Spiders

Spiders. Why ????


Just WHY !!!


I know the science, I know they are actually good for the environment ... they kill bugs ... flies etc .... stuff like that BUT eurgh ..... why do they have to grow BIG.


I can cope with the little ones - even the ones that have teeny bodies but long legs .......... it's the GREAT big house spiders that just give me the creeps. 


When we lived in the flat we had "Monster" and "Son of Monster" ..... actually there must have been a whole massive family because I am sure I killed them both ..... several times !!!


Back then ..... Gina was the one with no fear - even though she was only 5 - if I ever needed anything from the dreaded cupboard under the stairs (where the spider family lived) my daughter would volunteer as she just loved to be helpful. 


I did consider that this may be a touch cruel - child exploitation and all that - but who am I to stunt a child's natural helpful nature!!


Sadly (for me, definitely!) as she got older her fear grew and she joined me, Jess and Dan in that "fear factor".


So ..... how did 4 scaredy cats deal with the BIG ..... welly boot wearing, ..... muscle flexing, ..... chain-saw brandishing ..... mega spiders ..... that always crawl inside the house at this time of year??


Hmmmm, the next bit may offend or upset the spider lovers among you out there so - if you are of a nervous disposition then I suggest you look away ......................


Hairspray. Yep. Just. Hairspray.


The biggest fear we seem to have is the quick crawling away and the fear that if we don't squish them quick enough then they will disappear - never to be seen again - apart from to scare the living daylights out of us one dark and spooky night !


Hairspray makes the teeny weeny hairs on their legs stick together so they can't run !!! So we then squish them in the safe and secure knowledge that we can actually get them !!! 


Of course ..... there are still those mega mega spiders ..... yes the chainsaw wielding ones ....... they need more than just a quick spray - we have been known to be armed with a can each (Gina even brandishing a spray can in each hand) chasing a spider round a room as if our lives depended on it !!!!! 


Yet usually ..... with a coordinated effort - spraying in synchronisation - we have always managed to slow them down enough to then squish. 


And thus .... we are the true survivors !!!! So ..... to all those spiders out there reading this blog - don't even venture into our home ..... we will get you !!!!