Saturday, June 26, 2010

Bugs Do Not Belong On Upholstery, Or, Saturday Morning at 8:08am

Yesterday I was sitting on my sofa. It is from Pottery Barn, but that's besides the point. I could see the right hand sofa arm out of the corner of my eye.

Up crawled a silverfish. Right onto the peanut-colored faux suede. I am reasonably sane about bugs - not all the way to wise maybe, but sane. However, that crawling silverfish was too much.

We all have our limits. Bugs on upholstery is one of mine. I know you've got yours. Sometimes life is profound and sometimes, I think, it just isn't. Have a wonderful weekend.

29 Comments:

Blogger Nellie said...

It is my opinion that bugs belong outdoors! Houses are made for people!

June 26, 2010 at 9:08 AM  
Blogger Suburban Princess said...

Tis the season! I cant stand those little things either *shudder*

June 26, 2010 at 9:10 AM  
Blogger Belle de Ville said...

There was a tiny moth flying about in my bedroom this morning. The Horror...not because I am not particularly bothered by bugs but because of the havoc a moth could cause with the cashmere and wool in my closet.

June 26, 2010 at 10:08 AM  
Blogger Suburban Princess said...

Thanks for the rest-rec! SF is on my list - maybe when the little one is old enough to travel without drama :O)

June 26, 2010 at 10:20 AM  
Anonymous Jan said...

Ewwww, bugs. I'm okay with spiders, surprisingly (they fascinate me), but bugs tend to make me squeal like a sissy. Especially June bugs and cock roaches.

June 26, 2010 at 10:29 AM  
Blogger elle said...

Even in the trivial you speak profound truths.

Have the best weekend, OK? I sure am. :)

June 26, 2010 at 10:36 AM  
Blogger Britta said...

As Nelly above says: bugs outside, not inside (except spiders). Although I often think: "Such a tiny little life" and I try to put them outside (we're lucky in Hamburg to live on the second floor). But my almost Buddhist longanamity is under hard attack when gnats arrive :-) Britta

June 26, 2010 at 11:00 AM  
Blogger mette said...

I understand you perfectly. I have washed and put in the freezer all our wool and cashmere clothes, and then packed them safely. Spiders are ok, but I can´t stand flies inside. At the stable they are unavoidable. Mice and birds that come inside, make me hysterical.

June 26, 2010 at 12:16 PM  
Blogger Joyce Lau said...

I am not sane about bugs. I found one silverfish in my apartment, killed it, and immediately went online to research silverfish infestations. My fear was totally unfounded, since I haven't seen one since.

I am terrified of large Asian cockroaches we have here. You can have the cleanest home in the world, but they find a way in, particularly during rainy season. All I can do when I see one is stand on the furniture and scream. See? Not sane at all.

June 26, 2010 at 1:00 PM  
Anonymous Staircase Witch said...

I'm delighted to see that there are others who don't mind spiders in their houses. I think, though, if I still lived in a large city I wouldn't have so much sangfroid about bugs--there are some quite nasty kinds of vermin there that are hard to avoid and with which I do not at all miss doing battle. But I do miss a lovely gray cat who belonged to a friend of mine in Chicago. In August and September in the evenings, large green katydids were always getting into her kitchen, and he would obligingly hunt them down and lay them at our feet.

June 26, 2010 at 1:23 PM  
Anonymous Brenda Sedore said...

I have an unreasonable fear of spiders. I'm pretty tough with most things but a tiny spider sends me right to my primeval state.

June 26, 2010 at 1:25 PM  
Blogger Someone said...

I view silverfish as pretty harmless personally, but since they are interested mostly in starch and paper, they tend to congregate in the homes of the bookish. They are an occupational hazard of the intellectual.

June 26, 2010 at 2:46 PM  
Blogger RoseAG said...

got any old magazines stashed under that couch?

June 26, 2010 at 3:34 PM  
Blogger CDS said...

They love books and magazines...maybe make sure you don't have an infestation in your library.

June 26, 2010 at 5:18 PM  
Blogger VA Gal said...

