tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post356900489180860130..comments2024-01-18T05:37:22.292-05:00Comments on lisa and laura write: 8 Legged Randomnesslisa and laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18144863275895761642noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-4015164663884011062009-09-25T16:51:56.261-04:002009-09-25T16:51:56.261-04:00AAAAAAAAHH, spider!!!!
...So yeah, I don't l...AAAAAAAAHH, spider!!!!<br /><br /><br />...So yeah, I don't like them either. :-) I have the same 6th sense for them you have, and have been known to tear a bedroom apart at 3 in the morning because I can't sleep knowing there's one in the room. Little 8-legged bundles of badness. <br /><br />FYI - my husband got me one of those bug vacuums, and it is heaven. It still requires me to be in the same room ass an arachnoid, but I can kill it from 4 feet away without throwing anything. Lovely. Get one!sunnahttp://amybai.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-68193951465409340292009-09-25T15:35:26.644-04:002009-09-25T15:35:26.644-04:00JennyMac: Please please please don't make me t...JennyMac: Please please please don't make me think about palmetto bugs. They are the only bugs that terrify me more than spiders. And we live right beside a nature preserve. In Florida. Ughhhhh.JESSJORDANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915521022827231804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-50390580350876835482009-09-25T15:28:03.302-04:002009-09-25T15:28:03.302-04:00Spiders dont actually trouble me as much as the he...Spiders dont actually trouble me as much as the heinously ugly Palmetto bugs. UGH. And love your poetry at the end.JennyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594526663480442855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-29247949790808722212009-09-25T13:55:56.224-04:002009-09-25T13:55:56.224-04:00I just bought industrial size buckets of spider-ki...I just bought industrial size buckets of spider-killing-goo to spray around our house. I hate those things!Jill Kemererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07865493609868329393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-6908278832466156632009-09-25T11:38:43.184-04:002009-09-25T11:38:43.184-04:00get out! a wolf spider? you have got to be friggin...get out! a wolf spider? you have got to be friggin' kidding me! OMG an extermiantor 4 times a year is the best thing that happend to us (centipedes anyone?)Christina Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01799776834213400246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-53948962253358097362009-09-25T09:24:49.977-04:002009-09-25T09:24:49.977-04:00True story-Once we had a spider so big that it bui...True story-Once we had a spider so big that it built a web between our house and the neighbors house. I mean it was a mega-web!<br /><br />Like when you're revising, sometimes you have to get a big stick and reach up high and mess with that thing!<br /><br />Shelleystoryqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039684494823420722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-55515950742243089262009-09-24T22:26:44.399-04:002009-09-24T22:26:44.399-04:00Spiders...shudder...nuff said.Spiders...shudder...nuff said.Ryan S. Kinsgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11709819500632207934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-65627673913013806912009-09-24T20:59:40.563-04:002009-09-24T20:59:40.563-04:00What no picture!!
Your former spider killer,
Dad...What no picture!!<br /><br />Your former spider killer,<br /><br />DadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-74747831787810824552009-09-24T20:21:57.203-04:002009-09-24T20:21:57.203-04:00So, true story.
We used to get what we believed t...So, true story.<br /><br />We used to get what we believed to be wolf spiders in our house when we lived near Orlando. They were huge and scary and fuzzy and terrifying. The hubby says they don't build webs; they chase down their prey. That is effin' terrifying! No WAY am I going to live-and-let-live with something that chases. down. its. prey. No way. Uh-uh.<br /><br />So on to the true story.<br /><br />One random night. 2 am. Hubby's on an out-of-state business trip. I'm on the couch, Once and Again all-night marathon happening, when SFH (Spider From Hell) slides across my 9 foot ceiling. <br /><br />I scream. Leap off the couch like I'm on fire. Scream again. Run. Look around, in panic. Can't hear over the sound of my damn freaked out heart. Look for something, anything. Find a broom. Do not find the necessary industrial bug spray or a 10-foot-pole, but do find little, puny can that requires me to be within a foot or so of SFH. Too terrified to just whack SFH with broom, b/c what if I miss and he jumps on me and bites my neck and kills his prey and EEEEK!!