Killing flies

Obviously Spouse & I open and close the door many times each day. We exit and enter the house to go to work, the grocery store, out to dinner, the gym, to get the mail, and let Jordan the dog out to do her business. With all the opening and closing we've never had a problem with flies in the house... until the construction project started. Suddenly we have flies inside the house everyday.

Since I work at home and the front door hinge has a slight squeak to it, I hear it each time the door is opened by the construction guys, and I hear a little swoosh sound each time the door is closed. Its not like the construction guys are leaving the door open an excessive amount of time or anything, so I couldn't figure out why we suddenly started being bothered with flies in the house.

They can be quite persistent and annoying so we feel no guilt or shame in killing them. One day I was trying to eat lunch while watching a little HGTV and 3 flies were absolutely driving me insane. I felt like Tippi Hedren in 'The Birds'.
Fly swatters are an inefficient waste of time. Flies have amazing reflexes and will surely move before you can swat them.

But Spouse found an easy way to kill flies: Windex.

Yes, Windex. Spray the fly with Windex and it will be stunned and fall to the closest horizontal surface (countertop, table, floor, etc.) Once its fallen you can quickly smush it with a paper towel, then wipe up the excess Windex.

I'm telling you, it works like a champ!

So yesterday the construction guys (Jay and Junior) cut the hole for the door that will give us access into the garage from inside the house. Obviously there was a large opening for awhile until they got the door jam into position and secured. Then the door was wide open as Jay installed the knob and latch.

Cut to me trying to make a sandwich for lunch with 5 flies buzzing against the kitchen window!

With a paper towel in one hand and the Windex in the other, I slowly approached the kitchen window then sprayed furiously for a few seconds. 3 of the 5 flies dropped to the window sill and I smushed them into the paper towel, then folded it over and wiped up the Windex.

When I returned from eating my sandwich a few minutes later, the other 2 flies were buzzing around that window again, so I repeated the steps above and killed them both, too.

YES - I killed 5 flies in less than a 1/2 hour! Think I'm getting excited about nothing? Well then, when was the last time YOU killed 5 flies in less than a 1/2 hour? What? Never? Mmm hmmm, I thought so.

Oh, and we now have the cleanest kitchen window and window sill in town.

Crush du Jour: Colt Brennan