Another Sting!!!

I have no idea why but it seems wasps don't like the Beast.  Today he was out by the cottage and got another sting.  This time it  was on his cheek!  He came in the house and was almost hysterical.  I got some ice in a rag and had him put it on his cheek for a while....until the hurt went down to something he could stand without whining.  It took about an hour.  

Later on, his cheek swelled up a bit but I am sure it will go down by tomorrow.  He went to Lowe's at one point and bought some Wasp Spray.  Then he went out by the cottage to look for a wasps nest.  He found two of them and said he was shocked at how big they were.  He said there must have been about 40 wasps around the nests.  He got all of them!  LOL.  Plus he made sure to knock down and crush the nests.  He doesn't want them back and they will usually come back to where they hatch.  

That's a little piece of trivia I found out when we lived in Sunrise, FL.  One of the pest control guys told me that to make sure we knocked down and crushed any nests we found.  He also told me that it's best to wait until the temperature drops below 70 degrees to go after wasps because they are very sluggish as the temperature goes down.

I felt bad for the Beast and wonder why it seems wasps don't like him.  Guess they heard about his reputation from someone.  Maybe Baron was complaining...LOL!  Baron has been acting like he is affection starved lately.  Affection AND attention.  It's hard for him to make the connection that the weather must be cooler for the Beast to take him in the car with him all the time.  He can't do that in this hot weather.

Poor Baron will be cold when he first leaves the house because of the AC and will go lay down in the driveway and stretch out.  After about 5 minutes, he gets up and goes to lay down in the shade under the big fir tree we have out front.  It looks like a huge, undecorated Christmas tree and he almost looks like a small dog underneath it.  LOL!

It was very warm today and, although we had originally planned to eat steaks for dinner, we decided to do that tomorrow instead.  The Beast forgot to pull the steaks out of the freezer and we didn't want to wait for them to thaw.  So the Beast made some sloppy joe instead (way more than we ever eat at one time, of course) and we probably have enough for a couple days left over.  I know what we will probably have for lunch tomorrow!  Now I wish that Sheepie and the Princess would stop by!

Love you all.  I wish you a very happy weekend.  Enjoy!  ***Hugs***