I kind of like the latter.

Color me shocked.

Hubby has convinced me that the arachnid population has its uses, especially vis a vis eating the mosquito population. He also understands my feelings and will take the larger ones out of the house when spotted. I have stopped shrieking like a mad three-year-old and can now just point and say, "That. Remove it, please."

Then there was the day Hubby said, as I was on the computer, "Don't move. Don't look down." Me, trying to be a grown-up about it, immediately looked down. Shiny, black, kind of built like a race car, rather than the blue-eyed wolfies that Hubby likes. "What's that?" I asked. "It's a black widow," he said, looking for something to scoop and hold with."

It's a whole different feeling, adding, "Potential high-speed trip to ER" to "OMG, nothing living needs more than four legs, get rid of it!"

Not even going to look at megan's whitefont.

That's why you arm yourself!

Did I ever tell y'all about the contraption I built to deal with water bugs (the giant flying roaches)?

We had one of these [link] and I attached one of Jon's work boots to one end with duct tape. I would adjust the handle so it was as long as possible without being unsturdy.

This way I could smite them from very very far away because of their aforementioned aggressiveness.

SO, ANYONE SEEN ANY CUTE PICTURES LATELY????

I miss the lack of bugs. There are too many of them here in DC and I sometimes lose sleep if I see a centipede. Fortunately, I have not seen any roaches and if my DH has seen any he knew better than to mention it.

Not even going to look at megan's whitefont.

That was just my NSFJ whitefont.

Pictures for DJ: Worship the Green The Green, it calls you....

ha ha little tiny puppy!!

For Holli

Ants, yes. But those are eradicable, and not nearly the bother of some other insects I could name.

Yes, but still not fun to find out they are in the box of cereal you just poured a bowl of because of the rich taste of formic acid. Mmmmm.