Sleep???

I keep hearing y'all talk about waterbugs looking like giant roaches that can fly! Well I have never heard of waterbugs bugs but what it sounds like y'all are describing is what we call wood roaches. They can get to be about two inches long and do indeed fly (but they are roaches!!!). What I hate about them is that you can have the cleanest house in the world and still be infiltrated with them if you live in an area with lots of trees or woods. Here in Houston there is actually a yearly contest for the biggest one of those boogers and they air the winner on the news!!!!

Sorry, didn't mean to get so graphic! I'm probably going to have that stupid nightmare again just for talking about this! I actually looked in a dream interpretation book to find the meaning behind it but it didn't have anything on roaches but it did say that if you dream about bugs then you will gain financial wealth!

Sabra - I grew up in Austin, and we had lots of trees and lots of these bugs. There we called them tree roaches. However, when I moved up here to the Dallas area, I found they're called water bugs. But they're the same nasty bug, basically huge winged roaches. I actually killed on in my son's room this morning. Nice way to start the day.

Sleep??? I've forgotten the meaning of the word. This past week I've been lucky if I've gotten over 2 hours of it each night. Hpefully it'll be over soon, I'm due in only 9 days!

But on to spiders, there's something crazy going on. Both me and my hubby got bit in not so nice spots while using the potty. Aparently the spider or spiders that bit us decided to take root to our toilet and didn't like the fact that we had to pee! I think I solved that problem when after it bit me, I squirted the whole thing down with half a bottle of bleach.

Kezzer I know what you mean about the sleep thing. I don't get very much either. I wake up every half an hour to go to the bathroom.

I am sorry to hear of you spider in the toilet. Bleach isn't it wonderful!? I bet that spider will think twice before he bites again! LOL

Nine days I wish I was that close!!!! I still have 32 days! I wish you and the baby well and a safe delivery!

Nicole...I have also had arguements with people on whether or not the waterbug is a roach.
Like I said...to me, it is, that's all that matters!
I would rather come across one of those regular old roaches, like the german roach, than one of those waterbug/cockroaches!!! At least a regular roach can't fly into my face!!!!!!

*runs screaming from the room*

Debby you are so funny!!!!! I agree about it flying. I hate flying bugs!!

ICK! ICK! ICK!

I live in NY, and I have had the roach and waterbug thing. omg.

Especially in one particular apartment, we had exterminators, traps, sprays,....all to no avail. Roaches would pop up and I was a mess on valium. UGH!! And there were tons of babies, and where there are babies in your home, there are THOUSANDS in the walls. : (fainting)

Fortunately, we only lived there 4 months, and never had to deal with that again!

I am now using something called Riddex, which is a thingee you plug into the wall. It is totally safe for pets. It repells pests and rodents and bugs, by sending sound pulses through your electrical wiring that pests can't stand. I don't now how well it really works, but I can tell you I just moved to a new apartment 2 months ago and I have not seen a single roach!

I have heard mention on this thread of using bug spray. Is that safe around pets?

Val****

Val....Riddex sounds wonderful, except for one thing....you said it repels rodents, also. I have a pet rat. I am afraid that would not work.

Debbie,

The instructions say that you are not supposed to have any rodents as pets when you use Riddex. No guinea pigs, hamsters, mice or rats.

I am sorry.

Val

Debby,

Riddex works great. I've used them for ants. I bought them through QVC and they cost about $15 each. No, you cannot have one if you have any small pets like hamster, guinea pigs, mice, rats or ANY kid of rodent for pets as they do repel them.

Donna

Talk about phobias! When I was a little girl, my dad converted the garage into my bedroom. My first nite in my room I felt something very weird. I had very long hair and I felt something tugging in it. I reached over to find my lamp, only to fall out of bed. Finally, I and found my way over to it. I turned it on....EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKS...My screams were so loud the neighbors came over!

I was looking down into my hair watching these H U G E Palmetto bugs crawling up my hair! I was running around the room trying desperately to get them away from my body...my dad finally came in and had to hold me still while he covered my face with a towel so I wouldn't see what he was doing. The whole time, I was screaming bloody murder. My poor dad!

Palmetto's although revolting, are not as bad as German Cockaroaches..Isn't he just lovely! UGH!!!! Screams!!!!

Catarina,

Um....ahem...thank you for that lovely picture of that quite..um....
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What a horrible experience about the palmeto bugs. I am sorry.

Val

Oh Cat, thank you for that lovely visual!

I had never heard of Palmeto bugs....but danged if that aint a cockroach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

*covers eyes, and runs screaming from the room, once again*


Oh and by the way....Catarina....you poor thing...what an awful thing to have happen to you....I think I would sooner eat worms than have those horrid things crawling in my hair!!! *SHIVERS*

When I was a teenager, our apartment had centipedes. Three inch long ones with long feathery legs. They liked to hide in the dirty clothes and crawl out on your arms as you picked up the clothes to put in the washer. Loved to hide in bath towels too. The shower scene from "Psycho" is tame compared to the horror of wiping shampoo out of your eyes and having a monster drop off the towel onto your cleavage.:disturbed

Sometimes when I'm half asleep, one of the cats will brush me lightly with their whiskers--sends me through the roof, because it feels the same as the centipede legs.

:laughing2:laughing2:laughing2:laughing2:laughing2:laughing2:laughing2:laughing2 Oh Loretta, you are so funny; but I have to tell you I had to stay in that room every night until I was fifteen. I finally got used to the bugs.

They actually became my friends! Now and then they flew in my mouth...but, it was like a midnight snack; ya know? They're really not that bad...tastes like chicken and it's a great protein source

Oh and about those pics…I think you'd really love to go through my collection.

Especially the ones from the midnight snack theme. But I did promise Deb that I wouldn't post anymore Palmetto bug pics. However; I'm sure you'll enjoy these, I was on a trip to Thailand and eating bugs is quite a delicacy...of course you must soak them and then prepare them with the right amount of lemon...(we don't want to overpower that delicious entree with lemon)

As the famous Colonel Sanders would say...ummmmmm ummmmmmm finger licken' good! :laughing2

Catarina those pictures are really gross!!!!!!! I'm calling you when I can't sleep!! You'll have to come all the way to PA to kill my bugs!! LOL

:laughing2Here ya go Loretta :angel2:

Banana Worm Bread
Ingredients:
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
2 bananas, mashed
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts
2 eggs
1/4 cup dry-roasted army worms
Directions:
Mix together all ingredients. Bake in greased loaf pan at 350 degrees for about 1 hour.
This is a favorite that was featured on the Jay Leno Show

(got the worm finder on the job!:LOL:

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