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Along Came a Spider…

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So there we were in all our pioneer girl glory, hanging out, getting things done, when along came a spider, to quote the old nursery rhyme.

Rosie saw the spider first – and she screamed – “Mom – give me your shoe!”

I whipped off my Croc in record time and handed it to her – she took one step forward then one step back shaking her head in horror.

I peered around her and screamed myself. Apparently, huge hairy enormous spiders can hear because that spider jumped when I screamed. Inspiring us both to scream again. We screamed so hard that we had to hold hands and jump up and down and scream!

In the Pioneer Chicks Moving to the Boondocks Guidebook, there was nothing about spiders but no one told THIS creature that he or she was breaking the rules by invading my home!

I’ve never seen a spider that freakin’ big and hairy outside of a terrarium! According to friends attempting to calm me down after the fact, this was a “Wolf Spider”. (Even the name of it is terrifying!)

So, with Pioneer Chick ingenuity, Rosie grabbed the bleach. I dumped a quarter gallon of bleach on it and while it was writhing in spider agony (I feel slightly guilty) I pounded the crap out of it with my pink and black Croc spider-slaying device.

Here’s a close-up. Swear on my life, 3-4 inches across!

Spider friends, be warned – ZERO TOLERANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Daisy Luther

Daisy Luther is a coffee-swigging, globe-trotting blogger. She is the founder and publisher of three websites. 1) The Organic Prepper, which is about current events, preparedness, self-reliance, and the pursuit of liberty on her website, 2) The Frugalite, a website with thrifty tips and solutions to help people get a handle on their personal finances without feeling deprived, and 3) PreppersDailyNews.com, an aggregate site where you can find links to all the most important news for those who wish to be prepared. She is widely republished across alternative media and Daisy is the best-selling author of 5 traditionally published books and runs a small digital publishing company with PDF guides, printables, and courses. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, Gab, MeWe, Parler, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Don’t feel bad. Many guys, including my bf, hate spiders, and there is nothing sadder than hearing a grown man scream because there’s a spider in the bathroom.

My brother used to have a rubber band gun for shooting those bad boys from a safe distance. Check them out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_band_gun

Aw. Wolf spiders are good guys. I capture them and release them outside.

Oh, this made me laugh so hard. But in sympathy…I remember one fall night I was reading on the couch when I felt something land on my chest. I looked down, right into the beady eyes of a huge wolf spider. I screamed at the top of my lungs, and – I SWEAR to you – it screamed as well in utter terror. It jumped onto my couch while I rolled onto the floor in the opposite direction!

Worst part was my couch had a dappled brown-on-brown pattern, and for the life of me I couldn’t see the spider against the pattern! I had to get my neighbor’s boyfriend to capture the poor thing…I felt bad because I had clearly scared it as badly as it had scared me! When we caught it we set it free outside and I never saw it again.

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