Thursday 1 October 2009

Invasion of the flies

Last week during one of the last really hot days of summer (well, more like early fall) we came home to find ourselves in a horror movie. As soon as we walked in the door we noticed a faint buzzing sound coming from upstairs. Reluctantly we walked up the stairs while the buzz increased in volume, stepped into the kitchen and were faced with hundreds and hundreds of flies covering our windows. 

Gross! I immediately armed myself with a swatter while D ran back down to get the vacuum cleaner. Then we started operation fly extinction. It took us a good 40 minutes to get them all and this is how our vacuum cleaner looked inside. 

Yum-yum! Fly guts galore! Our house is a barn conversion and used to be a horse stable up until about a year and a half ago so the flies were probably looking for some horseys, but instead they ended up meeting Mr. Vacuum and Mrs. Swatter. Hah!

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12 comments:

  1. JW Moxie1 October 2009 at 14:28

    Oh. my. GAWSH. It's like a scene from The Exorcist. That would have freaked me right on out.

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  2. Mrs. Gamgee1 October 2009 at 15:12

    Oy! That's just nasty! *shudder*

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  3. Lin1 October 2009 at 16:37

    OMG! So not cool! We've had a recent cricket "infestation," but I think I'll stick with the crickets over flies! Ick!

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  4. Lynn1 October 2009 at 18:12

    OMG! I would have totally freaked out about that many flies! Glad you were able to disburse with them fairly quickly!

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  5. Wishing 4 One1 October 2009 at 19:12

    Oh man, that is nastaaaay! I die here when one fly gets in and if a mosquito gets in we will not sleep until we kill it. Man that was alot of flies....

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  6. Anonymous1 October 2009 at 19:21

    That is nothing compared to our fly infestation!! We bought an 100 yr. old farmhouse and well let's just say something died up in the attic...we have a "fly vac" to use each time we go up. The problem has gotten mucho better since we found the cause though !

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  7. Kari2 October 2009 at 15:55

    That is a LOT of flies!! Glad you eradicated the problem quickly and easily!! Thanks for the supportive comment on my blog. I agree, let's get through this together and hope we both get the BFPs and happy healthy 9 months we deserve!! :)

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  8. WannabeMommy2 October 2009 at 21:28

    Reminds me of the contents of my head... ugh.

    Thanks for the tissues, i really need them right now! : )

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  9. Mrs. Farmer2 October 2009 at 21:51

    Oh my goodness all I can say is that is pretty scary!!! I'm glad it wasn't at our circus tent... Hey I have a gift for you over at my blog go check it out!!!

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  10. Anonymous2 October 2009 at 22:27

    Ugh! We have that problem in our upstairs, too! Our upstairs isn't used for anything, so I think that's why. We have those imitation lady bugs, too! I'd rather have the flies, quite frankly!

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  11. Lollipop Goldstein3 October 2009 at 15:15

    GAAAAAAAAAH! I truly have no problem with flies, but seeing that amount would probably kill me. We had about 20 sugar ants in our kitchen this year one night and I considered that the end of the world...

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  12. My Vegas3 October 2009 at 18:44

    Hey...I feel like we have the same body. I just read up on your IF trip: I, too, have mid cycle spotting and one active tube (left) and one that is bunk (right). And I am 34. Are you my IF twin? hahaha

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