I think the kitchen roaches have been eliminated. I haven't seen one in days, so I put out a new glue trap this morning. We'll see if it's clean come tomorrow.
I say kitchen roaches specifically because the other day I caught my cats in the living room chasing one the size of my thumb. I obliterated it, of course. But I think it was an outside invader and I'm gonna puff some diatomaceous earth around the windows where it might have gotten in.
Other than that, the house is mostly tidied away post-move, the cats are establishing a dominance hierarchy that is NOT how I expected it to look, and we finally had a weekend to relax. It's been 4.5 months since there hasn't been an immediate project that needs attention.
Signed contract to build a home a couple of weeks ago. Looking at around 10 months to complete. Worried about how much I'll get out of my current home...
And then in the last week 2 homes in my neighborhood went up for sale at $100k higher than their Zillow estimate. Don't know what to make of that but if they actually sell for anything close to that I'll be happy when I go to sell mine.
I trust you're spreading the diatomaceous earth outside? Doing it inside risks the cats fucking with it, and inhaling that stuff is not great.
It's actually going into the gap between the window sash and the window frame. I've got this plastic squeeze dispenser that blows it into tight spaces. Very little of it will remain exposed.
I think the kitchen roaches have been eliminated. I haven't seen one in days, so I put out a new glue trap this morning. We'll see if it's clean come tomorrow.
I say kitchen roaches specifically because the other day I caught my cats in the living room chasing one the size of my thumb. I obliterated it, of course. But I think it was an outside invader and I'm gonna puff some diatomaceous earth around the windows where it might have gotten in.
Other than that, the house is mostly tidied away post-move, the cats are establishing a dominance hierarchy that is NOT how I expected it to look, and we finally had a weekend to relax. It's been 4.5 months since there hasn't been an immediate project that needs attention.
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The trap under the sink was tripped without catching anything and a mouse chewed the roach bait station there into tiny shards. I think they've formed an alliance against me, I'll need to proceed with caution.
I think the kitchen roaches have been eliminated. I haven't seen one in days, so I put out a new glue trap this morning. We'll see if it's clean come tomorrow.
I say kitchen roaches specifically because the other day I caught my cats in the living room chasing one the size of my thumb. I obliterated it, of course. But I think it was an outside invader and I'm gonna puff some diatomaceous earth around the windows where it might have gotten in.
Other than that, the house is mostly tidied away post-move, the cats are establishing a dominance hierarchy that is NOT how I expected it to look, and we finally had a weekend to relax. It's been 4.5 months since there hasn't been an immediate project that needs attention.
Wait, how big are the kitchen cockroaches?
American roaches outside the subtropical regions are really tiny mostly (I've only ever seen one or two but they're small enough I didn't actually recognize them as roaches at first).
I think the kitchen roaches have been eliminated. I haven't seen one in days, so I put out a new glue trap this morning. We'll see if it's clean come tomorrow.
I say kitchen roaches specifically because the other day I caught my cats in the living room chasing one the size of my thumb. I obliterated it, of course. But I think it was an outside invader and I'm gonna puff some diatomaceous earth around the windows where it might have gotten in.
Other than that, the house is mostly tidied away post-move, the cats are establishing a dominance hierarchy that is NOT how I expected it to look, and we finally had a weekend to relax. It's been 4.5 months since there hasn't been an immediate project that needs attention.
Wait, how big are the kitchen cockroaches?
American roaches outside the subtropical regions are really tiny mostly (I've only ever seen one or two but they're small enough I didn't actually recognize them as roaches at first).
The roaches I grew up with were a good 1.5-2 inches. It was always fun getting a glass of water from the kitchen in the middle of the night cause I would turn on the light and wait for all the roaches to skitter away.
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edited September 2022
I ever see a roach in my house I don't give a heck I am burning it down
I think the kitchen roaches have been eliminated. I haven't seen one in days, so I put out a new glue trap this morning. We'll see if it's clean come tomorrow.
I say kitchen roaches specifically because the other day I caught my cats in the living room chasing one the size of my thumb. I obliterated it, of course. But I think it was an outside invader and I'm gonna puff some diatomaceous earth around the windows where it might have gotten in.
Other than that, the house is mostly tidied away post-move, the cats are establishing a dominance hierarchy that is NOT how I expected it to look, and we finally had a weekend to relax. It's been 4.5 months since there hasn't been an immediate project that needs attention.
Wait, how big are the kitchen cockroaches?
American roaches outside the subtropical regions are really tiny mostly (I've only ever seen one or two but they're small enough I didn't actually recognize them as roaches at first).
We've got some pretty big roaches here in Tucson, but they're not the invasive kind and mostly live in the underground parts of culverts and shit.
Or is your definition of big the giant hissing cockroaches and shit?
