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I just discovered that this house has a feature which now makes it totally unacceptable.
SPIDERS IN THE BATHTUB.
I hate spiders. No, I mean REALLY hate them, with the fire of a thousand nuns. They are hideous unnatural creatures, and TWO DAYS IN A ROW NOW there has been a loonie-sized one in the bathtub. One of those big, gross, grey ones that can scuttle extremely quickly and require repeated smashing with a shoe or a telephone directory. (Or at least, that’s how I handle them.)
I would like to go back to my previous spider-free house now, please. Well, ok, it wasn’t totally spider-free, but the closest they ever came to invading the house was setting up camp in the screen porch. And I had to get Martha to get rid of that one – it was a massive hairy thing and I wasn’t going to go within five feet of it. Which is why I will sadly never be able to retire to the tropics. The spiders would be the death of me.
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The fire of a thousand nuns – whoa, that is some serious hate!
Comment by Rana June 13, 2009 @ 7:33 pmDude, I feel you on the spiders. But aren’t your cats available to help? I mean, maybe not Oscar, but Dora? When I have a spider, even one of those quick grey ones, I just go wake up Ferris, and he takes care of it for me. Luna deals with flies and moths. We’re working on mosquitoes next.
Comment by C. June 13, 2009 @ 11:10 pmMy cats are defective. Oscar would sit there and watch it. Dora would completely miss that there was even a spider there. I have tried to show her a squirrel sitting 2 feet from a window on occasion. No dice.
Comment by tafel June 14, 2009 @ 9:22 amA friend of mine sprays around her house each year for spiders and then never gets any in her house…not sure what she sprays with – but next time I talk to her I’ll ask for you.
Comment by Shelley June 15, 2009 @ 2:29 amHmmmm yes the sub-tropic spiders are an issue BUT I have discovered letting the daddy long legs live means they will kill n eat the nasty ones!! Isn’t it a boy thing to squish things like this?! Maybe it could become part of the new morning routine before waking you up!!
Comment by Bert June 15, 2009 @ 4:31 amugh. I hate hate hatey hate spiders. they give me the willies and I turn into a total squealing girl when they get into my house. sorry to hear you are having to deal with them. (shiver)
Comment by HabeshaChild June 15, 2009 @ 9:15 pmThere is something about being naked and seeing a large spider. Or, worse, cricket on the wall of the shower. Talk about vulnerable!
Um, thought I remembered your password, but don’t. Let me see if I have it saved somewhere… Will be back if I don’t!
Comment by kate June 20, 2009 @ 11:31 am