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there’s a spider…

Every time I come down to the basement office , I can now almost guarantee that this spider will be waiting for me!

He hangs out in this little hiding spot under some flipped-up linoleum right beside the door. And as I approach the door and turn on the light switch on that side, he skitters backwards into his little crevice.

It’s become routine which is so not cool because a) ew gross, I hate spiders and b) he’s developing a bit of a personality. This is very bad because it’s much harder to kill something if anthropomorphism is involved. And as much as I loved Charlotte’s Web as a child, I’m sorry but no. My rule is that if we’re outside, bugs can have their space but in my own house they risk their own demise if there’s no easy (and sanity-preserving) way for me to catch them and release them outdoors.

If I find I’m unable to suck him up with a vacuum (my current spider elimination method of choice, as I discovered last week when a huge cousin of the office lurker scared me), then I guess I will just have to suck it up and deal with the creepy crawlies until I’ll no longer be down in this office. About a week to go really, before everything gets all packed up, including my computer!

It’s a toss-up, really. What’s more shudder-worthy: purposefully setting about to destroy a little creature who seems to show enough intelligence to hang out in a certain spot regularly and then vacate it when there is movement or light OR dealing with the phantom sensations of bugs crawling on me while down here?

I think I may go with option C, which is avoiding the basement office as much as possible until the moving transition is complete. Which means trusting my hubby to pack the remaining items in my craft area… Although scary in it’s own way, the sorting through of items that I didn’t pack might not be totally confusing. I’m sure I’ll be able to separate the cross-stitch patterns from the Today’s Parent magazines and spare page protectors.

And hopefully the only “bug” I will unpack in my new (non-basement!) home office will be my Cuttlebug.

and on the domestic engineering front…

Warning: if you leave laundry in the washer for a long time (like, say, if you are busy coughing to death with a killer sore throat and/or stairs are extremely painful to go down and your laundry room is in the basement), they can really develop a disgusting smell. To re-wash or not to re-wash???

We painted the family room at the new house this past weekend. Well, OK the hubby did. But I helped! And my contributions were absolutely essential, I tell you! They must’ve saved him at least 5 minutes of work.

I also put together a little project I am making for Avery’s “jungle” room (in other words, the Diego-themed room that he wants that may still survive as a room decor after the Diego fascination has waned!). Curtain rod + fake plastic ferns ($4) + raffia ($2) + bits of window blinds (free, but only if you happen to have purchased window blinds…) = jungle finials!

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Family & Fun Fairs

The first weekend in June, we went to a big photo session with all of my cousins (and the 3 little offsping-of-the-cousins, which is just my 2 and my cousin Mel’s little girl). It was really cool to see the whole group in white shirts and blue jeans. After the shoot, we took a few little pics of our own since we were all dressed alike (and Paul happened to be wearing a white T-shirt, which isn’t that odd as he often does underneath whatever button shirt he chose for that day).

After this, we stopped by a local park to take advantage of the sunshine and get some outdoor portraits as well. Then we continued on our way with our plans to attend the kids’ current school’s Fun Fair. I’m pretty sure we’ve been there each year since Harmony’s first year at the school in Senior Kindergarten! Maybe next year we will stop by anyways to see some familiar faces and say “hi” to the old neighbourhood.

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