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Saturday, June 27, 2009

RAAARRRRR

Hear that roaring? It's me in mama-bear mode. I never knew I had it in me. But it's amazing how it just kicks in whenever danger approaches.

Frightening pictures, eh? Are you scared? Are you gonna CRY? Want me to call the waaaahmbulance?!
Well a couple years ago I would've gone screaming and running away if I saw a large black widow spider on my house. But when this vicious beast popped his ugly head out, I grabbed my child, put her in her room, frantically searched for the spider/roach/ant killing spray, and doused that evil predator with about half the can (and obviously took a picture of it beforehand - for proper identification purposes).

Afterward I was a little shaky, but honestly - I never felt fear.
It was just an overwhelming sense of the need to protect.
I'm sure other moms can relate.

10 comments:

DeAnne said...: ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww! you are a brave soul! I think a gun would take care of that sucker real nice. OR maybe a shovel and a big whack! I probably would have done more damage to the house than the spider. You go girl!; June 27, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Amy Hunter said...: Holy COW! That thing is HUGE! It is amazing when the "mama bear" emerges. It's almost uncontrollable. I really think it's a cool instinct. I'd like to research it more...; June 27, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Jenna Burningham, OTR/L said...: Hooray for buff MOMS; June 27, 2009 at 1:00 PM
valmike said...: Holy S*&$! Now I can't read your blog anymore! You just killed me with your scarey bug pictures.

The 4th of July weekend we are having some family things. My Brother-In-Law is blessing their little boy on Sunday. I'm sure that if you're in town we can squeeze in a visit! That is only ifyou promise to tripple check your aren't bringing any little black 8 legged friends with you!
-VAL; June 27, 2009 at 2:11 PM
Unknown said...: I would have totally gone the shovel route like DeAnne! Addison would have gone over to the spider, picked it up and brought it to me for show and tell!; June 28, 2009 at 9:37 AM
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Unknown said...: Very brave!! I will kill spiders if I am the only adult around to do it. I don't want them thinking they have free reign of my house; June 28, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Debbie said...: You take every percaution cause I got some bites that kept getting worse looking and looked up Hobo spider bites online. Yikes - it took me to my drs. office. They still are not completely gone and its been 5 weeks! And theres no time for proper intros, so just kill 'um all!; June 28, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Mandy said...: Ya, I HATE spiders, but black widows are the worst!! We had a ton of them in AZ . . . one night I found like 10 of them . . . the worst was the egg sack and 3 that I found under the girls picnic table . . . ya, I about died!! I killed them all, but was screaming and jumping around the whole time!!

Go mamma bear! :); June 28, 2009 at 11:30 PM
Ivy Lou said...: Since I got preggers I am a real baby (no pun intended) about killing bugs. Luckiy, Mitch has been coming home for lunch and it's usually about the time the bug or spidey or bee gets spotted. Honestly, the other day Abi and I just watched a bee fly around 'til Mitch got home! I figured it was a good time for a science lesson!; July 2, 2009 at 11:05 AM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Saturday, June 27, 2009

RAAARRRRR

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