Spiders would definitely be what pushes me beyond my limit. Nothing profound about it; they just give me the creeps.
Have a good weekend!

June 26, 2010 at 7:21 PM  
Blogger Sandra said...

Once again - I concur wholeheartedly. xoxo

June 26, 2010 at 8:13 PM  
Blogger Lipstick said...

Giggle re: "sometimes it just isn't." Great line.

You need Billy the Exterminator. At least that's what JBB and Pretty Girl would say. They are addicted to that show and run around the house and the yard pretending to be Billy. Very funny.

June 27, 2010 at 2:12 AM  
Blogger Semi Expat said...

Am not keen on spiders - especially the larger ones found here in Oz. But also hmmmm silverfish - no, not keen on them either especially on the upholstery so I don't blame you in the slightest! x

June 27, 2010 at 4:54 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm in Scotland, I had to google that, oh my not happy at all, I was going to say that I didn't mind creepy crawlies but that just changed my mind.

June 27, 2010 at 10:55 AM  
Blogger living well said...

I used to see those in my old apartment and they are soooo creepy!! I hope you don't see anymore!

June 27, 2010 at 1:37 PM  
Blogger Loretta a/k/a Mrs. Pom said...

I completely understand. A waterbug once jumped out of an oven mitt at me and I couldn't cook for a month.

Off with their heads!

June 27, 2010 at 6:09 PM  
Blogger A Los Angeles Love said...

As someone who has recently waged an apartment-wide war upon indoor bugs after finding one on the upholstery, I entirely agree.

June 27, 2010 at 8:48 PM  
Blogger M. Drew Emmick said...

This reminds me of a recent encounter with bugs, though it wasn't in the home. Two weeks ago, I was driving down the freeway when I felt something crawling on my cheek. I brushed the side of my face, knocking something into my lap. I looked down and found myself staring at a tiny spider. As small as it was, I felt myself going into a panic. I battled my instincts to flip out and squash the pest - it took all of my effort to focus on the road. I quickly exited and pulled over at a gas station. I jumped out, and immediately hopped up and down brushing the tiny spider off of my jeans. As I got back into my car I glanced up in time to see a couple laughing hysterically at me.

June 27, 2010 at 10:44 PM  
Blogger Faux Fuchsia said...

Call your pest control man now! Silverfish destroy books!

June 28, 2010 at 3:11 AM  
Blogger LPC said...

Nellie - Too bad the bugs don't know that!

Suburban - *shudder*!

Belle - I used to think we didn't have cashmere eating moths in CA...

Jan - I cannot imagine you a sissy in any way

agirl - :)

June 28, 2010 at 7:55 AM  
Blogger LPC said...

Britta - I love that, Buddhist longanamity.

metscan - Uggh, birds in the house. Uggh.

Joyce - Hahahahaha.

Staircase - Yes, I'm OK with most spiders. I have to sweep down the cobwebs when my kids come home.

Brenda - You have my sympathy:).

June 28, 2010 at 7:58 AM  
Blogger LPC said...

Someone - Occupational hazard of the intellectual! Ha!

RoseAG - Now that you mention it, in the table right near my sofa.

CDS - I think it was the magazines.

VA Gal - I hope you had a good weekend too.

Preppy 101 - On that same page:).

June 28, 2010 at 8:00 AM  
Blogger LPC said...

Lipstick - Maybe you could just send JBB and Pretty Girl?

Semi Expat - I think it's the texture, silverfish plus upholstery...

Tabitha - Yeah they are just gross. That's all I can say.

living well - me too:).

Loretta - An oven mitt!?!?!?!

June 28, 2010 at 8:02 AM  
Blogger LPC said...

Los Angeles - I hope you prevailed

M. Drew - Hahahaha. Bugs in cars are bad, bad, bad.

FF - I think I just have to get rid of some old magazines. I am pretty sure it's the one from 2006 that featured my company, when I was running PR. It's a souvenir. And probably home for creepy crawlies.

June 28, 2010 at 8:04 AM  

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