I think the kitchen roaches have been eliminated. I haven't seen one in days, so I put out a new glue trap this morning. We'll see if it's clean come tomorrow.
I say kitchen roaches specifically because the other day I caught my cats in the living room chasing one the size of my thumb. I obliterated it, of course. But I think it was an outside invader and I'm gonna puff some diatomaceous earth around the windows where it might have gotten in.
Other than that, the house is mostly tidied away post-move, the cats are establishing a dominance hierarchy that is NOT how I expected it to look, and we finally had a weekend to relax. It's been 4.5 months since there hasn't been an immediate project that needs attention.
Wait, how big are the kitchen cockroaches?
American roaches outside the subtropical regions are really tiny mostly (I've only ever seen one or two but they're small enough I didn't actually recognize them as roaches at first).
We've got some pretty big roaches here in Tucson, but they're not the invasive kind and mostly live in the underground parts of culverts and shit.
Or is your definition of big the giant hissing cockroaches and shit?
clearly I should have been more even more location specific. "American roaches in New England were small as fuck, I don't know what goes on in the rest of the country"
Kitchen ones were anywhere from 1/8" to 1/2", mostly on the tiny side, possibly different species. The ones outside are usually about 1" to 1 1/2", dark and glossy. Since we had pest control out I've been seeing them dead here and there.
I also saw a black widow near my back steps, nearly dead. That was actually kinda neat.
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edited September 2022
apparently when I was like 4, I was at the park, and walked up to my mom and said "spider."
she was like "what?" and I held up my hand and in my palm was what she said was a black widow, but I dunno, she ain't a entomologist.
she, very quietly, was like "oh very nice spider, put it down now please."
so despite their reputation, I guess black widows are pretty chill. they let my toddler ass carry them around.
edit: she's in the other room and I was like MOM REMEMBER THE BLACK WIDOW? and she said it was dead when I showed it to her and I was like "you told me- you've told so many people that story and you never mentioned it being dead! almost 30 years, mom!"
Most spiders in the US are pretty chill. Despite their fearsome reputations black widows and brown recluse just wanna stay away from people and be left alone. They generally only bite things as big as humans when they're left with no other choice; usually when pressure is being exerted against their skin/they're being crushed.
That's before we get into the part where brown recluse are found in a far smaller portion of the US than people claim they are.
This poor thing was struggling on its back for days. At one point I got a small stick and I was going to flip it over, but my GF was convinced that, i dunno, it was gonna go "SIKE!" and run up the stick and bite my hand, so I left it alone.
Until later, when I went out and did the thing alone. But this spider just immediately flipped itself over on its back again so I was like "welp, I tried to help, remember this when the revolution comes".
Just got a HelloFresh subscription box addressed to the tenants. You know, the ones who destroyed the house and cost my GF 5 figures in repairs and an entire summer of labor?
So yeah, let's see what's for dinner. Laws are unclear about opening someone else's mail when it's perishable.
We've had a bunch of rain lately, as it's Florida in the rainy season and it was topped off by over five inches of Rain on Saturday. The Facebook group for the HOA is full of people complaining about how full the drains are and how slowly the water is going away.
Sorry, that's just how science works, there's nowhere for the fucking water to go.
"OK we'll fine the drains and put up some "no slow draining" signs" - management company, probably.
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Sellers asked at 8am this morning if we would be willing to move up our closing. It’s currently set for October 12th. We have everything with the mortgage all done and our title stuff should be finished by tomorrow, so we said definitely, just not into September, and to tell us what date they wanted soon so we could potentially reschedule our movers and our time off work.
And then total radio silence from them for the entire rest of the day. Fun.
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A proper long lasting one where you love your spouse very much and still don't want them anywhere near you when you're spitting toothpaste into the sink
Looks like only one side gets an outlet though, unless the right side has one on the wall just out of frame
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Just a quick story about how fucking greedy landlords are:
We moved into our current apartment 4 years ago. It’s the first floor of a two family home. We were paying $1650 for a small 2 bedroom (no dining room, one bathroom). After a year the guy who lived upstairs (in a slightly smaller 1 bedroom apartment) moved out and my wife’s sister was looking for a new place to live so we referred her and she ended up moving in upstairs for $1550 a month.
3 years later now, after annual rent increases we’re paying $1900. We recently gave our notice that we’re moving out because we’re closing on our house shortly. My wife’s sister and her husband wanted to take our larger apartment downstairs so they let the landlord know they’d be interested in moving down there. I warned her that he’d almost certainly still raise the rent some, and she said she figured and she would be fine if it was like $2000 even because her current rent was up to $1785.
