Comments on: That kind of day

By: MomCat

MomCat — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:03:00 +0000

Ladybugs eat aphids and all sorts of other veg eating bugs. You can buy a bag of 1000 of them for about $8, and it will last in your fridge (don’t think about it – they hibernate) for two weeks. This has saved me endless spraying/picking in the garden.

By: Mary @ Holy Mackerel

Mary @ Holy Mackerel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:48:24 +0000

I had one of those days today as well. Can’t quite pinpoint what was so awful about it, but it was…I hate days like that.

By: Otto

Otto — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:24:03 +0000

Ack – YOU’RE … not functioning fully this morning …

-otto

By: Otto

Otto — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:23:30 +0000

After a bit of research, it seems they were baby brown snakes – about six inches in length, totally harmless. Unless your a slug, then … well … let’s just say that would be bad.

-otto

By: Colleen

Colleen — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:16:12 +0000

I told you! Watch out for stuff in the skimmers! My husband brings snakes and turtles home all the time. On the other hand, if there are snakes in the skimmers, there are probably NOT any black widows.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:56:46 +0000

OOHHHH! UGH! We had a snake in our pool in Texas, once. It was caught in the channel (the pool had three negative edges, so the water spilled over the sides into the channel). I really felt sorry for the poor snake. It was so tired, when we netted and released it, that it sort of had to sit there a minute before slowly slithering away. I even took pictures! Did you take pics??? Go get your camera, woman! lol

As for Chickadee…man! I sure hope she doesn’t have Celiac…my MIL, SIL and niece and nephew all have it. The skin thing that improves with the removal of wheat sure does sound familiar. My niece, in particular, had HORRIBLE skin problems, until she was diagnosed. The thing is, Celiac needs attention more than an allergy because of what it does to the lining of the intestines (or something like that). I don’t know if an allergist will check for it, but you might want to ask about it.

Good luck. I REALLY hope it’s just an allergy or two.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:33:07 +0000

I want to see pics of the garden! Particularly of the beans… since I’m trying peas and I think they are similar. I’m a few weeks behind though.

By: elswhere

elswhere — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:36:59 +0000

I think you should wake Chickadee every morning by sweeping into her room and bellowing “PEDICURES ACROSS AMERICA!!”

(What’s that? No, I don’t know when to stop milking a joke, why do you ask?)

By: Cele

Cele — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:57:48 +0000

Oh no, I’d never go into the back yard again… I dont’ do snakes. And Joss, who can see if there are rings when the mouth is wide open screaming? Really girlfriend, cat pit hair.

By: Miss Elanor Ouch

Miss Elanor Ouch — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:53:52 +0000