tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post3979146384001320580..comments2023-09-11T10:53:35.290-05:00Comments on When a Shrink Gets on the Couch: you can bite my assshrink on the couchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13271891110211081990noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-26516650658332118632009-07-14T22:46:39.174-05:002009-07-14T22:46:39.174-05:00I've been attacked too! Benadryl brings the mo...I've been attacked too! Benadryl brings the most relief. Bought some Chigeraid today. It helps. Can't wait to get rid of the no-see-ems. That's another name for chiggers or red bugs, as we called them when I was a kid. They're very tiny!! Hang in there. We'll get through this!Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01964271527869839276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-89160648058196994932009-07-09T07:41:36.644-05:002009-07-09T07:41:36.644-05:00Chiggers are horrible. I haven't lived in the ...Chiggers are horrible. I haven't lived in the south for 20 yrs, but I've never forgotten those tiny terrors. <br /><br />I laughed out loud at your description of why your girls were angry. You're right on the money, you professional therapist, you. It's one of the ways boys and girls are similar. They share the not-so-secret code of How to Make <br />Mom Pay. <br /><br />Feel Kirsetin Morellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00577011959431894169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-36605756928299877302009-07-09T07:40:46.266-05:002009-07-09T07:40:46.266-05:00Chiggers are horrible. I haven't lived in the ...Chiggers are horrible. I haven't lived in the south for 20 yrs, but I've never forgotten those tiny terrors. <br /><br />I laughed out loud at your description of why your girls were angry. You're right on the money, you professional therapist, you. It's one of the ways boys and girls are similar. They share the not-so-secret code of How to Make <br />Mom Pay. <br /><br />Feel Kirsetin Morellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00577011959431894169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-2902400027565681412009-07-08T23:26:32.122-05:002009-07-08T23:26:32.122-05:00g -- "giant pink welts on my back, my thigh,...g -- "giant pink welts on my back, my thigh, and the doughy, fatty part of my side by my waist"<br /><br />this is exactly how I would describe mine. big pinnk welts on various soft spots. hope my chiggers didn't jump throught the internets and bite you!shrink on the couchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13271891110211081990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-4238553748955347312009-07-08T21:17:03.497-05:002009-07-08T21:17:03.497-05:00Ouch ouch ouch. I haven't had one of those in...Ouch ouch ouch. I haven't had one of those in YEARS, but I remember.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-75825653359013644952009-07-08T09:19:33.886-05:002009-07-08T09:19:33.886-05:00Oh how I know your pain. There really is nothing w...Oh how I know your pain. There really is nothing worse. <br /><br />I'll take a tick any day!Real Live Lesbianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272384473977144125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-57897410715437703952009-07-08T00:12:00.665-05:002009-07-08T00:12:00.665-05:00I can't stop itching, and I have never even ha...I can't stop itching, and I have never even had a chigger bite! Thanks a lot!Reinvent Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12357054681296228882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-88568794653256201612009-07-06T23:06:20.046-05:002009-07-06T23:06:20.046-05:00Oh, God. Chiggers. Its been years since I've h...Oh, God. Chiggers. Its been years since I've had them. <br /><br />Have you visited Blognut?? Cause she has had some spider bites.<br /><br />Meanwhile I woke up this morning with like six giant pink welts on my back, my thigh, and the doughy, fatty part of my side by my waist. I don't know whether its mosquito bites or hives, but they are big and itchy!Glennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681336164718681936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-64637483688648802392009-07-06T22:54:57.206-05:002009-07-06T22:54:57.206-05:00That's one bug we don't have here in Austr...That's one bug we don't have here in Australia, and I reckon we have just about everything else you can think of, and those that aren't native, bigger and better than the country they came from, so just make sure your chiggers stay exactly where they are.Brigithttp://hotmiddlescence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-25535378537108211002009-07-06T21:31:45.183-05:002009-07-06T21:31:45.183-05:00Never heard of chiggers...not sure I want to! Butt...Never heard of chiggers...not sure I want to! Butt-er be more careful in future. Groan.HPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409589783052980600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-72792126194774028772009-07-06T18:20:46.974-05:002009-07-06T18:20:46.974-05:00oh sweet jesus, Not THERE!!!oh sweet jesus, Not THERE!!!Vodka Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04734323418017847775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-77464470216414098742009-07-06T16:30:25.483-05:002009-07-06T16:30:25.483-05:00snort. Ahhh chiggers. I haven't had a really...snort. Ahhh chiggers. I haven't had a really good case of chigger bites since I left Georgia. You got me all verklempt. I kinda miss the little bastards. How sick is that? Chiggers and sweet tea.Mary Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923591889426758103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-41506944322282766732009-07-06T16:30:05.368-05:002009-07-06T16:30:05.368-05:00thanks for the laugh....I almost peed my pants. t...thanks for the laugh....I almost peed my pants. too funny!Yarni Gras!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03028237893356674106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-83111842643418218972009-07-06T15:57:24.905-05:002009-07-06T15:57:24.905-05:00OI!
