Both of my blogs are updated - Living Frugal and Children's Books.
I've been keeping busy the past few days doing just about anything but schoolwork .... but I did finally put a half-hearted attempt at the TWO assignments due this week.
Tonight I had the two new boys who I started working with last week. I was way over prepared.
Tomorrow is the end of the challenge between my mom and I. Up until Monday I was doing pretty well with it. Today I was back on track though. My mom ... I think I still beat her.
Okay, for those of you who don't like snake stories or pictures of snakes, now would be a good time to do a swift scroll to the comments section (if you want to leave a comment, of course!)
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Okay .... I warned you!
This afternoon I took Buddy out in the backyard for his pit stop. I had barely put him down, when in the corner of my eye I spotted something moving. When I looked fully at what had moved ... not 3 seconds passed before I had screamed, picked Buddy up, and ran inside the house yelling for my stepdad. What did I see? Well ... here's a picture of what I saw *after* SD (SuperD...!) had finished with it.
I am not sure what kind it was. I really hope it wasn't a pet snake or something. SD had to chop at it with the shovel multiple times - it's exoskeleton was very hard. Even after all that, it wasn't still fully dead.
No more letting Buddy out in the yard without a leash! (We've been letting him slowly have a little bit more freedom, as he's earned it.)
Anyone have any idea what kind it is? It was over 3 feet long.
ETA: Picture of its head:
Ack! Just When I Thought the Backyard was Safe!
November 25th, 2010 at 05:17 am
November 25th, 2010 at 07:48 am 1290671323
here you're not allowed to kill a lot of snakes, most of them are protected species. though once we had a king brown snake on our front step, about to slither into the house (majorly deadly snakes!) and my stepdad ran out of the bathroom in a towel and chopped at it with a shovel too. you gotta do what you gotta do to protect your family!
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November 25th, 2010 at 05:33 pm 1290706413
Actually, I don't mind non-poisonous snakes, but hear they are around (just never seen one?). What I wouldn't want is ANY snake inside my house. Nor near my kids or pets (because you don't know if it's harmless or not).
I also just found out that tarantulas are local, too. O.M.G. Not very dangerous I suppose - but I have severe arachnophobia! My friend found one inside her house. Ack!!!! Thankfully, our house seems pretty airtight when it comes to big spiders, and snakes!
November 25th, 2010 at 11:49 pm 1290728941
I didn't know what to do ... my stepdads reaction was to kill it ... so I went with that.
I'll add a picture SD took of its head. I'm still not sure what it was.
I'm generally okay with snakes and such, this one was just SO big, and really scared me being in my backyard like that with my little 5 lb puppy. If I'd seen it behind plexiglass at a zoo or such ... fun to look at. Up close and personal, not so fun to look at.
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November 28th, 2010 at 02:11 am 1290910294
My sister lived where there were both rattle snakes, alligators, and tusked wild boars. She got a shotgun for Christmas her first year there. She had to take it out with her to hang the laundry to dry. Once her cat saved her from a rattler!
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