Certain things should be extinct

There is no need in my mind to protect poisonous
snakes, alligators, mice, rats, or......bugs.

In New Mexico we never had a flea problem, the environment
was just way too cold and dry for a flea to want to ever
move there.

The first Christmas after moving to Missouri we had fleas in
the house so I quickly educated myself on the little
buggers.

Been using Frontline Plus on the doggers for six
years, and it has always done such a wonderful job
I admit I don't always check the dogs for critters.
Until recently, when our son noticed a few fleas
on the short haired pup.
Uh oh.
Maybe I had forgotten that month's Frontline application,
so I re-applied. It had been three weeks anyhow.
Welp it did help but there still were those pesky
few fleas left. That is the WORST FEELING EVER
when you apply a chemical that is supposed to kill
all the fleas on your pet and it doesn't - you cannot
just re-apply the stuff without risk of poisoning them.
YIKES. My trusted Frontline no longer was doing
the trick.

So to the internet to do research. And wait.
Treat carpets, wash and vacuum religiously. Wait.
Treat the yard. Wait some more.

Ordered Advantage. It arrived yesterday and I
immediately applied it to all the doggers and cat.
Today it looks like Advantage is doing its' job.
I will know more in a few days after washing and
vacuuming and reassessing the situation This stuff
is too expensive to just experiment with.

Like any drug that people can build up a resistance
too, it's possible the doggers built up one
to the Frontline. Frontline is a good product.
I had thought about a bad batch but I had two
different batches and same results. I will use
the Frontline again (have some left) once the
weather gets colder and the fleas aren't as active.
To re-test and see what the results are.
UGH.

Mediocrity is easy......

Part of a line from Seger's Lock and Load....

I hate being ordinary. I hate defining
normal and going along with the flow in
most cases. If I die tomorrow, I'd like
to be remembered as making a difference in
someone's life..hopefully more than one...
even if I just made that person smile when
nothing else did. Oh I know I won't be
forgotten by a bunch of people, LOL! But
I hope to make a difference in a POSITIVE
way.

So it's the middle of summer, and the first
half really REALLY sucked. Hubby has been
sick for a month, he's getting better but
it's been tough. A friend I knew since the
6th grade died unexpectedly. A new pup
in the household. Hot. Dry. It just
all stacks up eventually.

The friend I knew that recently passed away -
he apparently had problems with depression, and
chose to end his own life. I've known
far too many people who have chosen this
path, and I know with the economy etc. there
are hard times out there. I don't particularly
know his exact situation, I just know
it's sad and if we only had a clue maybe we
could have done something......but we had none.
We had just re-connected last December on
Facebook and had many things in common. We
loved joking back and forth with each other
and did so almost daily. After, I have heard
he had problems with depression and refused to
take medication. So I am urging anyone reading
this to please please please seek help if you
have problems with depression. The feelings
and situation are temporary and the condition
is treatable. Don't rely on someone else
or try to go it alone, it's just not worth the
chance and you deserve to be happy.

Mediocrity is easy, the good things take time.