AUNTY ~ 
you're right about those skitters ... one night, there were a pile of them in our livingroom, but I couldn't understand why there were so many all of a sudden; so after trying to fend them off (I mean, kill them off as best as I could), I decided to go to bed and get under the covers. Well, I go into the bedroom, turn on the light; and there are dozens more in there.
Sooo, DH and I go on a mosquito raid mission; him killing them and me wiping the walls from all the blood & guts & gore. Well, I gave up counting at 3 dozen. Then, the girl next door starts pounding on our wall; the dog starts barking; and the landlord shows up at our door -- asking what's wrong? Turns out the bedroom window that the air conditioner was in, had no screen and the tape holding the guard came off ... so, we were being swamped with those little bloodsuckers ...
Anyway, DH & the landlord taped up the window really well, and we have been OK since then. I had so many bites, and was so itchy, that I didn't get to sleep til at least 4 AM. Anyhow, lesson learned; I check that danged window continuously now.
I asked DH "Why did GOD makes those mini-vampires, anyway?" He said, "i don't know." But then I thought that He'd probably made them for the birds to eat, and I love birds -- I just wish they didn't have to SUCK OUR BLOOD first!!!
OH, TAM ~ I hear ya loud & clear; DH and I took on the ridiculous idea of building a cabin on our lot. Talk about DUMB & DUMBER!
I refuse to talk to him about it anymore becuz he just gets mad; it's not his fault that his memory is so bad now that he gets his measurements all mixed up; and he needs constant supervision, but he doesn't want any ... catch my drift?
I was getting sorely concerned that tame, kind, sweet, little ole me, just might take drastic action
upon my poor DH before the thing got even halfway done (it still isn't even 1/4 ways done, and we started 4 years ago), so I decided turning the other cheek and pretending that I'm deaf was better than a D-I-V-O-R-C-E, right? Right! And, who needs the added stress; I sure don't ...
Sooo, I just took some of my own savings and bought a camper instead, and I love it. Now, I just want a deck & a screened-in porch on the back of my closed-in porch (you have no idea how funny that is; cuz that's all we have done). The neighbours may think we're crazy but at this point, I don't care ... AND, we just bought a house in town instead ... YA, BABY -- JUST BUY ONE!
I cannot say -- THANK YOU, GOD ... enuff!
And that toilet in my camper is so nice; I have a full four-piece bathroom in there. That alone was worth the money. The bathroom is on one full end; the compact kitchen is in the middle; and the livingroom/bedroom is on the other end. It's so nicely set up. I call it my hideaway -- so does DH. Wonder who I'm hidin' from ...
Anyhow, packing is coming along very well and yes, I am trying to get rid of as much stuff as I can; that's less to move. Had a homemade hamburger & salad for dinner tonight. Did laundry and housechores today.
We had 90F here today and that was with clouds; but there was a heavenly breeze today which made it more bearable. No
yet, even though they expected it.
Time for tea; have a great week, fellow Canucks ... Rosebud
with the rare partially sunny day.
ARMIDA ~ WOW, you sure sound energetic to me ... 
JOSEY ~ glad to be back here regularly again; this PC is so much faster, I can do more posts at one sitting. Best wishes for the fall Thanksgiving Challenge -- how 'bout THE TURKEY RUN or THE TURKEY TROT THANKSGIVING CHALLENGE... 
