A note about the weather (houses, live in, move)

[Kim918]

I have to say I am enjoying this weather. This morning I woke up it was 55. I had the windows open all day yesterday and they are still open. This is what I moved to TN for! If I were still in FL right now, I would be sweating my patootie off. September is one of the hotest and most humid months there. I am smiling ear to ear knowing I am missing that. This is heaven for me. I know most locals think it is hot and humid in the summer here, but do a few summers in FL and you will agree with me. I can do the summers here standing on my head. It's wonderful! I can't wait for fall! Love it Love it!

[alleycat]

Originally Posted by Kim918

I have to say I am enjoying this weather. This morning I woke up it was 55. I had the windows open all day yesterday and they are still open. This is what I moved to TN for! If I were still in FL right now, I would be sweating my patootie off. September is one of the hotest and most humid months there. I am smiling ear to ear knowing I am missing that. This is heaven for me. I know most locals think it is hot and humid in the summer here, but do a few summers in FL and you will agree with me. I can do the summers here standing on my head. It's wonderful! I can't wait for fall! Love it Love it!

Don't forget the lack of alligators.

;-)

[bnewman]

And the lack of those huge flying Palmetto bugs!!!!! YUCK!!!

[Kim918]

Originally Posted by alleycat

Don't forget the lack of alligators.

;-)

Originally Posted by bnewman

And the lack of those huge flying Palmetto bugs!!!!! YUCK!!!

I will never forget either of those for as long as I live! Especially those damn palmettos! Why do you think I have 4 cats? I never had to worry at home, but at work was another story entirely!

[LI2South]

Being afraid of MOST bugs... I HAD to ask about the bug population in TN before we started looking at houses in Mt. Juliet. I thought that there were "palmetto bugs" in TN as well??
While on the creepy subject, just how bad are the black widows in TN?? I thought I saw one in the shower while we were staying there.... Also what is the deal with snakes??
I am all itchy now... LOL

[Kim918]

Originally Posted by LI2South

Being afraid of MOST bugs... I HAD to ask about the bug population in TN before we started looking at houses in Mt. Juliet. I thought that there were "palmetto bugs" in TN as well??
While on the creepy subject, just how bad are the black widows in TN?? I thought I saw one in the shower while we were staying there.... Also what is the deal with snakes??
I am all itchy now... LOL

No palmettos here. I have been here a year now and I have not seen one snake or black widow. Just some beetles, june bugs, cicades(sp) and tiny spiders. Now the cicades has the same effect on me as palmettos. Those suckers fly and scream. It's an awful sound, but I really only saw one. I could hear them though. Pretty scary. I am totally bugphobic! I spray constantly so I never have really seen anything in the house. I also spray under the house. I am neurotic I know!

[LI2South]

Neurotic??? I told hubby that we are to bug bomb the house before we move in and specific instructions to spray for EVERYTHING as often as possible. Last night I woke hubby up to get rid of a cricket... ick!
<<<ITCHY>>>

[Kim918]

Originally Posted by LI2South

Neurotic??? I told hubby that we are to bug bomb the house before we move in and specific instructions to spray for EVERYTHING as often as possible. Last night I woke hubby up to get rid of a cricket... ick!
<<<ITCHY>>>

haha! you sound like me. I bombed the heck out of this place before we moved in and then walked the place the next day to see if I got anything. If I didn't have dead bodies we could move in. If we did, we would have to do it again just to be sure. Get a cat! You will never have anything live in your house again. I have 4 of them. Bugs don't stand a chance! From your name, I assume, you are coming from Long Island. I can remember lots of bugs there. Daddy Long Legs spiders, tons of crickets, mosquitos, preying mantis, but nothing that could harm you. In the south, it is a little different, we have fire ants that can put a hurtin on ya and some poisonous spiders too. I think you see more of these things the more rural you live. I think that makes a difference.

*Tip* someone here told me to throw crab apples under the house cause spiders hate them. She is going to give me some.

[Steve_TN]

Originally Posted by Kim918

haha! you sound like me. I bombed the heck out of this place before we moved in and then walked the place the next day to see if I got anything. If I didn't have dead bodies we could move in. If we did, we would have to do it again just to be sure. Get a cat! You will never have anything live in your house again. I have 4 of them. Bugs don't stand a chance! From your name, I assume, you are coming from Long Island. I can remember lots of bugs there. Daddy Long Legs spiders, tons of crickets, mosquitos, preying mantis, but nothing that could harm you. In the south, it is a little different, we have fire ants that can put a hurtin on ya and some poisonous spiders too. I think you see more of these things the more rural you live. I think that makes a difference.

*Tip* someone here told me to throw crab apples under the house cause spiders hate them. She is going to give me some.

Kim - Just make sure crab apples don't attract anything else.

[leonard]

Originally Posted by Steve_TN

Kim - Just make sure crab apples don't attract anything else.

You mean like snakes.

Think of the first occurrence of a family having trouble with a snake. There was an apple involved then too.