Wild, Wildlife!

Just touching base, friends and strangers who read this little blog. We've been quite busy with general life and the arrival of our stuff. The kids are well and anything I need to tell you I will in another blog because somehow methinks you might be up to hearing more about the wild life that IS NOT our darling children, at our humble abode.. For those who saw the picture of the huntsman spider The Man put on Facebook, sorry for a bit of repeat. But I promise you there is more in store..

Night one in this house, I went into the kitchen and cockroaches were playing...so we knew then we had
some pesky pest issues to deal with. As a matter of fact, we have been calling the bug man ever since and he was on holiday with the rest of the country...then he had us booked for sometime next week and then....I called him and said "Please help me. Please come sooner. Before I lose my mind". Or something like that. Keep reading and you will find out why.  By the way, he bumped us up a week,which was to be TODAY, but it is again a rainy day, he had to cancel and reschedule for 2/22. 2/22 why didn't I pitch a fit? I guess I got up on the right side of the bed this morning. Keep reading.

One night I got up and turned towards the back french door which we have opened since it is our "air con" with no screens. In the corner there is a spider called a huntsman. Not poisonous, but can cause a painful bite. I guess so since he is the size of...a small mouse?!! Are you freaking kidding me? I don't like spiders much, but I don't usually freak out. I just cried and every night I check all the walls because they say if they get in they tend to go to high places.. Ceilings and walls checked every night. Take a peek at this thing by google image searching it or something. Send your sympathies to me, I need them.

 So I will try to add pics later but our laptop is a bit messed up by a visitor who banged away at it  (of the toddler variety)and now I can't open more than one window at a time....Just trust me, he was awful. Not the toddler, silly, though this is a pesky little problem we have here, THE FREAKING HUNTSMAN. The Aussies just think its funny. They are harmless, blah, blah, blah...I am crying again just thinking of it. ANd not just for me for the constant being on my toes about it and the worry for my children. Angelina Jolie, where do I get some of those mosquito nets for my kids cribs? Surely it will keep out humongous spiders. Ba-scusting as Muffin would say.

Our wonderful lorakeet birds come just about every day and multiple times to eat. Sometimes we have a rowdy crew of about six. They make a racket with the pigeons who are trying to get in on their feeding. One day, instead of feeding some by hand and putting a handful of food in the feeder, I learned why you don't just put food in the feeder. In MD and VA in the US of A squirrels are the problem....I loaded up the feeder and it was NOT a squirrel in competition with the birds. I think it was a rat. A small one, but Oh My GOd are you kidding me? He went up the tree and about to another...but where the heck did that thing come from? He sure as hell better stay on the outside or I might have a heart attack.

There's more! We decided to jump in the pool one night for a quick cool off and as I  was climbing the steps to get out something was slithering on the sidewalk. What was I thinking, right? Well, if you remember we do not have air conditioning and though it hasn't been very summery here...it was a hot day. We neglected to put on as many outdoor lights as possible only because we don't even know where the switch is to the lights closest to the pool. Probably in the cabana house...The Man thinks it was likely a lizard, but I tend to think it may have been a baby snake.He did not see how it moved.  Liz, the owner says they have never had a snake in the house. Well, thank goodness for that, but how about this one.

This story is not over...So we are lying in bed a few nights ago and it is not untypical for The Man to be awake long after me. He is a night owl. This gives La Cucaracha a whole new spin....The Man was quiet, but somehow I heard him up and about and I was fussing at him not for being up not being noisy as he thought but for staying up when he had to get up for work. He really was not noisy....especially in light of this event. Nothing like a little more nagging. I even do it at 230 am:) He tells me with calm, "I was asleep, but something was crawling up my leg"...Attempting to swat off whatever it was, he ended up with a COCK ROACH you know where! I would have been screaming and woken up all of Greenwich, NSW!!You all would likely have heard me in the US of A and I'd be on the next plane to return. After the death of the intruder...we were both awake for hours. Just disgusting. No little cocker either. Big Aussie variety, like the footy player of cockers. I wish this was the end or at least the end for the night....but then, in Seth's corner we have a brand new bed-in-a bag set in it's plastic bag. He HEARS (The Man doesn't hear major loud noises at night usually...) something "walking" on the plastic and there is yet another big cockroach. Perhaps, it was his mate? Seeing if we brought any hot American or Mexican varieties with us. NOT!

BTW, Liz, the owner of the house also said they have never had cockroaches in the bedroom. John, her husband/partner, asked me today, "Does {The Man} eat in the bed?" Truly, The Man does not eat in the bedroom. We have been known to have movie night with popcorn in bed, but we have one tv in the house and it is not in the boudoir. No bedroom movie nights here.

Someone send me a Snuggie, I am locking myself up and those buggers out..it's better than a straight jacket.

Hugs,ya'll.




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