That night while describing the experience to a friend, I said, "The only reason it happened was because I was walking barefoot in my backyard, and Michael hasn't mowed the lawn in months."
She said, "Oh yeah, I had to take over the mowing from my husband years ago. Even when I was pregnant."
I said, "I've already had to fire Michael from so many chores, I refuse to take over the mowing. I'm just going to let it sit until the weeds take over our house, or we're ostracized from the neighborhood."
We're just about there...
*I've also never been stung by a wasp, hornet, or yellow jacket.
**Apparently, the best way to treat a sting is to rub apple cider vinegar over it. Unfortunately, I didn't learn that until two days later when my foot had broken out in an itchy rash.
In my defence, every Saturday since we've been back from vacation has been taken up by some outside thing. And those that weren't were 100°+ days. I was even going to do it during the week this week, but I didn't have any weekday nights available either.
ReplyDeleteToday, I mowed.
ReplyDeleteAlso in my defence, those pictures are all from the fenced in backyard which nobody can see but us. Yes, it's bad, but it's a contained bad. Also, today I mowed :)
ReplyDeleteOuch! Sorry you were stung. I've never heard of the apple cider vinegar trick, I'll have to try that next time one of the boys are stung. We use the baking soda/water paste trick. It works amazingly well.
ReplyDeleteTake some baking soda and mix it with a small amount of water to make it pasty. Put it on the wound and let it sit for 1/2 hour or longer. (Obviously, make sure you get the stinger out before - if there was one). Wash off the paste, hopefully you won't need to use this treatment anytime soon!