<br /><br />Freak. Panic. Call the hubby. <br /><br />"Whaa?" says grumbly, sleepy hubby. <br /><br />"Bug! Spider! Huge one! Huge! Need bug spray! Why aren't you home?!? Spider!!" <br /><br />Thirty minutes later, SFH is on the crevice of the ceiling-meets-wall. And me? I'm standing on my coffee table, phone propped against my ear and shoulder, bug spray in one hand, broom in the other. <br /><br />"Just spray the floor around him," hubby says. "And then whack him." <br /><br />"Uh huh," I say. The coffee table is shaking. Earthquake! No, wait. That's my legs. And my hands. And, well, me. <br /><br />10 minutes later: I move the broom a little closer to SFH. Freak out and jerk brook away. SFH doesn't even blink.<br /><br />15 minutes later: Hubby yawns. Hubby is tired. SFH is still very much alive. And out of reach. <br /><br />20 minutes later: I spray everywhere and everything in the living room. Ev-e-RY-where. Ev-e-RY-thing. And then, I reach out the broom and ...<br /><br />I whack him! And ...<br /><br />He runs. <br /><br />And I scream. <br /><br />And he runs. <br /><br />And I scream.<br /><br />I can't see him anymore. I spray the carpet again for good measure.<br /><br />Hubby is sleep-talking by now. I let him go before he starts sleepwalking. He tells me it's all good and just to get some sleep. Sleep? Please. Like I could sleep with that THING in my house!<br /><br />1 hour later: I'm exhausted. Still no sigh of SFH. <br /><br />2 hours later: Eyes ... won't ... stay ... op--NO! You will not defeat me, SFH!!<br /><br />3 hours later: turn on all lights in bedroom, b/c spiders hate bright lights. Right? Right. <br /><br />Spray bug spray all over bedroom--door frames, carpet, walls. You name it. Like I'm putting down garlic for vamps. Also pull bed away from wall and enclose it with several thick coats of bug protector spray. All the way around the bed. Check covers for misc. bugs. Lie in center of bed, eyes darting around the room. <br /><br />Can't sleep, can't sleep, can't sleep, wont--<br /><br />Wake up a few hours later. Still no sign of SFH. Still not comfortable that I am safe.<br /><br />Find spider 2 weeks later. He did not meet a very pleasant end. Am still not satisfied that he was THE spider, nor am I convinced that our bug man is doing a very good job.<br /><br />Am still traumatized. Will always be traumatized. <br /><br />Moral of this story? I understand your pain. After all, revisions suck.JESSJORDANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915521022827231804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-71940847860255735632009-09-24T16:50:24.486-04:002009-09-24T16:50:24.486-04:00UGHHH! I HATE all spiders, except for Charlotte,...UGHHH! I HATE all spiders, except for Charlotte, of course.Corey Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03883689227283545602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-32068099571598735742009-09-24T16:22:37.978-04:002009-09-24T16:22:37.978-04:00Holy crap I EFFING HATE WOLF SPIDERS! We live in t...Holy crap I EFFING HATE WOLF SPIDERS! We live in the mountains, so there are many, many wolf spiders that love to show themselves especially in summertime. Both my husband and I are terrified of them. He actually has to put on a cowboy hat and long sleeve button up shirt on before he can kill one, you know, in case it JUMPS on him! *Shiver*<br /><br />I can't believe if you see one you have to let it live. That is horror in it's finest essence! How will you sleep at night after seeing one stalk around, knowing that it's probably watching you... Eeeee!Amy Lukavicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03858382025623696679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-88063094881060209752009-09-24T15:56:43.084-04:002009-09-24T15:56:43.084-04:00HA HA HA I love this post!! And I feel you on the ...HA HA HA I love this post!! And I feel you on the spider fear!!! We have those giant spiders too! My eight-year-old had to kill one the other night because I was crying too hard to throw the shoe. 409 wouldn't kill it!!! It was like a superspider!<br /><br />I'm jealous that you got the bug guy there. But there's no nest. You just have to hold on to that belief. hahaSuzanne Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513999796820177367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-20022182475227903252009-09-24T15:44:35.317-04:002009-09-24T15:44:35.317-04:00This was a funny day to start reading your blog! ...This was a funny day to start reading your blog! My husband and my children are afraid of spiders--me, not so much (unless it's a black widow). I do HATE snakes though. My parents live up in the hills and there are rattle snakes all over. Not cool. It's hard to visit because I won't let my kids go outside.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861022355718378425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-86665092378499679092009-09-24T14:28:50.303-04:002009-09-24T14:28:50.303-04:00I need that wolf spider to come and chase off the ...I need that wolf spider to come and chase off the raccoon that is living under our house.<br /><br />And, you know, I'd check and see if that wolf spider eats other spiders. Because if that's the case, then . . . you know, fight fire with fire (there's such a thing as a wolf snail that eats other snails).