Comments on: Things I Hate: Black Widows and 4am.

By: TLC

TLC — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:09:08 +0000

Scary spider! And, just so you know, they swim. A few years back, we had one in the backyard, and me, being all brave and Mama-Bearish tried to drown it in a bucket. It swam, and I FREAKED OUT. Now, I know the best way to kill them: hair spray. Damn the environment when there are creepies… one shot of Aqua Net and they freeze into crispy critters. Bingo: one ex-spider.

By: kdiddy

kdiddy — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:08:30 +0000

oh my god oh my god oh my god! do not want!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:15:15 +0000

I’m with you on the spiders. If they invade my space, they are history!

Same thing with snakes. My husband tries to use the line that some snakes are good. I tell him to kill them all when he sees them.

By: Devilish Southern Belle

Devilish Southern Belle — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:22:16 +0000

I have found black widows out here, but as long as they stay outside, we’re good. I think they’re beautiful, and spiders are useful. However, my kids are past the ages ‘playing’ outside, though, and know to check everything out before using it. If I had small kids, I’d be getting rid of them in any way possible!

AndyZ is so cute!

Message me sometime if you become one of those ‘night’ people. I’m a night person, and usually can’t get to sleep till late, no matter how tired I am.

By: Snarky Mommy

Snarky Mommy — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:18:10 +0000

O M G. Seriously I am going to have bad dreams about that picture. It almost looks fake. I think my skin is going to crawl off my body right about now….

By: Swistle

Swistle — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:37:03 +0000

1) That spider is just… Oh. Just….. YEEK. I mean…. ACK! Erk. Yick. Bleah. *shudder*

2) That baby. I need another baby RIGHT NOW.

By: canape

canape — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:25:12 +0000

Kinda cute? Kinda?

Zoot, that little boy is all kinds of cute. He is what you see when you look up “cute” in the dictionary. He is what Disney wishes they could come up with for “cute.” He is by far and away the cutest of the cute.

You probably knew that though. Tongue in cheek, no?

By: ladybughugs

ladybughugs — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:15:09 +0000

AndyZ is more than kinda’ cute, Zoot. so is NikkiZ. and Lil’Z. Those wrinkles on his brows make me want to take my thumbs and straighten them.

I’m with you on the poisonous spiders. They’ve got no business any where near the house. Bugs also do not belong inside the house…unless they’re ladybugs, of course.

H and I complement each other nicely in that he’s a morning person and I’m a night person. So he’ll take the kids to the field to play or Home Depot and let me sleep in the morning and then I’m up until they’re down and wake up with them during the night. Early morning is the only time you’d find him anywhere near any kind of retail store.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:10:51 +0000

Ick. That’s one reason I stay in the city. Not too many critters to deal with. When I first moved in to my old apartment, lo and behold, there was a giant spider waiting for me on the windowsill. I did what any reasonable person would do in that situation: I called my mom.

By: Must Be Motherhood

Must Be Motherhood — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:34:45 +0000

OMG. So that’s what black widows look like! My parents called me Miss Muffat as a child, so I’m wholly with you on the freakout.

You crack me up with the sleep schedules–you do realize that most people suffer greatly as they adjust to the early to bed/early to rise lifestyle with young children, right? And here you are trying to go in the opposite direction. Ha!