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Bugs, bugs, bugs! Say goodbye to those nasty, bothersome insects and bugs for the year. The cold weather is near. You know that this means they will all perish with that first frost. Or at least a great many of them will. I suppose a few will fly south and some will hide. The point is you won’t be needing mosquito repellant and numerous other DEET products. As much as I hate spraying this gunk all over myself daily during the summer months, I hate the bug bites worse. It always makes me laugh the way folks gripe about arachnids. Spiders may sneak into your basement or closet on occasion, but at least they don’t attack you relentlessly.

So I was staying up at my brother’s hidden cabin last summer. He thinks it’s so cool because it was constructed completely by hand. An Amish group built it for him. Okay, who am I kidding? That is one sweet little cabin. It has a loft and a wood stove. What else could a nature buff ask for? Anyway, I made certain to bring a few cans of mosquito repellant. I knew those little devils would be thick up there in the month of July. Heck, that’s probably when they’re the worst. I definitely know that ticks are horrible in the summer months. I ended up with a deer tick stuck to my forearm last July. This cost me some bucks at the doctor’s office. Not to mention the 60 pills I had to take for Lyme disease. That was a pain. The best way to avoid instances like this is tick and mosquito repellant. Wear plenty of this, regardless of how much you hate the smell. This is how you can warn them off and refrain from getting bitten. To make a long story short, I applied liberal amounts of mosquito repellant to my daughter and myself. We were the only two who did not get bitten by mosquitoes and other bugs.

Wal-Mart is a convenient place to pick up some useful mosquito repellant. Furthermore, I recommend a few other things if you’re headed up into the bush. Always carry a first-aid kit and a snake bite kit. Now you may snicker at the snake bite kit, but I assure you it comes in handy. I have used one of these on my daughter twice when she was stung by wasps. It literally draws the poison out and only leaves a red dot where the bite was. Pick up one the next time you’re shopping for mosquito repellant or outdoor supplies.

When you are planning to install a swimming pool, you must look up local ordinances in regards to what you can and cannot do. Every city or township will have certain rules that apply. Swimming pools are often safety hazards, and if you do not install and protect your pool in the correct manner, you could get into a lot of trouble. One thing that people forget to include when buying a swimming pool is the pool safety covers. If you don’t have these, you are just asking for trouble.

Some pools come with pool safety covers. If your pool does not, it is important that you get one. Don’t wait until you have your pool installed to start looking for one. Get one before the pool has even been delivered or before construction has begun. You should be able to buy pool safety covers anywhere you buy pools or pool supplies. You want to make sure you spend money to get a good one, as a cheap model may land you in hot water. You don’t want someone else’s death on your conscience.

Pool safety covers will come with specific instructions on how to use them in the correct manner. Remember that these covers will not always stop accidental death. No matter how good you think your pool safety covers are, you should never allow small children to be playing near a pool alone. These covers can actually become death traps if a child were to fall into the pool and get trapped underneath. They may become disoriented and will not be able to find their way out from underneath the cover. They will most likely drown if this happens and that is the last thing that you want.

The best pool safety covers are the ones that completely and securely cover your pool. This means that if someone were to fall on the top of your cover they would not fall in the water it become trapped underneath. There are some pool safety covers that are made just to keep out dirt and debris. This is not the type that you want to get. You want something that is a secure and as foolproof as possible. Make sure you spend as much as you need on your pool safety covers, as you know you cannot put a price on a life. Saving money may seem like a good idea but this is one area where you do not want to skimp.