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Originally Posted by Suzy  I get a shoe and smack it good a few times, and then get a kleenex (ok, 3!), and pick it up, then run as fast as I can to the bathroom to flush it. (Don't know why, it just makes me feel better-you never know, they MAY come back to life and crawl out of the garbage can!) |
Like it couldn't crawl outta the toilet on it's broken little legs and bite your butt!!!!!!!!!
Megangirl!!!! I feel your pain!!!
You know first-hand how wooded our yard is... when we first moved here the house hadn't been occupied full-time so we had them, too. And lots of spiders to boot! Despite having quarterly visits from Western Pest Control, I would find spiders all over the place. Several different varieties. I only ever found those other creepy things in the bathroom, so they must be attracted to water. Totally freaked me out!!!!
So...
I bought a bunch of plastic fly swatters and kept them handy in the halls (spiders seemed to like dark places) and bathrooms where I would usually see the critters
and spiders. The swatters have long handles so you don't have to get too close, and since they don't move as fast as a fly I could usually get the buggers. Then I would catch them up in a paper towel and throw them in the garbage while saying an 'I'm sorry but we just can't live together' prayer to the Karmic Gods.
Thank goodness they are long-gone now. In the spring I sometimes see a spider or two, but I feel better knowing that I'm bigger than them... and
I have the swatter!!!
Hopefully with cold weather coming you won't have to worry about them. May the Force be with you!
HUGS