Wild Weekend with the Whitmers...

Oh, will the fun around this place ever end??? :) What I thought was going to be a nice, quiet weekend at home proved to be anything but that!

Hazard #1 -- Poisonous Spiders

Have you ever seen a Black Widow? Do you want to? 'Cause I've seen plenty of them in my life and I could really do without ever seeing another one again! This weekend we killed 4 HUGE black widows, complete with egg sacks bigger than they were. Oh joy, that's what's living in my backyard...where my children play... Tim smashed the first one he saw and I took care of the other 3. Here's one of the lovely ladies that decided to build herself a home in our yard. Body the size of a dime. Egg sack bigger than that. Funeral services are pending...

Hazard #2 -- Live Electrical Lines

Do you see anything out of the ordinary in this picture of the power lines hanging over our backyard? Again, the yard where my children play.

No, let's try a little closer shot...

Getting clearer? One more, just so we're sure...

Um, that's not good. Needless to say, no power to our house Saturday evening. Good thing I like candles. :) And at least the weather was nice, we could just open the windows. And also good that Tim had decided to bbq ribs that day so dinner was already done when this occurred. What, you might ask, could cause such a thing to happen? Let's just say --

This USED to be in the backyard, where the power lines hang. I think they might hang a little too close to the ground. Joy.

Oh, and did I mention that those lovely ladies that died in our yard have relatives who apparently live in this cozy trailer? And that my dear husband is planning on taking our children camping in that this weekend? I think I'm buying a Bug Bomb this week...

Thank-you Mr. SRP Man. Since the line was live they sent someone right out and he had it fixed pretty quickly. We survived 2 hours with no power. It was not fun. I did not like it. Now Tim and the kids want to turn off the power once a month for 2 hours. I'm gonna have to talk them out of that.

Pay no attention to the scorch marks still on the line... :) It works!! That's all I care about! And the backyard is once again safe for the kiddies to play in.

Hazard #3 -- Broken Water Lines

Yeah, you know it's not good when the water suddenly shuts off and you go outside to find this...

Good thing Tim is good with PVC pipe. :) But still, no hand washing for over an hour? :o I thought I wouldn't survive!!

Good as new, and way better than it was before. ;)

What, you might ask, could have caused a pvc pipe to break apart? Hmm, let me think...

And WHO could have dropped this big, heavy bike onto the pipe? Well, I'm not naming any names, but he's 8 years old, he has brown hair and big bright blue eyes, and his name starts with a J. But like I said, I'm not naming any names. :)

Boy am I glad that weekend is over! :D