I forgot to tell you'll about my lizard adventure. It started several weeks ago. I was walking through the house & was surprised to see a big brown slick lizard (not the little green house lizards...this on was creepy looking) sitting on the floor between our living room & dining room. It was huge....about 7 inches long......just sitting there looking around like he was a house pet! My first thought was....he can NOT get into the bedrooms. So I grabbed the broom & tried to hit him. I missed & he ran under the sofa. I ran him out & tried to hit him again & missed.....or maybe he was so big it didn't bother him. 
So anyway he ran into the kitchen & under the refrigerator. I couldn't find him again so I was leery but gave up the hunt.
A few days later I saw him in the utility room. I opened the back door hoping to run him out & of course he disappeared under the washing machine. Well....great......now he will probably run up my arm while I am sorting clothes.
By the way, I'm not afraid of little green house lizards but these big brown ones give me the "willies"! So again....I gave up the hunt.
I told my DH about my adventure & told him if I saw the lizard again I was going to drop our giant dictionary on him. They are way too fast to swat with a broom. So a few days later I'm getting ready to go somewhere. I walked through the house & stopped in my tracks! There he is again......sitting in the same exact spot he was the first time I saw him. His head was up & he was leisurely looking around like he owned the place. I think he was mocking me.
I grabbed something to swat at him & he ran into the corner of the dining room. So I grabbed our Unabrigded Webster Dictionary.....that is about 5 inches thick.
At this point I didn't care if I ruined the book. The lizard is sitting by the wall right next to one of the dining room chairs. If I get too close & miss he will probably run across my foot & I would probably hurt myself getting away. So I decided on an air assault. I stepped up on one chair....holding the giant dictionary...and then stepped across to the chair next to the lizard. I hold up the dictionary & drop it on the lizard. The book lands on him but part of the book falls open so that part of it is propped on the wall. So I'm standing on the chair......looking down to see "if I got him".......and the book starts MOVING!!!! I'm not kidding!!! OMG....how strong is this lizard?!?! Now it's a battle of wills. I'm thinking this lizard Can Not get out from under this dictionary! BTW.....I can see it's tail sticking out from under the book. I step one foot off of the chair and I start stomping on the open part of the book trying to kill this ginourmous lizard. After a few minutes the lizard gets still. I left the book on him and went back to what I was doing. A few minutes later I checked on him & he had backed out from under the book a little bit........I knew this because I could see more of his tail. Time to bring in the heavy weights........literally.....I brought two giant heavy weights and sat them on top of the book to keep the lizard underneath. I decided to just leave him there until DH got home that evening. Maybe by then the lizard would be dead. I was starting to think the lizard was planning his revenge while laying under that dictionary! The dictionary survived but thankfully the lizard did not! Hopefully, his lizard relatives won't seek revenge. 
Well, that is my critter story. What is your critter story from in or around your house? I remember Blondie wrestling a snake one time a few years ago! Please share your critter adventure with us........
So anyway he ran into the kitchen & under the refrigerator. I couldn't find him again so I was leery but gave up the hunt. A few days later I saw him in the utility room. I opened the back door hoping to run him out & of course he disappeared under the washing machine. Well....great......now he will probably run up my arm while I am sorting clothes.
By the way, I'm not afraid of little green house lizards but these big brown ones give me the "willies"! So again....I gave up the hunt.I told my DH about my adventure & told him if I saw the lizard again I was going to drop our giant dictionary on him. They are way too fast to swat with a broom. So a few days later I'm getting ready to go somewhere. I walked through the house & stopped in my tracks! There he is again......sitting in the same exact spot he was the first time I saw him. His head was up & he was leisurely looking around like he owned the place. I think he was mocking me.
I grabbed something to swat at him & he ran into the corner of the dining room. So I grabbed our Unabrigded Webster Dictionary.....that is about 5 inches thick. At this point I didn't care if I ruined the book. The lizard is sitting by the wall right next to one of the dining room chairs. If I get too close & miss he will probably run across my foot & I would probably hurt myself getting away. So I decided on an air assault. I stepped up on one chair....holding the giant dictionary...and then stepped across to the chair next to the lizard. I hold up the dictionary & drop it on the lizard. The book lands on him but part of the book falls open so that part of it is propped on the wall. So I'm standing on the chair......looking down to see "if I got him".......and the book starts MOVING!!!! I'm not kidding!!! OMG....how strong is this lizard?!?!
Now it's a battle of wills. I'm thinking this lizard Can Not get out from under this dictionary! BTW.....I can see it's tail sticking out from under the book. I step one foot off of the chair and I start stomping on the open part of the book trying to kill this ginourmous lizard. After a few minutes the lizard gets still. I left the book on him and went back to what I was doing. A few minutes later I checked on him & he had backed out from under the book a little bit........I knew this because I could see more of his tail. Time to bring in the heavy weights........literally.....I brought two giant heavy weights and sat them on top of the book to keep the lizard underneath. I decided to just leave him there until DH got home that evening. Maybe by then the lizard would be dead. I was starting to think the lizard was planning his revenge while laying under that dictionary! The dictionary survived but thankfully the lizard did not! Hopefully, his lizard relatives won't seek revenge. Well, that is my critter story. What is your critter story from in or around your house? I remember Blondie wrestling a snake one time a few years ago! Please share your critter adventure with us........
when we moved into our new house, common for critters to get trapped inside during the building process. in this case, here in texas, it's usually scorpions. CREEEEPPPPPYYYYYYY.....so, I'm running the tub, walked in and out of the bathroom a few times, then noticed the cat focused on something right in the doorway. don't ask me how I missed stepping on it. and of course, it was the same color as the carpet. he chased it into the bathroom, swatted at it, got stung, ran off. I didn't want to lose sight of it, so I screamed for my husband. a few times......a few more times......I heard him answering me but he wasn't anywhere close enough. my screeching was getting louder, I heard him come upstairs, then run downstairs, run thru the house, checking rooms. our bedroom door was closed and he couldn't hear me clear enough. until finally he stood in the middle of the living room screaming, 'where the #### are you!?' with my last breathe, 'I'm in the #### bathroom!'. to the fly on the wall, I'm sure it was very comical.
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