Raid kills bugs dead: whoohoo!!!!

I think we've eradicated our bedbug problem. Raid has a begbug/flea bomb and spraycan that we bought and then we thoroughly vacuumed the mattresses. I went a step further and bought a mattress cover. I washed all our linens including shams & bedspreads in hot water. I also washed our unmentionables in hot water. Voile, I think we've hit on a solution. We're using 1% hydrocortisone cream with intensive healing on our bugbites and it's working. Whew! thank you Lord.

The Prophet said to grow a garden, so I did.......

Well our garden is growing well. We have cukes, cantaloupes, toe-maters, po-taters and hopefully will have, yellow bell pepper, jalapenos, serrano peppers, and cherry toe-maters by month's end. Our 2 lil' hens are doing well. They are about 12" tall now and stick pretty close to each other. Probably still dealing with all those noises that go bump in the night.

Nitey Nite, don't let the bed bugs bite............

Last winter Mark and I would wake up with these weird bug bites on our upper legs and lower torso. We attributed these to maybe from our working outside. We went to WI to see our little Summer after her birth and they cleared up. No more problems.. so we thought. Just recently, we had these bug bites reoccur and so we came up with the conclusion that we may have (had) bed bugs. ewwww!! So having done the research online naturally, I came up with an less expensive idea. I used flea powder that I had bought at walley world and sprinkled it on our mattress. I left it on for an extended period of time then I took our upright and vacuum the heck out of it. Voile! It worked. We are bugfree!! I would highly recommend just vacuuming your mattress for dead skin cells, dust mites and possibly bedbugs. I'll be vacuuming my mattress on a regular basis for the time being.

Summer comes to TX

So our granddaughter Summer arrived in TX thursday late morning. Unfortunately, Summer can't handle the heat! Poor thing. Grandma doing her best to make her comfortable. Must be that thick Wisconsin blood and it's just April. :0(

Crash and Burn Ouch!

So my loving husband signs me up for motorcycle class and last nite was the first nite. No biggie, mostly classroom time. Saturday morning, well that was a different thing. Things were going good with me on a 125cc motorcycle. Got to know it pretty well, then it starts acting up. Something with the fuel or throttle, so they decided a needed a different bike. They put me on a bigger bike 250 cc. Now this thing is entirely different in foot lever positions and such. It was also a heavier bike for me to handle, May I add that I don't want to be there. Anyhow, things go awry and I wind up on the ground in a puddle and scared. They then put me on the original bike and it goes mechanically wrong. Back on the big cycle and crash and burn again. Bumps, bruises and scrapes later, I decide this isn't for me. Four wheels baby is the way to go. I'm Not a thrill seeker like some people.

I got a new calling in Church. I'm the Valiant 9 teacher. I have about 5 kids. 4 boys & 1 girl, Sarah. One of my boys has Asperger syndrome a form of Autism. It has been a challenge dealing with him and it's only been my second week. Main thing is to refocus during an incident. The other boys find it funny and confused at what sets him off. Yesterday Michael went off into one of his tirades just from someone sticking his tongue out at him. Hopefully I can get through the year. Keep you posted.

So I'm new to this blogger thing, so bear with me. THX