think happy thoughts
April 30th, 2007 @ 10:34 am | blonde moments | Post a CommentGreat news, everyone! I was not eaten alive by roaches this weekend! I know you were all worried to death. I wish I could say that I defended my home by myself, but the truth is that my sister* came over and totally saved the day.
Between Thursday night and Friday night I didn’t see the roach once. But on my way out the door for the whole weekend (literally, it was my last step out of the house), I saw him just chillen on my entryway step. Busted!
Of course I have absolutely no balls so I simply squealed and ran outside and got my sister to do the honors with her flip flop. I was able to leave town for the weekend knowing that my house was free of unwanted visitors.
Finaly tally: Sister: 1 million; Roach: 4; Janet: 0 (yet still quite happy)
More than anything, the comments on my last post made me realize that I am not the only bug-fearing weenie in the world.
And now we can move on to the next gross problem in my house: Ants. They are everywhere! Is there some kind of springtime rite of passage that one must have a bug infested home or something?
* By “sister” I mean “sister-in-law” but I love her like a real sis and she lives much closer to me (3 blocks) than my real sister (3,000 miles). Also? My real sister is more scared of roaches than I am and would be of no help here. One time in college she found a roach in her bed and had to come sleep at my apartment for a week because she was so traumatized.
And now because I am so tired of having the word roach on my page like 4 billion times, here are all the happy things I want you to think about today when you read this blog: Ponies. Rainbows. Milkshakes. Lisa Frank sticker collections. Diamonds. Snow days. A brand new box of markers. Thin Mints. Sunsets at the beach. Making out with a cute boy.
Phew. I don’t know about you, but I am feeling much better already!
Ah, thank you for the happy ending thoughts! I will spend the ENTIRE day day-dreaming about My Little Pony… and the “olden days” when I could watch their super-fabulous TV show for hours on end.
xox
written by heidikins
April 30th, 2007 @ 10:57 am
This has been a major ordeal!! I’m happy to go back to a state of Girl Scoutin’ Thin Mintin’ bliss!
written by Laurel
April 30th, 2007 @ 11:04 am
I think the best thing about this line of thinking is the funny Google ads that come up, like this gem:
Kill Cockroachs
Lots of Products + Free info. Fast, affordable shipping too.
Anyway, we seem to have seasonal ants, too, but I don’t mind them as much because I take such great satisfaction in whacking them with flip flops. I always feel a twinge of sympathy (poor little Communists), but a few ant traps seem to do the trick.
written by RA
April 30th, 2007 @ 11:06 am
My parents have ants in KW and they put out cinnamon. Supposedly the ants hate it. Might want to research this first.
written by Erika
April 30th, 2007 @ 11:30 am
Victory over Roach! Yay! I have an ant infestation too! Careful with your ant killing methods - don’t wan to hurt the kittes!
written by alison
April 30th, 2007 @ 11:34 am
You know, the power of suggestion is so strong for me. I think I will have to have a junk food day today and buy some Peppermint Paddies (I like them better than Thin Mints) and a chocolate shake. I’m doomed.
written by Chiada
April 30th, 2007 @ 11:43 am
Told you … a flip flop is the shotgun of roach killing.
~Jef
written by Edge
April 30th, 2007 @ 12:18 pm
Ants are the bane of my existence. I don’t think one should have to deal with insects when one doesn’t HAVE A YARD. It seems awfully unfair.
We have to have an exterminator come every three months, or else the ants literally take over our house.
And the real kicker is that I feel bad for killing them. I just want to bargain with them: I’ll give you all the stale cat food you want if you just stay outside.
Stupid ass bugs won’t take the deal.
written by Jennifer
April 30th, 2007 @ 2:37 pm
Kill the critters! Icky nasty things!
written by webcowgirl
April 30th, 2007 @ 3:24 pm
thanks for the Lisa Frank sticker memory! I used to have several of her things and I LOVED them. She had some cute puppy ones that I wanted to adopt
written by Jules
April 30th, 2007 @ 3:35 pm
OMG LISA FRANK!
I actually found books and books of those when I went through my old room in NY.
That reminds me, I should post about that shouldn’t I?
written by Julie
April 30th, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
Oh and your ads on the side bar are all about roaches…
My fave, “Cockraoch Stinks Badly”
lol
written by Julie
April 30th, 2007 @ 3:55 pm
Happiness….is knowing that while you have ants, you didn’t wake up one summer morning to find a GIANT LIZARD in your dishrack. Happened to me and guess who caught and released it with their own two hands? Not my husband.
written by Maya
April 30th, 2007 @ 4:28 pm
No roaches here - but we have the ant problem. The geniuses who lived in our house prior to us laid a patio on top of an ant colony - (and ALL THE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS - but that’s a whole other story!) So when the rain starts, we would get TRUCKLOADS of ants. (picture: me spraying them with water and sucking them up in the vacuum. read: not fun).
Those little ant traps seem to work pretty well if you aren’t invaded by truckloads though.
written by Aimee
April 30th, 2007 @ 4:39 pm
Oh trust me, I would be running out of the house as well. Thankfully we do not have big roaches here and while I lived in Oklahoma we never had any in our apartment.
written by Viviane
April 30th, 2007 @ 4:43 pm
Glad the critter is gone. I have never seen a roach and never want to!! Dealing with stupid carpenter ants is bad enough.
I really want a milkshake now. Must… not… give… in…
written by Melissa
April 30th, 2007 @ 7:40 pm
Ants are almost worse than roaches. Almost. They get everywhere, but the worst place is the kettle. When you boil it and pour it into your tea, out come little boiled ants. EUGH.
written by E :)
April 30th, 2007 @ 8:22 pm
Lisa Frank stickers SHUT UP! I forgot all about those! Even better thought, Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper!!!! And matching folders!
written by Lindsey
May 1st, 2007 @ 9:30 pm
Springtime means the invasion of ants, mice and roaches. GROSS!
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