how to get rid of a spider (part I)
1. keep an eye on it until your husband comes home (works best if he comes home within the next 15 minutes or so)
2. throw a shoe at it (least effective)
3. muster up the courage to get close enough to it with the shoe, and then muster up even more courage to smash it real good with the shoe, then leave the shoe over the spider till husband gets home
4. the vacuum works great if it’s a fast runner and on the carpet
5. call husband at work to see if he can come home to get the spider (best reserved for particularly desperate situations)
6. call neighbor when husband can’t come home, who ends up smashing it with the broom and even carrying it on the broom to the toilet (the end with the spider as far away from himself as possible, totally validating my need for outside assistance) because the spider was even scary for him
7. trap it under a tupperware container and then put something heavy on top just to make sure it’s not going anywhere. This way your husband can still do the yucky part when he gets home and you don’t have to keep an eye on it
Once I had a wasp problem (last summer) about 5 wasps in the house all at once and my husband couldn’t come home (big meeting) and I didn’t live near any neighbors at the time (temporary home here in WY). It was awful. I staid outside for awhile but then realized I still needed to pick up my son from school and bring him back into the house (hot outside), so my “momma bear” instinct kicked in (as my husband calls it.) Got 2 with the broom and swept them out the door. Had a shoe on top of one but wasn‘t going to try that again. Captured one in the bathroom for my husband to contend with later. And then I used the tupperware trick. Only I realized I had the tupperware up against a window screen and I couldn’t stay like that forever (needed to pick up son.) So using my foot I was able to scoot the broom over and then rig it up so the broom handle was resting against the tupperware, the bottom of the broom wedged tightly between table and chair legs, reinforced later with phone books. I was quite proud of myself on that one.
2. throw a shoe at it (least effective)
3. muster up the courage to get close enough to it with the shoe, and then muster up even more courage to smash it real good with the shoe, then leave the shoe over the spider till husband gets home
4. the vacuum works great if it’s a fast runner and on the carpet
5. call husband at work to see if he can come home to get the spider (best reserved for particularly desperate situations)
6. call neighbor when husband can’t come home, who ends up smashing it with the broom and even carrying it on the broom to the toilet (the end with the spider as far away from himself as possible, totally validating my need for outside assistance) because the spider was even scary for him
7. trap it under a tupperware container and then put something heavy on top just to make sure it’s not going anywhere. This way your husband can still do the yucky part when he gets home and you don’t have to keep an eye on it
Once I had a wasp problem (last summer) about 5 wasps in the house all at once and my husband couldn’t come home (big meeting) and I didn’t live near any neighbors at the time (temporary home here in WY). It was awful. I staid outside for awhile but then realized I still needed to pick up my son from school and bring him back into the house (hot outside), so my “momma bear” instinct kicked in (as my husband calls it.) Got 2 with the broom and swept them out the door. Had a shoe on top of one but wasn‘t going to try that again. Captured one in the bathroom for my husband to contend with later. And then I used the tupperware trick. Only I realized I had the tupperware up against a window screen and I couldn’t stay like that forever (needed to pick up son.) So using my foot I was able to scoot the broom over and then rig it up so the broom handle was resting against the tupperware, the bottom of the broom wedged tightly between table and chair legs, reinforced later with phone books. I was quite proud of myself on that one.
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This is hilarious, Emerald..I am not afraid of wasps or spiders..A couple of field mice are enough to make me want to move though..Posted 08-09-2008 at 04:19 PM by Miss Blue
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lol..keeping an eye on it..what happens if its a jumping spider? jk jkPosted 08-11-2008 at 06:21 AM by arguy1973
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Good Blog! I was beginning to wonder if this was just a phenomena that occurred with my wife.Posted 08-11-2008 at 06:25 AM by GCSTroop
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Thanks guys. That's a really cool smiley Blue. Maybe someday, when I'm a fraction of the pro you are, I'll be able to post one of those too...Posted 08-14-2008 at 05:03 PM by emeraldsky
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Oh well, try having a BAT in the house and see how you hide until hubby gets home. Yes, that happened to me once. I hid in the bathroom until his arrival...
Posted 11-20-2008 at 10:47 AM by Summering
