Ugh, Flies!

I have a rather serious issue. We have about a zillion flies in the house. They are begining to swarm.

Captain said it was because I was keeping the horses's grain in the family room/office/junk room. He moved the grain to the garage (where now the mice can get it), and we still have flies.

Why do we have flies? Because it's cold outside and warm in here. We open the windows in the family room to smoke when it's a nasty day (don't yell at me, door to the rest of the house is shut and children are not allowed in the room!). Flies come in those windows. And they come in the doors, because having 4 children and currently 3 adults living in the house...the doors open ALOT.

I don't blame the flies. I would search for some warm place too. But they must go! One decided to share my coffee with me this morning. And there's at least 4 very drunk flies around here somewhere. Left a bit of vodka & mt dew sitting out in a cup last night, hoping to KILL the darn things. When I got up, there were 4 in there, but oh so not dead....really slow though! *evil laugh*

I can't swat these darn things. They don't land. They just fly around and around in the middle of the room. Sometimes sending out scouts to the out-lieing areas to search for food, and the occasional cup of coffee or vodka.

And so, it's all-out war at my house! Coming soon to a corner near me...fly strips, fly bait, fly killer ala mode. If it claims to get rid of flies, I'm getting it! But I gotta get paid first....until then I'll cover my coffee cup and vodka (or whatever), and walk the edge of the room....not through the middle were the evil masses of flying demon-spawn have taken up residence. Yeah.

two more days, two more days, little flies...just wait.

It's Raining Hay

I just spent too much money on 4 bales of hay. Grrr...I hate square bales. Overall, the cost to pound ratio is much better for a "round" bale of hay. Say 800-1200 pounds is $80 to $100. Which if we use the 1200/100 breaks down to about $1.20 a pound. Square bales are 50 pounds and cost $14 so that means $3.50 a pound. Hmmmm something isn't right here.

But I couldn't get a large bale today...I could only afford a few squares until we get paid. Joy! Oh and I got to load them up in the Yukon. Even more fun, now I get to vacuum it all out.

oh and a ps...I would have had enough hay to last out the time, but some of it went bad, due to the rain. The awful rain.....I really need to get the lean-to built to put the hay in.

Anywho...we're selling our Quarter Horse...so if anyone out there wants a 13 hands, reddish-brown B*, let me know. She needs a seriously experianced trainer with time and is up for a challenge. This person should also be fearless cause she likes to kick for no reason, and you can't touch her feet with a ten-foot pole. I must admit that we thought we were up for the challenge, but oh so not. So...she's up for sale....I'll take $400 for her, and that's just pathetic.

Actually, I'd really like to find her a good home where the people have tons of time and experiance to try to train her. She's a horse's horse and pretty much has no respect for people. Which is sad.

Monkey is running around the house and outside without a shirt on. He's gotta be freezing. Silly kid.

In public embaressing mom moment: At local mexican restaurant, ordered a stawberry daquari....oh so yummy! Monkey wants to taste cause there's a lot of whipped cream on the top. I say, "No kiddo, you can't taste it, it's alcohol." (I've taught my children about alcohol, by name, they know they can't have it). He replies, "But Daddy gives me alcohol!" Quite loudly.
My husband, Captian, doesn't give our children alcohol, just so you know! My wonderful little son was just trying his darnedest to get some of that yummy-looking pink stuff.

Which reminds me of when Bone Head was about a year old. I took him out to McD's and he was impatient for his soda. He started yelling "beer, beer, beer"....which is what he was currently calling anything good to drink. I gotta lot of strange looks for that one. I think, because of us drinking beer, and the fact that he couldn't have any, made it work out in his head that it must be super-yummy.

I don't know what goes on in the minds of kids...but if anyone truely ever figures it out, they are going to be quite popular.

And so, I leave you with this parting thought.....Autumn isn't nearly as fun when the leaves that have fallen don't crunch when you step on them. Darn rain...........

Flip a dime

I am thinking about joining Payperpost...although...I've tryed some paid-for-writing things before, and do great for a while, then loose it. Epinions was great...but they changed the payment foundations, and you odn't get as much unless huge ammounts of people goto your opinion. But I guess if I wrote alot of opinions that would work out.

Thing is...I really sorta don't want to go back to work. I quit my job for now...not that it was a great one...actually it really bit the big one. Standing for hours on end wonderfully contributed to the vericose veins in my legs to multiply. I need a job that I can sit for and get paid...oh lets shoot for $20 an hour. Yeah...In my dreams, right?

But I could do it. That's just what's so frustrating! If I applied myself, actually wrote the darn things, and kept up with it, I could probably pull in just as much (or more) as I was working the liquor store. And I must say that idea has real appeal...very, very tempting.

Okay, okay, I've talked myself into it. I'll at least give it a shot, and see where I go from there. So...wait for it.....look for a future post being sponsered. *grin*

Edit: okay...sometime in the future post...I've gotta do more on this blog before I'm eligable. I suppose that would also count checking (caring) about my spelling, in addition to actually writing! All good. I can hear the cha-ching already ;)

So....immediatly future post....re-evaluating the orriginal content and purpose and oh...everything I'd orriginally setup this blog to do (and not do).