Yes, it’s true.  I’ll admit it…I’m a pack rat.  I taught school for nearly twenty years.  And even though I’m not teaching public school now, just do private tutoring, I still save stuff to this day.  What kind of stuff?  I have a whole stack of Fleischman’s Olive Oil Spread containers, just waiting to be made into some type of learning game.  I save bottle tops from our gallon jugs of distilled water for a beginning reading activity I do with one of my tutoring students.    So I’m in desparate need of storage solutions.  It would be great to have all of these things in one central location like a storage cabinet out in the garage.   I think like a teacher, so….once a pack rat, always a pack rat!

I just read that one of the best ways to kill mosquitos is to use Listerine.  And even the store brand or the kind you get at any dollar store works just as well.   One person said they were having a deck party and mosquitos were everywhere.  A man sprayed the deck and yard with Listerine, and they were gone.  And supposedly, the effect lasts for a couple of days.  It’s safe to spray around the food table, too.  (Not on the food, though!  LOL)  Another person said he sprayed it around his door and window frames.  He said not to use it on wooden doors, just around the frame.  It doesn’t take much, and you can pour some in a 4 ounce spray bottle to use around the house.   He also said that he doesn’t leave home without it!

I don’t know about y’all, but we have been finding spider webs in our yard made by these huge spiders.  They are really creepy.  I was going to check the mail the other night and started out the front door.  I’m soooo glad I noticed this big spider on a spider web before I walked through it.  I immediately turned around and went out through the garage instead.  My hubby sprayed it with bug killer the next morning.  Then last night, we were taking out the trash.  This time we just happened to see a big web way up high, again with a huge spider in it. 

I read an article recently about a park that has an unbelievable amount of the hugest spider webs I’ve ever seen.  They’re in huge clusters so that it looks like gigantic webs out of some science fiction or Halloween movie.  I don’t want our yard to become like that.  Bring out the bug spray again…fast!

Do you have a wall in your home that you look at and think, “That wall is boring!”  I don’t now but I used too. Now I have trouble finding a place to hang something new. But if you have that problem, have you thought about adding a wall sconce, maybe two.  The type of lighting they provide adds warmth and interest to a wall.  They can accent something already on a particular wall, and maybe something that didn’t get noticed before will become a focal point due to the accent of the lighting.    Also, if you have a hallway or entryway that is lacking in interest, this type of lighting can make that area come alive.  No more boring walls!