All That Glitters...

First off, let me start by apologizing profusely for all my loyal followers (haha...I think I have 2!!) as I have not updated my blog in quite some time! This time of year always escapes me even though I have no idea where my time goes but I will say that it's my absolute favorite time. Last night, much to Husband's dismay, I asked him to get down all the Christmas stuff from the attic. I always forget how much Christmas crap I have until it's all down and in the living room. This year, it's actually spilling into the hallway! Most of the people who know me know that I love shiny objects....the more glitter, the better. My friend Susie has this saying "Roll me in oil and cover me in glitter"...love it. A few months ago, I hit the jackpot at Michael's when I found Martha Stewart glitter in all sorts of wonderful colors. It's the micro-fine powder glitter that you always see of stuff but can't ever find. Thus started the glitter-fest. So far I've made Christmas glitter place-holders, glitter letters, glitter signs, etc. Husband keeps getting small flecks of glitter on his face that he has no idea about b/c the stuff is EVERYWHERE. (I even think Tex had some on him last night!) I will post pics of my creations soon but for now you'll have to make due with a picture of the glitter at Michael's.

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Today I was able to kill an entire family of wasps with the two items shown above. I'm not talking just immediate family, I mean extended with spouses included. I've known there was a family living in our house for some time now...let me just stop there and explain for those of you who just swore off coming to our house ever again. Outside on our patio between the side of the house and the chimney, there is a little space between brick and wood where they can crawl in. I noticed this one day and immediately got the wasp spray. Little to my knowledge, it was almost empty so I was only able to get 3-4 of them before I ran back in the house to observe (side note, Husband was outside cutting tile and thought I had gone mad with my flailing about and swatting motions). This morning when I was taking Tex out for his morning poop, I noticed 2 that were somewhat lethargic and not moving very fast. I sprang into action. I first sprayed the ones that were outside on the chairs and then decided to spray the area I had seen them going into. Keep in mind, Husband had once said "Why are you wasting all the Raid. It's never going to kill those things." Well, he was wrong! It might not completely kill the little buggers, but it damn sure stuns them for a bit. All in all, I killed 16 wasps!! I might have looked a little crazy doing it but they are all dead. I took a picture to prove my heroic actions. The dark spots on the concrete are pools or Raid where I tried to drown each as they fell to their untimely deaths.