I just discovered a new game that makes me positively GLEEFUL. I left a couple of bananas out for too long, and was punished by a swarm of fruit flies, so many that they were driving me totally mad. I took out the trash and then looked up online how to get rid of the swarm. There are many different methods to trap and kill fruit flies, but none as fun and instant as this!

Plug your hair dryer in in the kitchen. Hold it backwards, so you are “pointing” with the back. Turn on the hair dryer and just vacuum the little suckers up! It will grab them from several inches away, sucking them right into the vent and frying them. The baby probably thought I was nuts, happily sucking fruit flies right out of the air with the hair dryer.

I think I’m going to go kill some more now.