I've discovered something that I never thought would creep me out but absolutely is giving me the steadily increasing creeps.
Nope, nothing baby related nor roofing related...it's LADYBUGS!
They mostly congregate in our bathroom--today I found five of them plus three dead ones--but also enjoy spending time in our kitchen and bedroom (one fell off of the ceiling into the kid's co-sleeper today; awesome).
When we first moved in we spotted them and I remembered hearing a story on NPR a few years ago about how ladybugs like high-up places (some people call these "tall buildings") and we're on the fourth floor so I was all "Hey, cool, look at the cute ladybugs! Science in action!" Five months later I am more, shall we say, skeeved out by the little dotted creatures and am delighted to have read that they should leave when it is warm out.
Because, eww. They might be pretty, but they're still bugs. Bugs dying in my house. Bugs dying in my house and falling onto places where my daughter sleeps.
Posted by Ida at February 26, 2008 11:25 AMHm, I think you might be in for some difficulties when Nora gets to the inevitable "eating dirt phase".
Posted by: COMTE at February 26, 2008 01:39 PMDear lord, where did you grow up?
Posted by: ian at February 29, 2008 01:38 PMI'm telling you, it's only because of the baby.
All the dead and living things in our childhood home only made me like science.
Posted by: ida at February 29, 2008 01:53 PM