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Across the Fence:  the 10 plagues????  |
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
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 Posted - Jul 20 2009 : 6:45:30 PM
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I don't know what weird phenomenom is going on at our house, but it seems like we are getting hit with the plagues of Egypt.
We bought a box of diapers a couple of weeks ago and when we opened it up (the next morning) it was crawling with maggots!!!!! (insert gagging noise here!) We cleaned as though the apocalypse were coming. Everything gotten taken out of its spot and cleaned and put back and recleaned. We mopped floors, cleaned windows, wiped down cupboards. I was just sure there was no place untouched! I did every stitch of dirty laundry and some that was probably clean but might have touched the floor or didn't look as clean as I thought it should (this might be pregnancy hormones helping this part along) so I washed it all too!
So, that was about two weeks ago. Nice clean house, upkeeping well, staying on top of everything chores wise.
Then tonight, the next plague seemed to roll in IN DROVES!! FLIES!!
100s and 100s of flies just all of a sudden showed up. Hubby and I were sitting here on the computer and this one fly was perstering me like crazy. I looked up at the window and tons of them were all along the curtain. I got up to get Hubby the fly swatter and when I turned the light on over my kitchen sink, there were 100s and 100s more!!! I have never seen so many flies in once places. Just about the time that he got them down to a mere 50 or so, I pulled opened the window blinds and a good 50 more were all along the window pane.
Hubby finally swatted every single fly...we thought..now, we are contended with the last three that seems to be driving Hubby nuts. But we'll get him!!! (I say this confidently, because I am not sleeping here if we don't! LOL)
What in the world??? I am wondering what is next?!?! It's just crazy!
I am just hoping and praying that this is the end of all things gross and nasty.
I blame the diaper box for the whole problem. You can believe me when I tell you that we trucked that box of diapers back and told the stores we got them front just what the problem was!
ugh!
well, enough of my ranting and raving ( I promise these pregnancy hormones will subside sometime and I will be "normal [whatever that is..lol] again. :D )
hugs all
Jessie
Farmgirl Sister #235
"You are my strength when I am weak. You are the treasure that I seek. You are my all in all. Seeking You as a precious jewel; Lord, to give up I'd be a fool. You are my all in all."
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LisaTwo
True Blue Farmgirl
127 Posts
Lisa
Hampden
Maine
USA
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Posted - Jul 20 2009 : 6:58:01 PM
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I don't know what to say 'cept...eww.
But congrats on the baby anyway!
Smiles,
Lisa
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
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Posted - Jul 20 2009 : 7:02:25 PM
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Thanks for the Congrats, Lisa!! and I wholeheartedly agree with that EWW!!!
hugs
Jessie
Farmgirl Sister #235
"You are my strength when I am weak. You are the treasure that I seek. You are my all in all. Seeking You as a precious jewel; Lord, to give up I'd be a fool. You are my all in all."
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peapicker
True Blue Farmgirl
716 Posts
texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 20 2009 : 7:22:35 PM
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| Gross...maggots! We have had those big flies after a rat or rats died in one of our walls and I almost had to move out. The smell was sickening too. I use about fifty candles to try to cover it up. I think it took a couple of weeks to go away. The flies we chased down one by one. Hope you feel somewhat sanitized soon. |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Jul 20 2009 : 8:08:56 PM
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You have something dead around there, besides just the diaper box from a couple of weeks ago, attic, in the walls, in the under crawl space. Also, I would right a letter to the diaper company and tell them what happened and where you bought them from, so they too can investigate, also call your local health dept, that is just too nasty.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
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Tapestry
True Blue Farmgirl
1223 Posts
Cheryl
Wisconsin
USA
1223 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 12:58:31 AM
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Wow....what a strange place for the flies to lay their eggs which eventually hatched as maggots. That is just too weird and I can understand why you feel like you'd had a plague strike your home. I wonder if maybe a rat or mouse had died in the warehouse where the diapers were probably stored close to that package and you got the end result when you bought them. I agree with Teresa. I would contact the health department and tell them what happened so they can investigate that company warehouses. I bet the rats or mice were getting into boxes of diapers to use the fluff for bedding and one died which started the whole deal. I would also write a letter to the company. Too bad you didn't take pictures. The company may offer you free diapers but makes you wonder if they do...will you even want to bring them into your home?
