Tuesday, August 26, 2008

If You Hate Spiders...Cover Your Eyes

I was happily making my way downstairs with my laundry basket in hand ready to throw a load in (the washer and I have made peace), when I stumbled upon this.


Just so that there is no question in your mind, that is a GIANT spider with about 50 babies on her back, that were moving!!!! I wasn't quite sure what to do, but then I thought, "of course, I'll catch it to show Matt." (*side note, Matt thinks it's so disgusting that I catch things like this for example; the ticks off of the dogs, especially when I put them in our drinking glasses.) But I knew he would especially appreciate this rare find. I was trying to figure out what to store her in, when I saw the baby spiders start to move, that pretty much disgusted me, so I resorted to one of our best home purchases Ortho Max Home Defense.

As soon as I sprayed some the babies came scattering off their mama, to meet their death. I felt pretty bad for the mama, having killed all but a few of her babies, so I let her go outside, and found a pleasant place for the dead babies in the trash can. It was all pretty exciting for me, I just hope she doesn't come back for revenge...

6 comments:

Arizona Nielsens said...

Oh my gosh!! How can you sleep in your house knowing that those were crawling around?!?!? I don't think that I'm going to be able to sleep in my own house tonight. You're one brave soul. I would have run away-- fast!

Garrison Propaganda said...

holy freaking cow! have you no fear?!?! id throw something over the beast for sure, but leave the dirty work for anthony! yikes!!! did you figure out what kind of spider it was?

glad to hear you and the washer have made amends. it really can be one of your greatest friends when it comes to kids.

Eric and Jessi said...

gross...

Amber said...

AMANDA!!! I think that I might be scarred for life!! After almost throwing up when you told me the story, I thought that I would be able to handle seeing the pictures, but I was mistaken. I totally freaked out (Makenna thought it was quite funny). I can not believe that you had that in your house!! I seriously would have made John come home from work immediately to deal with it. That is SO GROSS!!

Unknown said...

You let her go? What in the world are you thinking? I would have fainted on the spot!

Ashli Dardenne said...

Ewww gross. I would have squished the nasty thing and flushed her down the toilet,