We'd just finished a late dinner, I'd plonked myself down in my chair and started looking for something worth watching on TV when my wife slowly stroll up in front of me and says, "There's a Tarantula on my kitchen floor". That's all. Nothing else. she just stood there. Of course what was implied was, "And what are YOU going to do about it".
I looked at her for a few seconds and decided that silence on my part was probably the smart option. I dragged my sorry butt out of the chair and marched through to the kitchen with her 2 steps behind.
There he was and he was a big bugger, sitting right in the middle of the floor. I walked around him, pulled a fly swatter from the broom closet and belted that sucker with a forehand that Roger Federer would have been proud of. I hit him so hard there were legs and bits flying all over. And how did the love of my life greet her hero, her shining knight who saved her from mortal danger .... with a, "WELL I COULD HAVE DONE THAT!!!". Then why the hell didn't you!!! No, I didn't say it but I thought it.
What the hell is going on here. That's a tarantula and a scorpion both found inside the house in just over a week. I killed another Tarantula in the driveway just outside the house. I've sprayed the whole yard with insecticide twice in the last 2 weeks. I sprayed around all the windows and doors, inside and out, plus any other possible entrance point with a super dooper insecticide that's supposed to stay active for 3 months and still the buggers are getting in the house. If I spray again I'm going to turn the yard in to a toxic no-go zone and have the EPA down on my ass.
Is there anybody else out there who is having problems like this?
I looked at her for a few seconds and decided that silence on my part was probably the smart option. I dragged my sorry butt out of the chair and marched through to the kitchen with her 2 steps behind.
There he was and he was a big bugger, sitting right in the middle of the floor. I walked around him, pulled a fly swatter from the broom closet and belted that sucker with a forehand that Roger Federer would have been proud of. I hit him so hard there were legs and bits flying all over. And how did the love of my life greet her hero, her shining knight who saved her from mortal danger .... with a, "WELL I COULD HAVE DONE THAT!!!". Then why the hell didn't you!!! No, I didn't say it but I thought it.
What the hell is going on here. That's a tarantula and a scorpion both found inside the house in just over a week. I killed another Tarantula in the driveway just outside the house. I've sprayed the whole yard with insecticide twice in the last 2 weeks. I sprayed around all the windows and doors, inside and out, plus any other possible entrance point with a super dooper insecticide that's supposed to stay active for 3 months and still the buggers are getting in the house. If I spray again I'm going to turn the yard in to a toxic no-go zone and have the EPA down on my ass.
Is there anybody else out there who is having problems like this?