Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker and ..

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Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker and ..
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Wed, 04-11-2007 - 12:39am

Okay - I am up late and can't sleep and thought of a fun question of the week for all here. Even the lurkers - come out come out wherever you are.

ONe of the reasons I am up so late is because my mattress is smack dab in the middle of the living room floor. It is thundering loud, the dog is walking around because he doesn't understand why I am sleeping here. And my son is on spring break so he is having a sleepover.

The floor guys decided to attack my room today - I was supposed to sleep with DS since he has 2 beds but he wanted a sleepover and I said yes.

Okay - and when the tile guys were pulling everything out they started teasing me for how dusty my room is. Then they found a dried banana peel behind the nightstand!! Okay - so after these intense training sessions I sometimes have to eat all night. My new coach thinks I can train like an Olympiad!! And right now I am so fatigued I can barely get through the day.

I explained that I am mom, dad, the maid, the cook, the tutor, the pool cleaner, the dog chaser, the businessman, and much more. The flooring guys had a good laugh.

But I thought how fun - I bet all of you gals are MUCH more - so tell us - what do you do in your house?

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Registered: 09-21-2006
Thu, 04-12-2007 - 11:19pm

OK, you've seen them, as big as my hand, hairy, big fangs, on the back of the couch, dog barking insanely at it, kids freaking out- what kind of mess would it be to smash it (the fate of ALL other arachnids- especially scorpions- so maybe I can dispense with the evil laughter when smashing scorpions)? Somehow, about 4 years ago, we got on the tarantula mating highway. Every summer about 2 weeks after the start of the monsoon, I start finding lost male tarantulas somewhere between the family room and the west window of my S15's BR looking for the babe tarantula in the front yard singing her mating song. So we have a special wide mouth jar specifically for catching the tarantulas and letting them out in the front yard. My job exclusively, S18 will smash wolf spiders to save D3 (she calls him her super hero brother) but he has way too much arachnidphobia to handle tarantulas, especially after waking up with one on the wall above his head when he was 12. It would help if I could get the kids to consistently shut the patio doors.

Living in the foothills has it's advantages and it's disadvantages. Bobcat nest w/kittens, cool- hungry bobcat in my walled backyard chasing pet bunnies- not cool.

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