I don’t let much bother me these days.
Sixty straight days of rain? There is beauty and cleansing to be found in rainfall.
No money? At least the bills are paid, we have a warm home and lots of good, healthy food. Heck, we even have the Canucks Pay-Per-View season’s package and for that I feel truly rich.
Weight gain? Curves are sexy, I am healthy.
It’s been easy to find the positive in almost every situation.
And then they came.
The fruit flies.Two of them, everyday. Isn’t a fruit fly’s life expectancy like, 9 hours? My fruit is fresh, not rotting and my kitchen is clean, wiped down with chemicals often.
I think they’ve come to torment me in my newfound peace and it’s working. I stand at the sink doing dishes or washing vegetables or cutting sandwiches into perfect little squares and one of those bastards will fly by my head.
I grab the can of Lysol ready to battle. I know now that if can spray him twice, then he’ll drop and I win. But do you know how hard it is to spray a fruit fly twice? Damn near impossible.
And even if I do win, he’s eventually replaced by one of his spawn, which leads me to believe that they’re breeding somewhere and that thought most definitely ignites the crazies deep inside me – the thought that somewhere in my kitchen, undetectable to my nose, something is rotting and fruit fly eggs are hatching.
That’s the worst kind of crazy to be.
So today? I build a fruit fly trap and rip apart my kitchen.
And if that doesn’t work? We’re going to have to move.
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Thankfully the flies haven’t started here yet, but they’re coming… they always do. I hate them!
Ugh. Good luck!
We’ve had them – here are our remedies:
1. Never leave standing water in your sink. No dishes. No puddles. Clean our your drain with vinegar.
2. Leave out a little cup of apple cider vinegar, add in a couple drops of hand-dishwashing liquid, and stir. Leave this mixture out for a couple of days, and then replace it with new dishwashing liquid and vinegar. You’ll find the suckers dead at the bottom within a few hours!
Good luck! They’re annoying as EFF!
yuck.
oh, and can i say … YUCK!!!!!!!!
Blech.
But with all you’ve beaten, I have no doubt that fruit flies aren’t up to the fight you’re gonna give them!
I effing HATE Fruit Flies and we battle them often. But Coral and I found what we think was their hive world home. did battle and the last few days (knock on wood) peace restored to the Baker Homestead.
lol. i have to be honest… i’ve never had to do battle with a fruit fly. i don’t think i would want to. good luck and i sure hope you don’t have to move =)