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One little guy is all it takes, to bite me and I am itching here and there.
A nice rain a few days ago
must have left enough breeding ground to bring in just one to bite me. An open door for just a minute is invitation
enough for one to enter the house.
In the morning my ear lobe
was swollen and I needed to take out my earring. My first thought was my earring is too tight,
but that was not it. Close inspection
discovered bite marks in both directions.
My neck and ears were a feeding ground!
Searching the internet on how
to kill mosquitoes, the instructions said, use a fly swatter or slap it with
your hand. A kindergartener must have
written that bit of prose.
My prayer for that mosquito
is that he starve to death, because I need my blood.
Finally I discovered an old
fashioned hint that said they would be attracted to a white saucer with some
dish soap in the water.
So I placed a bowl of the
solution on my night stand near my bed, one on the kitchen sink, and another by
my feet near my computer. So far no
takers on the dish soap.
The saucers and bowls were
left overnight and a close inspection revealed my mosquito doesn’t like dish
soap in water.
Robert grabbed the shop vac
with its nozzle, and went around the ceiling and curtains, then I swept the
floor and he went under my computer area with the vac.
Hopefully my mosquito has a new home, inside
Robert's shop vac.
I tried several remedies for
the itch, but nothing seems to be long lasting. Finally I found a simple trick to use a bar
soap and rub on the bite. Instead I used
a dab of liquid hand soap and it worked great.
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Changing the subject: Today is Friday, and I usually offer you a
recipe. Here is a suggestion that we had
for lunch today and it was so good. Easy
way to serve left overs!
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Stir Fry with Top Ramen
Empty your refrigerator of
left over beef or chicken stir fry and any vegetables left over and place in a
frying pan.
In a separate kettle, boil water per instructions on the packet of Top Ramen, drain and add to the vegetables.
Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of Yoshida’s cooking sauce to taste and mix well. Stir over heat until blended and food is hot and serve.
In a separate kettle, boil water per instructions on the packet of Top Ramen, drain and add to the vegetables.
Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of Yoshida’s cooking sauce to taste and mix well. Stir over heat until blended and food is hot and serve.
3 comments:
We mix baking soda and vinegar as a thick paste (like toothpaste in texture) to put on bug bites. It helps relieve the sting. I hope your mosquito is in the shop vac.
I love stir fry!
Try your Bragg's ACV on that bite, it should definitely do the trick.
Sorry about your bites. Bug bites are a big deal up in here b/c my 3yo daughter seems to be allergic to them, regardless of type. Thankfully, she doesn't experience respiratory distress, but the bitten areas swell into, like, boils. Doesn't take long for her to get to digging, and then her lymph nodes swell, and she needs antibiotics. We managed to get overrun by fleas a couple years. It was a NIGHTMARE.
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