So last night Michael and I were relaxing before bed, doing some reading and just unwinding, when we saw a humongous spider.
It was really, really big.
Michael has recently embraced some non-violent beliefs since his world religions class which I normally approve of, and agree with. But I have a exception clause: spiders.
It may be related to the fact that I saw Arachnophobia when I was 10, or just because I'm easily freaked out by just about anything. :) But I do not like spiders.
So it falls upon my husband to do away with them.
I always tell him (and it is true) that if he wants to capture it and release it outside, I will feel just as secure. He does not have to kill it. However, last night he didn't sense the urgency of the project and the spider escaped into the heater.xzz
After that, we both were pretty distracted from our reading and kept looking over to the corner where we last saw it. I noticed our fixation, and offered: what should we name her?
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Michael: Madame Huge!
Me: How about just Madame.
No, it needs more syllables.
Ah! Mademoiselle. Perfect.
Michael: Who is Madame Wazelle?
And the name stuck.
Epilogue: Later Michael did kill her, but I found another one on the ceiling today. It escaped my assassination attempt and I was so spooked by the whole thing, I jumped a foot when I stepped on a twist tie Nathanael left on the floor. I was gasping for breath as if something actually scary had happened!
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It sent shivers down my spine just thinking about it!
Spiders are so hard! We have our house sprayed on the outside because I can't deal with it and Isaac is non-violent. That was our compromise because I can't share my house with them! :)
I have to put an update on this post. This evening I was in the kitchen when I noticed a fairly big spider (but not as big as Our Lady) on the wall by the door.
I did not scream.
I did not run away.
I did not drop anything.
Instead, I opened the cupboard, picked up a jar, captured the spider, opened the door, and set the jar outside.
Then I closed the door QUICKLY. :)
I'm only human.
SO this is how my friend deals with bugs, spiders and wasps. First she knelt on offered up a prayer. And that prayer was to inform God that she wanted to keep the commandment thou shalt not kill. But if they are in her home she has to do something about it so could He please send them away.
Then if she sees them she says to them. Wazelle or Herkimer or whatever the name should be. Jesus Christ made you to live outside. And you are out of your domain. I want to keep the commandment thou shalt not kill but if you continue to reside outside your domain then I will have to kill you. So be obedient to Christ and go back to where you belong.
She claims she has never had to kill a bug!!
Love MOM
When I saw the post title, I thought you had been calling my mom and she had been telling you stories from my childhood. See, I made up a bunch of characters, and one of them was Madame Wazelle. She was a good looking woman in her fifties, very vain, been through her share of husbands, etc. :D
Yuck! I found two nasty big spiders in my house this week to. Not cool!
I'm with you on that one! You're little boy is adorable!
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