Hey, Homies. I've been MIA. I have a note from the teacher (me) to excuse myself.
Brent has been gone for a week to AK for a memorial service and will be home tomorrow afternoon. HOORAY!!!!!!!!!! I've missed him so very, very, very much.
Meanwhile, with the warm weather, our yard and house have become infested with fleas.

Frontline only kills fleas after they bite the dog, so my poor pups are covered with living and dead fleas. I called an exterminator and was told everything had to be off of the carpet, and he'd give me a quote on the yard when he came to do the house.
We haven't even finished unpacking from our move two years ago. So I've spent the last four days unpacking as much as I could and moving lots of heavy things into the kitchen. Ow, I'm stiff now. It's hard to get anything done with the kids awake, so bedtime for me has been around 4-5 AM since Friday (insert zombie smilie here). Poor kids have been dealing with a very cranky mom today. I will never do this again while Brent is out of town.... Heck, I hope I never have to do it again, period.
When the exterminator came he said the yard was too big for him to do. It would take three days and cost $400. And the grass was too tall. I thought the price was really reasonable, considering we have 2.5 acres, but there was still that tall grass problem. I called a guy to mow the yard, and the exterminator is coming again tomorrow to do the area around the house where the fleas are the worst. I hope it's enough.
While the house was being taken care of, I took the dogs to the vet for a killer bath. When we got home again tonight, I sprayed them with some cider vinegar that is steeped with thyme. I've heard it's a good flea repellant, so I hope the itchy monsters will leave my dogs in peace until the yard is sprayed. I love thyme. I almost want to bite my dogs, but I'm not fond of hair in the mouth.
I'll try to ketchup now.
Cheers,
Taminator, Destroyer of FLEAS