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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n After about two weeks and refilling the Apple cider vinegar and dish soap concoction for the fourth time I said to myself \u201cself maybe this is just something I must deal with this until the fall comes.\u201d Giving up all hope and nothing else to clean I accepted my fate.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It wasn\u2019t 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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\u2019ve 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 \u201cinvestigated\u201d 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\u2019s not something I\u2019ve ever seen before. It was a creation all of its own. It was rotten but it didn\u2019t smell at all. (Yes I got up real close in the investigating), It wasn\u2019t squishy but rather still solid. No matter what i did to it I just could not figure out what it was. I couldn\u2019t 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\u2019m going to assume it was the mystery item.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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\u2019t comprehend the consequences of hiding food. I burst into laughter, it was him that put it there, he mustn\u2019t have wanted to eat it. The thing that makes it funnier, i hasn\u2019t 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!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n fruit fly frustrations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the key things that let you know summer is here is the dreaded fruit flies. I\u2019m 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n After about two weeks and refilling the Apple cider vinegar and dish soap concoction for the fourth time I said to myself \u201cself maybe this is just something I must deal with this until the fall comes.\u201d Giving up all hope and nothing else to clean I accepted my fate.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It wasn\u2019t 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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\u2019ve 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 \u201cinvestigated\u201d 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\u2019s not something I\u2019ve ever seen before. It was a creation all of its own. It was rotten but it didn\u2019t smell at all. (Yes I got up real close in the investigating), It wasn\u2019t squishy but rather still solid. No matter what i did to it I just could not figure out what it was. I couldn\u2019t 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\u2019m going to assume it was the mystery item.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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\u2019t comprehend the consequences of hiding food. I burst into laughter, it was him that put it there, he mustn\u2019t have wanted to eat it. The thing that makes it funnier, i hasn\u2019t babysat him for two weeks!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the key things that let you know summer is here is the dreaded fruit flies. 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