This post is not for the fainthearted! I’m warning you! Graphic image loading! At work the other day, the janitor opened the cleaning closet to pull out his mop bucket. “Hey, come here! Look at this!” he hollered. I trotted over. OH. MY. GOSH. This is the honkingest, hugest, monstrous-est wolf spider I have ever […]
Tag Archives: spiders
Bed Bugs — NO THANKS
October 25, 2012
*shudder* I’m going to New York City on a business trip next month… and it’s an “overnighter.” I haven’t stayed overnight in New York in a few years. Apparently, there’s a bit of a “bed bug” epidemic down there so of course I have a tiny, mild case of FREAKINGOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😯 I hate bugs. HATE […]
Conquering the Vile Earwig, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Siberian Winters
July 14, 2011
Last night, I rolled over in bed and was suddenly struck on the leg in pain. A bite! It felt like a hornet’s sting, yow! The thing swelled up to about the size of a quarter and hurt like the dickens. The hubs and I looked everywhere for the malicious critter that had inflicted the […]
FREAKY
October 24, 2009

To even remember this makes my heart quake inside and my blood run cold. But FINALLY after reading all of your horrific posts about your own spider experiences, I have one of my own to share. I had just gotten into bed. I was getting all cozy and snuggly (the temps are in the 30s […]
May 25, 2013
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