Gross Creatures

Two quick stories:

• When we were in Idaho for Halloween/Hallie's birthday bash 1, all the women in the family took a trek out to see my Aunt Sue-Dawg's (Don't worry, I am not offending her, that is her preferred name) new house that is being built. It's way out in no man's land. Anyway, we toured around ooohhing and ahhhing at the appropriate times when all the sudden, my cousin Hailie shouted, "THERE'S A MOUSE!!!" Sure enough, we all peeked around the corner of the den and saw a mouse, alive, but caught squirming in a spider trap. Well, you can imagine the chaos that then ensued. Seven women, all screaming, huddled near the door, yelling, "you do something about it!" "No, you do something about it!" and on and on and on...Finally, Sue grabbed a styrafoam container and threw it over the top of the sick mouse so we wouldn't have to see him. Well, it didn't really help cause we all still knew he was there. It kind of gives me the heebie-jeebies just thinking about it. I don't like mice.


• The other day I was sweeping the kitchen floor, when all the sudden, out of nowhere, a HUGE moth appeared. It kept swirling around my head and it was grossing me out terribly. I shouted at it and chased it around the kitchen, trying to kill it with the broom, for a good 5 minutes before I thought that it might be smart to turn off the light. That seemed to help, but it sure wasn't easy to sweep in the dark (this was at night). I also do not like moths.

I later told Devin about story number 2 and he just died laughing. He thought it was ridiculous to picture me chasing the moth around with the broom. But, you have to do what you have to do. We then got into a lengthy discussion about our opinions on the nastiest creatures. He maintains that it is the tapeworm, but I am quite torn. I feel pretty sickly about a lot of things. I can kill a spider any day, that's no problem for me. However, a moth really gets to me. I also hate snakes and mice. And since I can't see a tapeworm, I don't really think it would be that bad. I even had two co-workers that I worked with at a previous job that talked seriously about buying tapeworms to help them lose weight (Odd, eh?). So, please help us settle this debate once and for all. Vote on our poll ----------------> over there and give us your opinion on what disgusts you most. If it is something else, you can leave a comment here.

PS. I think this almost takes the cake. I can't imagine meeting one of those things. ICK!! I would just post the picture here, but I don't want to drive myself or others away from my blog. Happy Voting!