OI!
OI!
I feel for you, darlin'. But, ...OI!<br /><br />OI!<br /><br />OI!<br /><br />I feel for you, darlin'. But, at the same time, I'm also feeling really glad chiggers are (so I hear) a Southern thing. All we have in MN is mosquitoes as State Bird.<br /><br />I look at your daughters and remember being them and know my own kids are going to make me pay. <br /><br />OI!Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227519811818290510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-26334268454681876412009-07-06T15:45:54.828-05:002009-07-06T15:45:54.828-05:00oh that suck suck suck suck sucks!!!!!!oh that suck suck suck suck sucks!!!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03707312160893238672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-59144745239957337662009-07-06T12:40:54.441-05:002009-07-06T12:40:54.441-05:00chiggers is such a hilarious word
the itching not...chiggers is such a hilarious word<br /><br />the itching not so muchMaggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-91601247452255996642009-07-06T08:09:47.213-05:002009-07-06T08:09:47.213-05:00I've never had chigger bites before. But, my ...I've never had chigger bites before. But, my mom used to yell out the window while my sister and I rolled in the grass: "You're gonna get chiggers! You better get out of that grass!" <br /><br />The chiggers never happened but I have heard they are miserable.<br /><br />Good luck getting the daughters to go ANYWHERE that isn't their idea now!AnnDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629045924136272980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-46725163194963154952009-07-06T01:43:46.850-05:002009-07-06T01:43:46.850-05:00Chiggers are the WORST.
I use vinegar to take t...Chiggers are the WORST. <br /><br />I use vinegar to take the sting out of mosquito bites, but I don't think that would help with those little feckers.<br /><br />My mom swears that by taking vitamin B, she is no longer tasty to the chiggers, so she doesn't get bites anymore. You might look into that.<br /><br />Love your post title!!Fantastic Forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044290192610027408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-1332418896220721292009-07-05T22:12:18.877-05:002009-07-05T22:12:18.877-05:00sinda -- I'd always heard chiggers are found i...sinda -- I'd always heard chiggers are found in tall grass. But in our case, it was very low grassy patches but mostly dirt. So I guess you just never know? Ah well, much better now. Thankfully the bites go away.shrink on the couchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13271891110211081990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-60785180325886574672009-07-05T19:40:35.602-05:002009-07-05T19:40:35.602-05:00As we were lying in the grass last night watching ...As we were lying in the grass last night watching the fireworks, we wondered if there were any of those suckers around. Since I'd never encountered them here in Austin, I was hoping Houston was safe. We're still itch-free, but I'm so sorry you aren't!Sindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13737515424836446496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-90004976429325036732009-07-05T14:41:01.697-05:002009-07-05T14:41:01.697-05:00I have never even heard of chiggers until this pos...I have never even heard of chiggers until this post. They sound bad. Very bad. But tweens sometimes deserve stuff.Jason, as himselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630210317307544165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-988717365347467102009-07-05T09:19:51.567-05:002009-07-05T09:19:51.567-05:00Heh. I'm not laughing AT you, but I am kinda ...Heh. I'm not laughing AT you, but I am kinda laughing. Hopefully you're laughing, 'cause that would mean that I'd be laughing WITH you and that is way less mean.blognuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01161713516407124717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-1661248903553403222009-07-04T14:25:18.869-05:002009-07-04T14:25:18.869-05:00Extra super-great to see you over there at Funster...Extra super-great to see you over there at Funstertown today and checking out the Funsterment.<br /><br />THANKS!Jannie Funsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595786402510366043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-75530003717081170862009-07-04T12:03:47.801-05:002009-07-04T12:03:47.801-05:00Well, I came from Talon's to find that you are...Well, I came from Talon's to find that you are a fellow Austinite.<br /><br />And yes it will always be Town Lake trail to me too.<br /><br />I got's a fire ant bite on my right foot yesterday. Dont' ya just love it here??Jannie Funsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595786402510366043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4511287927381998273.post-84898254372320666392009-07-04T11:13:37.353-05:002009-07-04T11:13:37.353-05:00Oh man, that sucks! I had never heard of a chigge...Oh man, that sucks! I had never heard of a chigger until now, I do know about petulant teens though.<br /><br />Have a great 4th!imomhttp://imom.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.com