Silly Monkey Stories: Someone's Been Watching Too Many Cartoons

Towards the end of the summer, the town dug up the courtyard in front of our townhouse to replace some water pipes.  Well, this apparently disturbed all the ants that were living in that area because suddenly there were ants coming inside the house.

I may have mentioned before that our son Luke likes to ask questions.  In fact, he could ask you questions about the same topic for 20 or 30 minutes if you let him.  Since he is only 4-1/2, some of his questions make sense and some of them do not.  I have no doubt that they made sense in his own head.  Although it does drive me crazy to be on the receiving end of all these questions sometimes, it allows me to get a glimpse of what's going on in his mind.

So, to combat our ant problem, my husband put down ant traps in various places inside the house.  He also sprayed around the perimeter of the house outside, including all the doors and windows.  When Luke saw him doing this, he asked . . .

"What's that spray for?  Is it to make the ants slip and fall down?"

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For Better or For Worse: Husband By Day . . . Bug Hunter By Night

Our cat Zorro use to be the official "bug hunter" in his more athletic days. He was actually very good at catching bugs, both flying and crawly ones. Now our robust cat just likes to roll over on his back and watch them fly around.

I have no idea why there are flies outside in New England at the end of November, but they have been sighted. It wouldn't bother me so much except these flies have decided it would be smarter to find a warmer place to sleep. So, I have spotted at least three in the house yesterday.




For some reason, the flies are attracted to the pull chains on the ceiling fans and like to rest there. I've noticed the same attraction to balloon strings too. Anyways, my dear husband has perfected a technique for doing away with them without any swatting or splatting or mess of any kind. All he does is hold a paper towel underneath where the fly is perched. Then he sprays it with glass cleaner or linen spray . . . whatever we have handy. The spray immediately disables the fly and it falls right into the paper towel. Even though I can't stand bugs, I am still fascinated by this and find myself watching every single time.