<br /><br />sfHardygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02268385174949496800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-73406205958101936272009-09-24T13:30:53.497-04:002009-09-24T13:30:53.497-04:00That wolf spider is the kind you need to go after ...That wolf spider is the kind you need to go after with a bat O_o. GAH!!!!Rebecca Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15214077952378770753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-89438632440969916802009-09-24T13:08:55.084-04:002009-09-24T13:08:55.084-04:00The way I see it, $700 is a small price to pay for...The way I see it, $700 is a small price to pay for sanity. I wish there were worm exterminators.<br /><br />I really hope all spiders, bugs and other creatures leave your home and never return. Um, writing wise too.Sarah Wyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13576639307836794270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-43764125224486184102009-09-24T12:44:47.594-04:002009-09-24T12:44:47.594-04:00Heh. I have a friend like that. I'm more the l...Heh. I have a friend like that. I'm more the let-the-spiders-live-because-they-eat-all-the-other-bugs type.Carrie Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14893023777471521703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-1335161528344278612009-09-24T11:46:52.894-04:002009-09-24T11:46:52.894-04:00Wolf spiders are cool! And they eat other bugs--th...Wolf spiders are cool! And they eat other bugs--that's a bonus :)<br /><br />So I guess you would not be impressed with this tarantula we encountered in our front yard? <a href="http://pic.gd/415f55" rel="nofollow">He was awesome!</a>Sherrie Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11670339498152684137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-89439913430992957062009-09-24T10:47:57.356-04:002009-09-24T10:47:57.356-04:00OK, when bugs need killing I turn into a Monsanto-...OK, when bugs need killing I turn into a Monsanto-loving, GMO crazy poison chemical user. <br /><br />And, I 'm totally with you on the bug sixth sense thing--the first thing I do when I walk into a room is check the ceiling, particularly the corners. Even a dusty old web freaks me out.Loretta Nyhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02680385300130233511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-7990486863092192512009-09-24T10:20:48.458-04:002009-09-24T10:20:48.458-04:00Holy crap, I am so scared of spiders and why, why,...Holy crap, I am so scared of spiders and why, why, why did you link to the Wolf Spider wiki page??? Now I'm itchy all over and becoming extremely paranoid that spiders are under my desk...Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09664402491780777165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-30031921931656056782009-09-24T10:01:24.691-04:002009-09-24T10:01:24.691-04:00Ohmygod I can't even look at that link to Wolf...Ohmygod I can't even look at that link to Wolf Spider without being majorly freaked out...bleck bleck bleck.Sara Raaschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01196505323463444186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-59922750622925994362009-09-24T10:00:27.421-04:002009-09-24T10:00:27.421-04:00spiders are a sign of creativity. don't kill t...spiders are a sign of creativity. don't kill them just get them outside :)<br /><br />more mportantly - what kind was it? did you look to see?Shelli (srjohannes)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17123227845032402600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-76313244978724144352009-09-24T09:54:11.343-04:002009-09-24T09:54:11.343-04:00Ummmmm. I love spiders. Do you hate me? Wolf spi...Ummmmm. I love spiders. Do you hate me? Wolf spiders especially because they are fuzzy. But I think your fear is valid and no one should ever tell you otherwise ;)<br /><br />Tyra Banks is afraid of DOLPHINS? Is she afraid of children and rainbows too? WOW.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556206184198452490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-23922699161722633032009-09-24T09:35:52.889-04:002009-09-24T09:35:52.889-04:00We have a daughter who absolutely FREAKS. OUT! if ...We have a daughter who absolutely FREAKS. OUT! if anything spider-ish makes it into the house. We're on a regularly scheduled service. And set up on auto-withdrawal. You're welcome, Terminix.Kimberly Dertinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368511542359560174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5328014776473730528.post-8807305320609465432009-09-24T09:33:18.748-04:002009-09-24T09:33:18.748-04:00You hate me don't you? That's the only rat...You hate me don't you? That's the only rationale I can see behind an entire post on spiders, and a link to creepy pictures of hideous spides. Ugh. I literally had chills while reading this post! And it reminded me that I had a dream about a spider last night (or maybe the night before). <br /><br />Oh, and my sister is also terrified of spiders. Her husband supported her by cutting out dozens of paper spiders and spreading them around their room (and bed). Sweet guy, right?MeganRebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285116194891827858noreply@blogger.com