This (well not THIS exact one) was in my mailbox Monday afternoon.
I may never check my mail again.
*shudder*
I hate spiders. It’s not a phobia yet, but it could become one. Snakes? no problem. Rats? don’t like ’em but I ain’t afraid. Spiders? Hell no.
I was on the phone with Maria when I checked my mail Monday. That was nearly my last phone call because that stupid Black Widow was just millimeters from my fingers. I didn’t panic. (mostly) I slipped off my shoe and beat the hell out of the little black ball of hate.
*shudder*
Then I triple checked to make sure the sneaky little bastard didn’t give birth into my shoe before it died. Or have a friend who decided to hide out in my shoe to avenge the little black ball of hate’s life.
Anyone remember the movie Arachnaphobia? The two scenes the stuck with me the most from the movie were the shoe scene and the lamp scene. It’s the everyday shit that’s gonna get me. One day, I’m gonna slip on my shoe, and CHOMP.
*shudder*
Bitchin' Fiction: Musings by author Melissa McKenzie / Melissa Francis 
I never put on a shoe without giving it a good shake. Since moving to FL, I’ve switched to flip-flops almost entirely. So much less stressful.
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Aack! I’m glad you survived.
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Ew, ick!! Thank GOD we don’t have those things here in Washington. But I don’t like ANY spiders, poisonous or otherwise. There are times, when it seems like they all migrate into the house –like in the FALL, like NOW– that I put my slippers up on my bedside table at night to keep them from crawling in and then won’t even walk to my bathroom in the middle of the night without the slippers on. UGh.
Shannon
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We get them here too and they love setting up home just under our house. I actually like most spiders because I hate flies but these ones make me shudder. I’ve seen the damage they can cause to a person’s skin.
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My husband killed three just this afternoon. Eek! I’m with you – I hate the damned things.
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{:0 That would certainly freak me out!
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Yikes! Mel 1, spider 0.
We have tons of spiders, but not Black Widows (that I know of). Scary.
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Just saw this article on yahoo.
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They rank right on up there with the scorpians around these parts. That sucks.
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Icky little buggers.
I have one in the garage avoiding me as she knows I’m out to kill her.
Thankfully, no brown recluse spiders have been seen.
Those buggers scare me more.
Happy hunting, Mel. Squish!
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