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The Grinch Stole Christmas (AKA: Me, we’re talking about me)
Yeah, I know I’m going to get some hate for this. So before we get into this let me say that I don’t completely hate the holidays. There...

Chelle Hartzer
Dec 20, 20223 min read
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Houston, We Have Problems (AKA: Didn’t see that coming)
I usually don’t get called until a pest issue is fairly bad. It’s been going on for months, (if not years), it has not been getting any...

Chelle Hartzer
Dec 13, 20224 min read
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Airing My Dirty Laundry (AKA: This sucks)
I had to run a load of laundry yesterday. I hadn’t done laundry since before I left on vacation so I had all my dirty clothes still in my...

Chelle Hartzer
Jul 26, 20223 min read
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It Was the Best of Times…(AKA: Retrospecting)
I’m on vacation this week so it’s perfect timing to look back and see what you folks liked. Blog posts – After writing these weekly for...

Chelle Hartzer
Jul 13, 20222 min read
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What Would You Do for $2K? (AKA: I remember being a poor starving grad student...)
If you saw my post last week, you know I have been doing this for over two years. (If you haven’t, why not?!?!) You would think after...

Chelle Hartzer
Jun 14, 20223 min read
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Talk Dirty to Me (AKA: Down in the dumps)
We talk a lot about sanitation when it comes to pest control. It is incredibly important to work on sanitation issues because pests (like...

Chelle Hartzer
May 31, 20224 min read
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What’s That Called? (AKA: Changing names)
I remember going out to Kansas for graduate school, the first time I had even been in that part of the country. It was the beginning of...

Chelle Hartzer
Apr 26, 20223 min read
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3…2…1… (AKA: I’m still a nerd…or is it geek?)
True story: when I was little, I wanted to be a ballet dancing muppet astronaut. Ballet lasted about six months, I still like the...

Chelle Hartzer
Apr 12, 20223 min read
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Six Degrees of Separation (AKA: EVERYTHING is pest control)
Six degrees of separation is the idea that all people are six or fewer social connections away from each other. Forget six degrees, I can...

Chelle Hartzer
Apr 5, 20223 min read
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It's All Fun and Games (AKA: What will you medal in?)
It’s winter Olympics season! I have to admit, I haven’t really paid much attention to it. I do appreciate there are some amazing athletes...

Chelle Hartzer
Feb 8, 20223 min read
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Resistance is Futile (AKA: I wasn’t a math major)
There was a great article discussing a new paper on cockroaches recently. It talked about resistance to currently available pesticides....

Chelle Hartzer
Feb 1, 20224 min read
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Vacationing Over the Holidays (AKA: Is family a pest?)
I’m headed out for the winter holidays. I’m spending a couple of weeks in a condo and hoping to get a little relaxation and downtime. So...

Chelle Hartzer
Dec 14, 20213 min read
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