So far, no hiccups with the 13th week! I'm definitly showing more now, and can only fit into one pair of my lucky jeans and my last pair of black banana pants. I'm starting to get over my allergies a little more, believe it or not it's only 65 degrees here in Burbank ~ it's almost sweatshirt weather!
So fall is here & I'm starting to decorate a little more for halloween at the house. When I got back last night and was unlocking the house just after sunset, I happened to see a huge spider web in the moonlight and noticed a monster black widow right in the middle of it. The web was huge - it started from the willow tree, attached to the house (infront of the picture windows) and then back down to some of the plants. I swear, this one was about the size of a quarter - swaying in the wind. I freaked. Even though I'm a total Animal Planet girl, I know black widows lay a ton of eggs pretty fast, and since I was the only one home, I had to fight it.
We definitly don't have the best outdoor lighting at our house, so I grabbed Patrick's mag-light and the spider killer spray and snuck up on the black widow and sprayed the crap out of him. I made sure I sprayed with the wind too because that stuff stinks. When we use the spider killer on regular spiders, they drop instantly. But with black widows, depending on their size, the can go for about 5 minutes ~ spinning webs everywhere, going nuts. I was just hoping the wind wouldn't knock the little sucker at me. After about 5-6 minutes, this guy finally dropped into the darkness, and I ran into the house (did a major clothes check too just incase he stuck to me). See, I think that's one reason why people buy annuals ~plants that come back every year. Who wants to go digging around gardens when there's soo many spiders that can kill you? Bleck. Bleck. Bleck.
Last night I bought a remote control rat from Target and stuck it underneath the couch to get Patrick when he got home from work. The rat w/ electric red eyes turned out to be alot of work ~ I had no idea the stupid thing would take a 9volt battery, plus every other battery in the house. So lots of trips back to the grocery store & hoping I get home intime to still spook Patrick. Which worked, I had the lights super low, he was just getting to the couch to watch Survivor when I let the rat run - he completely jumped and the cat flipped out too.
And finally, last weekend I put up the crown molding in the livingroom & diningroom. Patrick and Kurty had to help me with the big pieces, but I took Nils' advice and it went awesome. We rented a nail gun and I swear - I nailed everything! So this weekend, I'll finish off with the filler & paint and that project will be set. I've been reading online how to tile so Patrick and I will hit that within a few weeks!!
Okay, hope everyone is doing great. I miss seeing the leaves turn in Maine!!
~ Love Kristin, Patrick and Baby
So fall is here & I'm starting to decorate a little more for halloween at the house. When I got back last night and was unlocking the house just after sunset, I happened to see a huge spider web in the moonlight and noticed a monster black widow right in the middle of it. The web was huge - it started from the willow tree, attached to the house (infront of the picture windows) and then back down to some of the plants. I swear, this one was about the size of a quarter - swaying in the wind. I freaked. Even though I'm a total Animal Planet girl, I know black widows lay a ton of eggs pretty fast, and since I was the only one home, I had to fight it.
We definitly don't have the best outdoor lighting at our house, so I grabbed Patrick's mag-light and the spider killer spray and snuck up on the black widow and sprayed the crap out of him. I made sure I sprayed with the wind too because that stuff stinks. When we use the spider killer on regular spiders, they drop instantly. But with black widows, depending on their size, the can go for about 5 minutes ~ spinning webs everywhere, going nuts. I was just hoping the wind wouldn't knock the little sucker at me. After about 5-6 minutes, this guy finally dropped into the darkness, and I ran into the house (did a major clothes check too just incase he stuck to me). See, I think that's one reason why people buy annuals ~plants that come back every year. Who wants to go digging around gardens when there's soo many spiders that can kill you? Bleck. Bleck. Bleck.
Last night I bought a remote control rat from Target and stuck it underneath the couch to get Patrick when he got home from work. The rat w/ electric red eyes turned out to be alot of work ~ I had no idea the stupid thing would take a 9volt battery, plus every other battery in the house. So lots of trips back to the grocery store & hoping I get home intime to still spook Patrick. Which worked, I had the lights super low, he was just getting to the couch to watch Survivor when I let the rat run - he completely jumped and the cat flipped out too.
And finally, last weekend I put up the crown molding in the livingroom & diningroom. Patrick and Kurty had to help me with the big pieces, but I took Nils' advice and it went awesome. We rented a nail gun and I swear - I nailed everything! So this weekend, I'll finish off with the filler & paint and that project will be set. I've been reading online how to tile so Patrick and I will hit that within a few weeks!!
Okay, hope everyone is doing great. I miss seeing the leaves turn in Maine!!
~ Love Kristin, Patrick and Baby
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