He got back to her the other day and said that she could take the downstairs apartment but the rent would be $2500, and that she’d have to move as of November 1st (the day after our final day), which means he probably has no intention of fixing any of the numerous small issues we’ve told him about over the years (floor tiles totally loose, wobbly leaky toilet, fridge that randomly shuts off for a few hours at a time, doors that don’t close, etc).
She said no and he came back and offered it for $2450. Lol. Lmao.
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I say kitchen roaches specifically because the other day I caught my cats in the living room chasing one the size of my thumb. I obliterated it, of course. But I think it was an outside invader and I'm gonna puff some diatomaceous earth around the windows where it might have gotten in.
Other than that, the house is mostly tidied away post-move, the cats are establishing a dominance hierarchy that is NOT how I expected it to look, and we finally had a weekend to relax. It's been 4.5 months since there hasn't been an immediate project that needs attention.
And then in the last week 2 homes in my neighborhood went up for sale at $100k higher than their Zillow estimate. Don't know what to make of that but if they actually sell for anything close to that I'll be happy when I go to sell mine.
With the lack of windows and the general interior this looks like a house consisting solely of basement rooms.
It's actually going into the gap between the window sash and the window frame. I've got this plastic squeeze dispenser that blows it into tight spaces. Very little of it will remain exposed.
Wait, how big are the kitchen cockroaches?
Satans..... hints.....
Just, Jesus Christ.
I had no idea.
American roaches outside the subtropical regions are really tiny mostly (I've only ever seen one or two but they're small enough I didn't actually recognize them as roaches at first).
The roaches I grew up with were a good 1.5-2 inches. It was always fun getting a glass of water from the kitchen in the middle of the night cause I would turn on the light and wait for all the roaches to skitter away.
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We've got some pretty big roaches here in Tucson, but they're not the invasive kind and mostly live in the underground parts of culverts and shit.
Or is your definition of big the giant hissing cockroaches and shit?
clearly I should have been more even more location specific. "American roaches in New England were small as fuck, I don't know what goes on in the rest of the country"
Also the fact that you need anti-aircraft artillery to take 'em out, it often feels like.
What was these people's water bill like?
I also saw a black widow near my back steps, nearly dead. That was actually kinda neat.
she was like "what?" and I held up my hand and in my palm was what she said was a black widow, but I dunno, she ain't a entomologist.
she, very quietly, was like "oh very nice spider, put it down now please."
so despite their reputation, I guess black widows are pretty chill. they let my toddler ass carry them around.
edit: she's in the other room and I was like MOM REMEMBER THE BLACK WIDOW? and she said it was dead when I showed it to her and I was like "you told me- you've told so many people that story and you never mentioned it being dead! almost 30 years, mom!"
That's before we get into the part where brown recluse are found in a far smaller portion of the US than people claim they are.
I'd talk to it while I smoked cigarettes.
Until later, when I went out and did the thing alone. But this spider just immediately flipped itself over on its back again so I was like "welp, I tried to help, remember this when the revolution comes".
So yeah, let's see what's for dinner. Laws are unclear about opening someone else's mail when it's perishable.
Who has the money for something like this??!
https://www.redfin.com/CA/Long-Beach/263-Euclid-Ave-90803/home/7600104
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5025-Wateka-Dr-Dallas-TX-75209/26732813_zpid/?mmlb=g,6
I hope the next owners park a lamborghini in that spot.
Sorry, that's just how science works, there's nowhere for the fucking water to go.
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And then total radio silence from them for the entire rest of the day. Fun.
That house is listed at $1k a square ft???? Good freaking lord. I love the front facade, though. But seriously.
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they... I mean, they do. they do do (lmao) that, and now you got a little DMZ
We moved into our current apartment 4 years ago. It’s the first floor of a two family home. We were paying $1650 for a small 2 bedroom (no dining room, one bathroom). After a year the guy who lived upstairs (in a slightly smaller 1 bedroom apartment) moved out and my wife’s sister was looking for a new place to live so we referred her and she ended up moving in upstairs for $1550 a month.
3 years later now, after annual rent increases we’re paying $1900. We recently gave our notice that we’re moving out because we’re closing on our house shortly. My wife’s sister and her husband wanted to take our larger apartment downstairs so they let the landlord know they’d be interested in moving down there. I warned her that he’d almost certainly still raise the rent some, and she said she figured and she would be fine if it was like $2000 even because her current rent was up to $1785.
He got back to her the other day and said that she could take the downstairs apartment but the rent would be $2500, and that she’d have to move as of November 1st (the day after our final day), which means he probably has no intention of fixing any of the numerous small issues we’ve told him about over the years (floor tiles totally loose, wobbly leaky toilet, fridge that randomly shuts off for a few hours at a time, doors that don’t close, etc).
She said no and he came back and offered it for $2450. Lol. Lmao.