05/25/2026
How I Almost Died Last Night!!!⚰️
Good morning sunshine!🚨 This lovely Memorial holiday finds me enjoying my morning coffee as I sit on top of my dining room table and watch the morning news on tv from the living room. Yes! You read it right..
It all started last night when I was on the phone with my husband and I looked up from the comfort of my favorite rocker in the sewing room and saw this rat snake coiled lazily on the floor in front of the tv. He was looking at me like he was saying hello. If there is one toy that is NEVER allowed in Nana's house its rubber snakes!...so this was the real deal. Since our remodel we had a mouse problem that I was winning. But after being gone for 2 weeks I did think it was odd that all my sticky traps were mouse free. It was obvious this little visitor was healthy and happy. He was as long as I am tall! Now I know why! I did that funky dance you do when you find a creepy crawly in your house and slammed the door behind me as I made a run for the kitchen and looked for a safe perch. My first thought was.."Crap! I really loved my new room..It sucks I have to burn it to the ground!🔥 I did not spend last summer living in a camping trailer while the remodel was going on to let this guy ruin it all! My second thought was my pocket, knife although formidable, would not suffice if he came my way and I had to defend myself. Plus, the thought of having to retrieve it from a dead snake wasn't very appealing. Than I had this wild idea that if things went south I'd just go get my trusty .38 Chief and shoot the dang thing! But then all I could invision was 4 bullet holes in my new floor. Each one missing its's target with the 5th round ricocheting off the metal part of my roller chair and grazing my head. It would be my luck! Imagine telling that story in the Emergency Room. No thank You... Thank God my brother in law, Uncle Robbie, is the family snake wrangler. After a frantic call he arrived and "we" found the snake relaxing in my vintage empty yarn caddy. By "we" I mean I contributed from afar with words of encouragement behind a door as I sat on the kitchen counter with my legs under me looking for any of his snake friends. haha..Needless to say I'm now donating the caddy..it's vintage..it would be nothing short of heiracy if I burned it. haha.😂 I couldn't kill my slithery visitor, after all, he got rid of my mouse problem. So, I named him Henry, after the rat snake in one of my favorite Sean Connery movies, The Medicine Man, and then Uncle Robbie relocated him to the corn fields that circle our home. After a thorough search of the rest of the house, I was given an all clear. After a night of restless sleep I'm happy to report I'm still alive! 🛻My truck is currently warming up as we speak..as soon as I post this I'm on my way to town to stock up on all things that repel snakes. In the end I am still very proud of myself..yeah sure I MAY have overreacted ....a little bit..But in the end nothing got burned to the ground, and I didn't ventilate my floor trying to shoot ole Henry. 🐍