Monday, September 12, 2005

crisis after crisis

As if it wasn't bad enough to evict a lizard from the house last night, today I had to kill a snake. I was relaxing in the hammock after a morning of hard work, when Dorothy alerted me to the presence of a snake just near the foundation of our house. I don't know why but she's always the one to find these snakes, lizards and all manners of creepy crawlers. I don't know why I never see them. Anyway, Dorothy skedaddled into the safety of the house and I got a brick and dropped in on the snake's head, then cut off his head with a shovel. I went into the house proud of my success in vanquishing this monster (3 ft. long) that was threatening our household. Was I treated like a hero? No hug . No Kiss (or promise of more affection later). You would think I do this kind of thing all the time. Such is the life of a husband.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well I wont be back until after the first freeze!!! Kelly

Unknown said...

Kelly, you'll be down before then if Mom makes chicken and dumplings.

Rachel, you must have a different species of lizard over there in Arkansas, because the ones over here in Oklahoma are ugly.

Envoy-ette said...

You are a brave man!

Anonymous said...

Your right Mom just has to offer to make dinner of any kind!! Kelly