the attack

i decided today was the day to get rid of my horny guests. you know, the wasps. i got this spray at home depot which promised to project up to 27 feet. the jet spray turned out to be a squirt and the actual stream of chemicals was more like a wide angle hair spray kind that you get with aquanet...not the sleek jet stream that i was expecting. anyways, i sprayed it and true to the three stooges moments in my life, a gust of wind was ALSO blowing at the same time so it blew back on me. let's just say, i had a chemical shower myself. i sprayed the nest a few more times and as you can see, DEAD. the directions say to knock it off after 24 hrs....count down starting NOW.


anybody want some empty wasp nests?

dead! don't mess with bagnatic!

shopping gone awry

bye bye urban outfitters, bloomingdales, nordstrom's, and the like.

here's where i normally shop now :( i say hello to:

home depot :(

ikea. :( ikea normally would be fun if i had the money to refurnish my wee house. well i don't so i've been going back and forth for bits and pieces.

target is another highly trafficked place. none of them, FUN. bleh.

bagnatic vs. wee heater

i took a cold shower yesterday morning. ugh. it was very cold. i seriously thought the water would eventually warm up, but it didn't! i had to climb out of my shower all drippy (but uber sexy of course) and freezing to check on the heater. there was no doubt in my mind that the heater was at fault. after all, it officially has a track record now and sure enough, the pilot light once again, was off. fyi, i had asked zeb (the plumber) before about what causes a pilot light to go off since my heater is relatively new. he says sometimes, an air bubble can get trapped inside the "i don't know which tube" which can then blow out the pilot light. it could also be blown out by gusty wind which unfortunately i think is the main reason for it. i think it's situated in a wind tunnel of sorts with a flimsy aluminum casing that hardly does it any good.

anyways, it got fixed. so the score so far:

bagnatic: 2, wee heater: 0

savings: $75 x 2 = $150.

my wee house is pro-OBAMA

i have a small "lawn" space. hard to describe it other than it being a funky patch with very little grass and dead plants in the front of my wee house. the property wasn't taken care of for over a year before i bought it and "gardening" (what the heck does that mean?) isn't exactly in my vocabulary. besides, it's cold right? do plants grow in the cold when they should be wearing sweaters and sipping hot chocolate instead? i think not. that will be my spring activity. i did hire a gardner though named juan carlos who trims my trees....but i digress.

while in nevada, i asked for an obama/biden lawn sign to place on my patchy lawn. unfortunately, i was denied. i think the resources are pulled for the swing states, not good ole california which is expected to be blue. i was able to get a huge round obama sign though for my window. although he is lopsided, his politics are not.

how cool is that to discover my house is pro-OBAMA.

can you see my reflection in the window? i look like a stalker.

horny guests

on my property, i discovered 2 wasp nests in two different areas. goodness! both hives seem "relatively" small, though i'm sure their stingers aren't. after reading up on wasps, i discovered that:

"Wasps are considered dangerous in regular homes. Although certain uses have been founded in certain species of wasps, wasps and regular homes should never co-exist. Not only will these insects bother us, they could also cause certain diseases because of their stings. If nothing is done about them when they start existing at homes, they could easily invade a house which could even cause damage."

now that i've effectively freaked myself out, i will make my way to home depot (one of these days...soon...err) and see if i can get these wasp sprays that can project up to 15ft away. then i'm knocking those suckers down! yup, by myself! i need to do that soon...before the nest doubles in size! but if i get attacked and die, you all may share my bags. :(

why are you so high up?!

ick!! bleh!! so ugly!

you light my fire

the culprit in question.

first of all, if you don't already know this, I AM AWESOME. let me now proceed to explain why i am so awesome.

today, my sis woke up and took a cold shower. i don't think she watched porn or anything the night before so this cold shower was indeed involuntary. since i'm normally up when she gets ready for work, she comes to me and tells me, "there's no hot water!" expecting me of course to do some magic and fix it up pronto. she was right...the water was cold indeed but it was not an issue i could deal with right away. i had brunch plans in cerritos with my cerritos momma and i needed to get out of the house asap.

once i got back, i turned on the water and found that it was still cold when it should be hot. i went to my water heater outside and inspected it. i suspect that the pilot light for the heater went off and since i didn't know how to do anything remotely useful, i started calling a few plumbers i found on yelp. i told the first one that i think i needed the pilot light lit and he told me it would be $75 for the house call. really?! effin' crap. i then called a second one to get a different price point and let me just say, zeb from lipson plumbing was 110% amazing. he actually said if it's really an issue of having my pilot light lit, HE WOULD WALK ME THROUGH IT ON THE PHONE!!! and he did!! it worked, my pilot light was lit, i have hot water, and he saved me $75-$90 today!

i'm just so freakin' excited that i am capable of getting things done. and saving $75 on top of that...that was pure sweetness! zeb is awesome and so am i!

directions (as best i can recall them) for next time the pilot light blows out.

iron chef

i try to cook more now. obviously, i have time because i'm on vaykay and of course, trying to save a buck or 2 for bagnatic as well as my wee house. since my sister lives with me now, i naturally take on the more nurturing role, though she would probably beg to differ.

in my quest to be a saver and to utilize my new kitchen more so than not, my sis and i agreed that we would each cook one day out of the week. that means two days of homecooked meals with leftovers...hopefully. that is the plan anyways. she cooked dinner on sunday with my mom (cheater!) and though i wasn't home to share the yumminess with them, i did get to eat some leftovers. tonight was my turn so i decided to make:

chicken quesadilla with roasted red peppers and shredded cheddar cheese. yum!

chinese green beans with a whole lotta garlic. yummy!

hahhaa, the food doesn't match with each other, but i knew i had to throw in a veggie dish somewhere and there were green beans in the fridge. anyways, i don't know how long this cooking zealousness will last, but it's satisfying to know that i don't have to rely on rodeo grill for food. do you know of any simple recipes that i can use so i can diversify my cooking repertoire? the less ingredients, the better.