Ugh...summer

It's official, Texas summer has begun. Yeah, it's possible that we might have a few nice days left in May but the heat has settled over us and won't be going away for a long 4 months (at the very least). This is not going to be a pretty or enjoyable summer for yours truly. The only good thing about this time of the year are the flowers that are blooming like crazy. I put a pic of my beautiful lilies that bloom this time every year in the back yard. I take no credit for these...they came with the house and come up each year without me doing anything! Best flower ever.



When I got home today, I was surprised to see MIL's dog, Sophie, patiently waiting for me at the back door. Sophie is from the same breeder as our little guy Tex but is surprisingly normal...she goes on walks and everything just like a real dog does (or so I'm told). Sophie is regularly groomed and her appointment is coming up so she's a little shaggy at the moment so of course, I decided to take a picture of her. See if you can guess which one Sophie is.

This morning Husband called me to let me know we had ants in the house. Not a big deal, I thought and just said "RAID" like they do in the commercials. Here's what funny about Husband. He's a real handy man, great at fixing/building stuff and always has a logical solution to a problem BUT the first thing that entered his mind was that we were going to have to call the exterminator to get rid of the ants. Thankfully reason kicked in and he realized he could just spray the area they came in from and nip this problem in the bud very quickly. Hence the call on the way to Home Depot. I informed Husband that we already had Raid (see Weapons of Mass Destruction blog for refresher) but asked him to get a few cans of wasp spray b/c the wasps are back (much to my disappointment and dismay...you would think they would want to stay away from the crazy lady who offed the entire family last fall with a can of raid, flyswatter and sheer determination but apparently that's not how wasps think). He politely informed me that he was not going to get 5 cans of wasp spray but did ask if I wanted to see if they had a leather holster for the can so that when I go outside, I'm not fumbling to get the spray out (I thought it was a nice gesture). He ended up getting 2 cans (it's better than nothing) but went for the cheap-o version so I'm a little hesitant on using b/c if it doesn't kill on contact, the neighbors are going to enjoy seeing a fat pregnant lady running around like a lunatic b/c a crazed wasp is going after her. Back to the original story...I get home today and after greeting Chewbacca, I see a little black disc-thing by the back door so I go check this out. Apparently Husband found a great deal on some ant killer thing at Home Depot and decided that we needed this. Where is reason when I need it??? This looks like one of those roach motels that the roach crawls in, gets poison to-go and ends up dead in the middle of the floor. There are 2 of these discs in one package so I'm not sure if you're supposed to break them apart and put them in different places or if it's even safe to have inside the house. As usual, when asked about this purchase, Husband replied "Isn't it cool...it was $1.25." I ask if it's supposed to go inside or if the discs are supposed to be broken up but he has no idea and threw away the packaging so I can't even read the instructions. Who is this man??? I attached a picture for your viewing pleasure.

The last pics have nothing to do with a story, just wanted to post some pics of Tex since Sophie made the story...gotta spread the love to my fav little guy! These pics are funny b/c his tongue is sticking out of almost all of them...that's what I get for having a slow camera.