One of the key things that let you know summer is here is the dreaded fruit flies. I’m not an OCD or even anal about keeping my house spotless. but I do keep a clean house and the fruit flies are usually only a few every year.
However this year I have been infested with them and I cannot figure out why. I was moving the stove and scrubbing behind it in the walls trying to see maybe some kind of food slipped down there. I moved the fridge and scrubbed the floor and walls by the fridge. I moved the dressers I moved the couch. I moved everything movable and cleaned. to no avail though I just could not figure out where this mass amount infestation of fruit flies were coming from.
After about two weeks and refilling the Apple cider vinegar and dish soap concoction for the fourth time I said to myself “self maybe this is just something I must deal with this until the fall comes.” Giving up all hope and nothing else to clean I accepted my fate.
It wasn’t until the other night I was sitting on the couch in my usual spot at the L corner where you can stretch out your legs. And my friend was sitting on the other end of the couch, We were chatting away and I wanted to show her something so I leaned over to show her.
After showing her said thing and we got to talking more, I turned onto my stomach on the couch facing her, I had my feet in the air behind me.
Then IT happened! I put my feet down and 1 foot goes between the L connection of the couch and I feel the most grossest thing I’ve ever felt with my feet. Now the first reaction of someone would be to jump up and make a unnatural noise, but not me, oh no I “investigated” the grossness with my toes before jumping up making an unatural noise, I cautiously turn around, slide my hand in there and pull up this thing. It’s not something I’ve ever seen before. It was a creation all of its own. It was rotten but it didn’t smell at all. (Yes I got up real close in the investigating), It wasn’t squishy but rather still solid. No matter what i did to it I just could not figure out what it was. I couldn’t just throw it out without figuring out what it was, so the investigation started again. I smelt it, took a long deep slow nasal inhaling breath, it was then i picked up a scent, a slight scent but still a scent. I picked a little bit of a cucumber smell. That was it I had identified the item.so I’m going to assume it was the mystery item.
So the next piece of the puzzle, WHERE did this cucumber come from? As I sat there contemplating I remembered I babysit a 21 month old little boy (I never use months, he is a year and half but trying to be exact) who still doesn’t comprehend the consequences of hiding food. I burst into laughter, it was him that put it there, he mustn’t have wanted to eat it. The thing that makes it funnier, i hasn’t babysat him for two weeks!Now the fruit flies have diminished to the random two or three that is normal. I am thankful for little buddy forcing me to really deep clean my house!
fruit fly frustrations
One of the key things that let you know summer is here is the dreaded fruit flies. I’m not an OCD or even anal about keeping my house spotless. but I do keep a clean house and the fruit flies are usually only a few every year.
However this year I have been infested with them and I cannot figure out why. I was moving the stove and scrubbing behind it in the walls trying to see maybe some kind of food slipped down there. I moved the fridge and scrubbed the floor and walls by the fridge. I moved the dressers I moved the couch. I moved everything movable and cleaned. to no avail though I just could not figure out where this mass amount infestation of fruit flies were coming from.
After about two weeks and refilling the Apple cider vinegar and dish soap concoction for the fourth time I said to myself “self maybe this is just something I must deal with this until the fall comes.” Giving up all hope and nothing else to clean I accepted my fate.
It wasn’t until the other night I was sitting on the couch in my usual spot at the L corner where you can stretch out your legs. And my friend was sitting on the other end of the couch, We were chatting away and I wanted to show her something so I leaned over to show her.
After showing her said thing and we got to talking more, I turned onto my stomach on the couch facing her, I had my feet in the air behind me.
Then IT happened! I put my feet down and 1 foot goes between the L connection of the couch and I feel the most grossest thing I’ve ever felt with my feet. Now the first reaction of someone would be to jump up and make a unnatural noise, but not me, oh no I “investigated” the grossness with my toes before jumping up making an unatural noise, I cautiously turn around, slide my hand in there and pull up this thing. It’s not something I’ve ever seen before. It was a creation all of its own. It was rotten but it didn’t smell at all. (Yes I got up real close in the investigating), It wasn’t squishy but rather still solid. No matter what i did to it I just could not figure out what it was. I couldn’t just throw it out without figuring out what it was, so the investigation started again. I smelt it, took a long deep slow nasal inhaling breath, it was then i picked up a scent, a slight scent but still a scent. I picked a little bit of a cucumber smell. That was it I had identified the item.so I’m going to assume it was the mystery item.
So the next piece of the puzzle, WHERE did this cucumber come from? As I sat there contemplating I remembered I babysit a 21 month old little boy (I never use months, he is a year and half but trying to be exact) who still doesn’t comprehend the consequences of hiding food. I burst into laughter, it was him that put it there, he mustn’t have wanted to eat it. The thing that makes it funnier, i hasn’t babysat him for two weeks!
Now the fruit flies have diminished to the random two or three that is normal. I am thankful for little buddy forcing me to really deep clean my house!
