You know, when you live in the desert, you know all sorts of things live there as well. But if you don't see them in the first 8 years, you just don't even think about them.
Until you're sitting there talking to your husband while watching the children swim and frolic in the pool and your beloved suddenly says, "Um, Shay, don't panic, but look right there." And you look to where he's pointing, about 4 feet in front of your feet and there is a good-sized hairy tarantula walking toward to pool to get a drink. Yes, it's walking away from you, so that means it started MUCH closer to you.
In fact, if dh is correct, it left the patch of grass growing around the patio stones, the ones you were just trying to pull out bare-handed, with NO gloves on!!! And it is now headed for the pool, where your darling children are playing...
And if you're a homeschool mom, you do not yell, "KILL IT!!!!" You yell, "Hey, guys! Slowly come over here and look at this!" And then go running for the camera. And if your kids are homeschooled, when asking your dh if he wants a 2x4 to smash it with(after picture taking and studying it), they all say, "No, Mom! Dad, save it so we can let it go in the desert!"
Oh, yes, ain't life grand...
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Oct. 2, 2006 - Love it...