Snakes!!!

Okay. So, I've been very tolerant of the wild animals that roam our neighborhood. Sure, I cringe a little bit when I hear the coyote pack howling after a kill, I get upset when the rabbits eat my flowers, and I really am not comfortable with the small garter snakes that live in the far corner of our yard. I've learned to live with the animals, even the snakes, because I just tell myself that they are outside and our house is very well built.

A couple of months ago one of my friends posted this video on Facebook. It really creeped me out. Essentially, it's about a family that purchased a house in Idaho and the house turned out to be infested with snakes. I've never really had an issue with snakes. I don't think that I would ever have one as a pet, but I'm not tremendously scared of them. This video made me a little bit paranoid though. It actually scared me into thinking that some of those innocent backyard snakes could actually infest our home.

Snake House': Family Home in Idaho Turns Out to Be 'Satan's Lair' of Serpents - ABC News

Of course my recently developed snake paranoia is silly...or is it. Last week I found a huge garter snake in our garage. It had taken up residence in a dark corner. Leigh shooed it out and tried to plug up the hole with a large rock. But, later that night, the snake found it's way back into the garage. So, Whit took him and put him in the back corner of our yard. Not my choice. I would have taken him down to the park or the creek, but he was on his way to work. It took the snake about 2.5 days to return to his spot in the garage. Whit and Ella took him down to the creek. The creek is pretty far. I have big doubts that he will ever find his way back to our place (although you never know). Today I just happened to look in that corner of the garage and what did I see...a snake! Not the same one, a different one. I actually would have rather it been the same one. Obviously we have a minor snake problem. I would have been fine with this whole thing if I hadn't have seen that video! Darn video! So, tomorrow I'm going to Home Depot for some moth balls. Apparently they don't like them. I know that they're really poisonous and toxic, but they'll be in the garage. We'll see what happens from here!