Hurricane Harvey

[frustratedearthmother]

No crackers... Didn't leave them off of 'the list' - just one of the things I don't keep around. With a diabetic DH who would eat the whole box in one setting - I don't buy 'em.

 

[CntryBoy777]

When I was driving the 2 things I always had in the truck was a box of Cheez-Its and a can of nuts....preferably Cashews...but, without teeth nuts have not been eaten in about 10yrs....still eat the CheezIts tho....

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Yum - I love cashews! But they ain't soft!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

OMG - here's one of the things they don't tell ya about floods. All that water makes all kinds of critters move. I've found big, crunchy, nasty, disgusting roaches in my garage. Thank goodness Gracie hates 'em as much as I do and she doesn't mind the crunch they make when you pop their exoskeleton. Barf!

Ants! Up the outside wall and onto the kitchen cabinet....argh!

But, the worst thing was.... It's actually the things nightmares are made of....

I was walking through my dining room and saw movement. A big fat spider was crawling across the floor so I grabbed a sandal (DH's - don't tell him) and popped that spider. Literally popped the spider and about a hundred little tiny spiders came crawling out. I'm not a screamer - but I screamed like a little girl and jumped around on one foot...can't have both feet getting microscopic spiders crawling on ya.

UGH - my stomach is still turning.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Now, now FEM...those big roaches are palmetto bugs, ants can't swim, and that spider was a wolf spider...the mother raises and totes the little ones on her back, and when they are old enough she releases a pheramone that makes the babies attack and eat her....you squashed her while they were still riding on her back...they will make ya step a bit Lively....

 

[frustratedearthmother]

that spider was a wolf spider...the mother raises and totes the little ones on her back, and when they are old enough she releases a pheramone that makes the babies attack and eat her....you squashed her while they were still riding on her back...they will make ya step a bit Lively....

OH my gosh - that makes it so much worse! LOL So glad I squished all of them too - then found some Clorox Clean Up spray and drowned 'em with Clorox!
I'm gonna check my bed real good before I crawl into it. Ugh... skin is crawling!

 

[CntryBoy777]

Just be extremely carful outside, cause there could be snakes hanging out also....especially those poisonous kinds....red touches yellow, kill a fellow...red touches black, venom lack....could be moccasins too....even some gators.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Been really keeping an eye out for snakes. Chickens and pigs are pretty good at snake control too. Free food, right? LOL

Holy cow - no gators! Don't think my chickens could handle that!

But thanks for the reminder...

 

[babsbag]

Gators I wouldn't mind the spider but the roaches have to go.

 

[Mini Horses]

Saw a report that someone found gators swimming in their backyard from all this...not TX but from this storm. Those Cajuns see them all the time though.

Yeah, all kinds of critters will be moving around.