I casually walked into the kitchen in search of a little snack. Out of the corner of my eye, in the doorway between the kitchen and the laundry room, was this… umm… thing.
I know that since we live “in the woods” there are things out there. And sometimes those things come inside. Mostly, it is a spider or a moth or a present from the cat. {shudders} Sometimes even a scorpion. You know, a small, very small, scorpion.
This thing is not small by any means and did a superb job of Freaking. Me. Out. Especially when I attempted to scoop it onto a piece of paper to throw away – and IT MOVED. Oh my heck.
I very bravely found a jar, washed it out, and bravely (did I mention the bravely part?) got it into the jar. Once the lid was screwed on, I felt much more safe, but no less freaked out. I took pictures for ya, but you get what you get. The labels are still on the jar (I tried lying it on the side and taking pics form the bottom of the jar, then from the top – not so happy about having to take the top off for a pic mind you), and there are still water droplets from me washing the jar.
Now, I’m just waiting for the thing to DIE.
{shudders}
Update on the thing scorpion craw daddy.
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Remember what Indiana Jones said about scorpions, that it’s the small ones that you need to be concerned about.
ROFL!!!!!
i’m so sorry!!!
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Well. It is smaller than a dog, so I’m thinking that is good cause to worry. I don’t like “things” that come uninvited.
LaDonna – so not nice of you to laugh. That THING is just eery. I swear it is evil and if it hasn’t died yet, it needs to hurry up. It is creeping me out.
First, I just want to commend you for being so brave. I mean it! I would have been screaming the entire time.
Second, it reminds my of the time I found 3 lice (I thought) while washing one of my kid’s hair. I captured them in an alcohol-soaked paper towel and left a note for my husband to positively id them when he got home. I left the lice for dead and went to bed. When I got up in the morning, the paper towel was dry and the lice were . . . gone! Make sure that ugly thing cannot escape from the jar!
whoa! Part of me is totally freaked out for you and the other part of me thinks that it looks really cool.
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I wouldn’t have been able to do what you did, I don’t think. I’m cringing just reading your post. Holy CRAP! And I’d be calling my husband telling him to come.home.NOW. LOL. I probably would have thrown a heavy pot over it and put something weighted on top to keep it there until my husband got home. BLEH!
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I do not care for creepy crawly anything in my home. I would have been on the phone screaming for my husband to come handle the emergency. Yes, I am weak like that.
Washed out the jar? Wow! You have an inner strength that you might not realize. Washed out the jar, ROTFL!
ok, i tagged you in a photo game! here;s the link.
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That doesn’t look like a scorpion to me, it looks like maybe a sun scorpion, which is more of a spider. It can get up to six inches long. When we first moved into our house I was sleeping on the floor since our bed wasn’t in yet and saw one run across the floor that was three inches long. I killed it with a water bottle that was next to me. GROSS
Oh my word.. thanks for reminding me of the scorpion I found in our guest bathroom last year.. lol I had forgotten.. and it took me forever to quit looking over my shoulder and checking our sheets!!! I hate them!!!!!!!!! lol YOu are braver than I am.. I shut the bathroom door put a towel under the door and waited until my husband came home..and let’s just say.. He didn’t get any closer than the baseball bat allowed him lol
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I also live in the woods, but have never seen anything like that, thank GOODNESS!
I pay $500 a year to have the bug guy come out whenever I want. I asked them if they could just drop buckets full of the stuff onto my house by helicopter, but apparently that’s frowned upon
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