Happy farmgirl sister #353
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 05:20:59 AM
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| Eeww...maggots! Can't stand them, the sight makes me physically ill. I'm almost scared of them. I hope the flies were just the result of the maggots and your plagues will stop there. |
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Ga Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
2355 Posts
Karen
Meansville
Ga.
USA
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Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 06:34:18 AM
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Well I have to agree with everyone ewww! I wonder what in the world they were doing in a box of diapers of all things. Weird!
Create in me a pure heart,O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalms 51:10 http://farmgirlingastyle.blogspot.com/
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
4208 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 07:07:45 AM
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We finally got all of the flies before we went to bed last night. It was just crazy.Out here where we live, there are tons of animals. I just posted about the lovely skunk stand off I had not too long ago. I wouldn't doubt if maybe one of those died or something like that.
Amie--I know what you mean. I can't stand the sight of maggots either. I spent most of my time going between throwing up and cleaning them up. No fun no fun no fun!
We switched diaper brands.It was just too much to look at those types of boxes without wanting to gag.
I am hoping this is the end of all things yucky and gross!!
hugs
Jessie
Farmgirl Sister #235
"You are my strength when I am weak. You are the treasure that I seek. You are my all in all. Seeking You as a precious jewel; Lord, to give up I'd be a fool. You are my all in all."
Stop by my blog for a visit www.messiejessie2.blogspot.com |
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Especially For You
True Blue Farmgirl
541 Posts
Tina
Watkinsville
GA
541 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 07:44:49 AM
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Jessie,
I will never be abel to look at a box of diapers the same way again.EWWWWWWW!!
Tina |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 07:49:50 AM
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Ok. That's just gross. Guess I'm glad I use bumgenius cloth dipes :)
I felt like we had the plagues a few weeks back, too, only it was fleas. Our dogs (and cats) apparently have fleas that don't respond to Frontline (?????) and they were everywhere, all at once. Controlled now, but for a while it felt biblica.
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
4208 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 08:05:33 AM
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Oh no, Jonni! Fleas can be wicked! Just about the time you think you've got them all it seems like round two hatches. Glad to hear you've got them all under control. Crazy things my friend, Crazy Crazy!!
hugs
Jessie
Farmgirl Sister #235
"You are my strength when I am weak. You are the treasure that I seek. You are my all in all. Seeking You as a precious jewel; Lord, to give up I'd be a fool. You are my all in all."
Stop by my blog for a visit www.messiejessie2.blogspot.com |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 08:16:49 AM
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I totally agree, Jessie! It was exactly like that, too. You think you got em licked, and BAM, there's another round. I took the baby and slept at my mom's for almost a whole week!
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TurkeyGirl
Farmgirl in Training
12 Posts
Carrie
Wellington
OH
USA
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Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 7:19:25 PM
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Eww Eww Double Eww. I really hate to admit publicly that you aren't the only one with this problem. My house is crazy, and cluttered in places but not icky or dirty... but I've been finding maggots. And I HATE maggots. And Flies. Yuck. I don't have anything dead, I'd smell it for sure. I think it's been so dry, the flies were looking for some moisture and they must have found it inside my house?? (They have plenty of places to live in my barn, but in my BATHROOM?) I think the flies have been hatching somewhere around the window sills because I find them there. I brought the shop vac in and sucked up every crack around my windows and the floor by the sliding glass door. I was thinking about putting some diatomatious earth dust in some of those cracks where the maggots seemed to be coming from. I have gone double time on mopping around here.
I've been plagued with itty bitty ants too. This lasted even through the winter. I've tried everything short of calling in someone with chemicals, and I still have them.
We used to have the flea problem, and I am really sensitive to flea bites. Luckily, we seem to have them gone this year. So far. Probably jinxed myself.
Carrie
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
4208 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 8:57:57 PM
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Carrie---are you sure we aren't neighbors?? The dumb window sills seem to be where the flies are swarming out of. We thought we had them all last night before we went to bed, but we went back to battling again today and then before we went to bed. I don't know what the world they want with my house. It is clean here--I PROMISE!!
I've got ants too, but I have those every summer. They are the puny ones that can't do much damage except crawl around and drive me bonkers..lol
Hoping we both have some good luck getting rid of our pestilences!!
hugs
Jessie
Farmgirl Sister #235
"You are my strength when I am weak. You are the treasure that I seek. You are my all in all. Seeking You as a precious jewel; Lord, to give up I'd be a fool. You are my all in all."
Stop by my blog for a visit www.messiejessie2.blogspot.com |
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