I guess I should clarify that there is only one ‘boy’ at our house. My husband is out numbered considerably. Even the dog is a female.

First, there was this post.

***Apologies still apply for the gender stereotyping that you will find with this post.***

This fella is hanging out off our front porch….

and has been for a while now, because I’m too afraid to knock it off.  You know they hold grudges and track  you down in your sleep.  Even though it sees 8 of me, it could tell which side of the bed I sleep on verses my husband. They are very calculating…spiders are.

Snakes are worse, but that’s an entirely different post.

Yesterday, I was sitting on the steps after a run, and my husband came out of the house to talk.

All of a sudden, in mid sentence he said, “That thing is SO cool.”

I knew exactly what he was referring to.

“Don’t you think so?” he asked innocently.

I didn’t even look in “its” direction, and said, “No, I think it’s horrific.”

He then went on to say,”Did you know that that’s how Jonathan Edwards became a Christian?”

I said, “Wait, a second. You mean that Jonathan Edwards was a spider before his conversion?”

“No, Carrie. He was fascinated by the spider web,” he said, “and how it was so incredibly intricate. It caused him to ponder a greater “designer.”

“Oh, of course. Are we talking about spider webs or spiders? I agree with you that spider webs are cool. Unless of course, you happen to walk through one,” I said. “Because spiders are very calculating creatures who hold grudges and like to track you down in your sleep….”

“All 8 of you.”

p.s. my oldest just read this post and said, “I didn’t know that was on the front porch. I’m going out of the back door from now on.”

I believe my work here is done.