I'm still chicken!

Online I have found a number of possible solutions

- waiting until a cool night and then placing something (like a heavy carpet) over the hole to keep the bees inside

- maybe there's a local area beekeeper that will come get the bees for free

-plus an assortment of receipes from others that have used them successfully

But alas, my last "bee sting" incident has turned me "off" from going back out there again so I'm going to wait until the weather gets colder (REAL COLDER) and then discard of the cushion(s)!

How I Became A Homeowner......

Here is my little story of how I became a homeowner.

I was taking care of my mother when she got sick and when she died she left the house to me - and that is how I became a homeowner.

It didn't really sink in until I started getting all those bills that are associated with being a homeowner such as the property tax bills and the monthly mortgage bill. And then came the repairs! That is when it really started to sink in. Now all the mail that was associated with the house were coming with my name on it! Yikes!

Of course before this I had never been a homeowner before and really didn't know anything about it! I had no clue! Mind you now, I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world!

But after I became a homeowner I began to learn the meaning of foundations and township ordinances and property tax bills and mortgages and interest rates! I also started to become something of a beginner handyman as well! - LOL!


I have bled radiators, and broken branches from the outside trees when storm damage has happened. I'm learning about gutters and about how the leaves can clog them up thus causing the water to gather and possibly back up.

I'm also learning that if you don't take care of and get rid of weeds that they can grow and grow and grow and when it rains the weeds grow some more!

I have also learned how good it feels to have a home of one's own! I had lived in this house for many years before I came to own it. I want to pay off the mortgage because I really hate mortgage companies!

I also want a fireplace - maybe even more than one - because I just love the way that they look and feel! I don't want one of those fake fireplaces though - I want the real thing that burns wood (and I have a lot of wood that I'm saving from the tree branches that have fallen. I have even seen some nearby houses in my neighborhood that are selling firewood and I'm guess that it is from their tree damage as well).

I also have an attic that is not in use. There is still a lot of work to be done in it as it just has some paneling and some insulation - sometimes I'm even kinda of scared to go up there!

There is also a basement that has water in it when it rains and there is also foundation work that has to be done in the basement. However my washing machine and dryer (that doesn't work) is in the basement so I am down there to do laundry.

I have never been much of an "apartment" person so being a homeowner appeals to me very well.

So that is my little story of how I became a homeowner.......

Oh, the angst!

Well I'm not a complete homeowner - there is still a mortgage on the house - but...............

I decided to start this blog because of an incident that happened to me yesterday. I decided to sweep off the front porch and moved one of the chairs and was welcomed by a swarm of bees! Needless to say they didn't like being disturbed. Well I got away from the chair as quick as I could but now had to figure out what to do.

I'm kind of assuming that there is a hive someone there - it may even be in the cushion of the chair which is busted open. So I went online to find out some solutions - a lot of which said to wait until a cool night and cover the hole with like a heavy carpet so that they couldn't get out. Still another piece of advice was to just wait until it got cooler to get rid of the hive.

I thought if I covered myself real good all over I could take the cushion and put it out with the trash - well that was a bad mistake! The bees mostly attacked my legs but they were buzzing all around me too and since I was covered up it was hard to see them so I hightailed it into the house bringing in a few bees with me!

So now I was so scared and so fed up that I decided to wait until it turns COLD (and I do emphasize the word COLD!) before I get rid of the cushion.

Still I much rather prefer living in a house as opposed to living in an apartment!