I can look forward to snuggling up with the huddled masses in this heat, in a gymnasium with little to no ventilation. And what the fuck is up with eighth-grade graduation, anyway? You'd think they were graduating from fucking Harvard with all the damned pomp and circumstance, and the expense for all the attendant activities. IT'S ONLY EIGHTH GRADE, PEOPLE. Get a little perspective, man. |
I was invited to a Nursery graduation. And this is for a 3 year old who's just doing another year of nursery next year -- at the same school.
| QUOTE (GG Mora @ Jun 9 2005, 08:41 AM) |
| Also, eighth-grade graduation tonight: I can look forward to snuggling up with the huddled masses in this heat, in a gymnasium with little to no ventilation. And what the fuck is up with eighth-grade graduation, anyway? You'd think they were graduating from fucking Harvard with all the damned pomp and circumstance, and the expense for all the attendant activities. IT'S ONLY EIGHTH GRADE, PEOPLE. Get a little perspective, man. |
There're different ways of looking at this. I was the salutatorian of my little eighth grade class. It's been downhill ever since. So, I had a second place moment of glory. The valedictorian soon after achieving that distinction became the first girl in the class to get pregnant and had to go off to "Aunt Mary's" for about 6 months. But it does seem silly that people get bumper stickers commemorating anything and everything: honor student, citizen of the month, perfect attendance, etc.
so this is why none of you came to my egullet graduation ceremony last month.
| QUOTE (mongo_jones @ Jun 9 2005, 04:16 PM) |
| so this is why none of you came to my egullet graduation ceremony last month. |
I was there. I was just so embarresed for you I thought it best to keep to myself. You seemed so proud and dignified and well, I knew what was about to happen. I just wept silent tears and prayed you'd be strong.
Remember: PLUCK MAKES LUCK!
You did get the flowers, right?
| QUOTE (mongo_jones @ Jun 9 2005, 09:16 AM) |
| so this is why none of you came to my egullet graduation ceremony last month. |
You're a grad of the eG Culinary Institute? Wow!
[OK, so I'm the one who stole your tassle.
]
Being a legacy participant of the eGullet Society for Arts & Letters is in bold in my CV.
Manu Ginobili. Is he exempt from personal fouls? Did no one but me notice him shove Ben Wallace down last night? Whatever. We'll be seeing him again in Detroit.
| QUOTE (NeroW @ Jun 10 2005, 11:00 AM) |
| Manu Ginobili. Is he exempt from personal fouls? Did no one but me notice him shove Ben Wallace down last night? Whatever. We'll be seeing him again in Detroit. |
ha-ha!
i'm changing my pick to the spurs in a sweep...
gin-oh-bill-eeeeeeeeeeeee!
I'm breaking out in hives. All I have eaten today is yogurt so WTF is causing it??
| QUOTE (Daisy @ Jun 10 2005, 02:29 PM) |
| I'm breaking out in hives. All I have eaten today is yogurt so WTF is causing it?? |
Stress can. Happened to me once when I first started practicing law, then I learned not to keep it all bottled up. Go ahead and try letting it out, go tell a co-worker to fuck off.
| QUOTE (Ron Johnson @ Jun 10 2005, 03:34 PM) | ||
Stress can. Happened to me once when I first started practicing law, then I learned not to keep it all bottled up. Go ahead and try letting it out, go tell a co-worker to fuck off. |
And then go have an ice-cold martini, right?
Are you using any new products? New dry cleaner? New clothes detergent?Any bug bites?
No, but I am the princess from The Princess and the Pea. For all I know it could be a new perfume someone on the other side of the office is wearing. I recently acquired a linen jacket and the first couple of times I wore it had red streaks all over my neck from the collar rubbing me.
Are you wearing a lei?
| QUOTE (Daisy @ Jun 10 2005, 02:36 PM) | ||||
And then go have an ice-cold martini, right? |
Yes Doctor.
Physical therapy on my knees.
Physical therapy my arse. This is fucking exercise and I don't like it.
Physical therapy my arse. This is fucking exercise and I don't like it.
| QUOTE (g.johnson @ Jun 10 2005, 07:15 PM) |
| Physical therapy on my knees. |
You British with your funny games.
The Detroit Pistons.
NYTimes website has been f'ed up for a week.
I can't sleep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The city is getting a bit ripe in this weather. Some downtown blocks were real nose-holders over the weekend. 
Upstate: Bugs. Specificallly, flies and mosquitoes.
| QUOTE (omnivorette @ Jun 13 2005, 10:24 AM) |
| Upstate: Bugs. Specificallly, flies and mosquitoes. |
Yes, yes, country living. Fact of life here. Snakes and rodents, as well.
Munchkin got well bitten in the city - as did I last weekend.
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