Snakes on a Wall...

...or in my house!!!

You may remember this post about 2 years ago or this one from last year, and well...it has happened again!  I'm truly threatening to move this time!  Seriously.

Snakes...I.HATE.THEM.

About a month ago, I was in the kitchen picking up after dinner and our kitty {Bobby} was in there with me.  He likes to play with the plastic grocery bags that I keep in a cute little wire trash basket.  I heard him batting one around and went to take it away from him, but first I thought I had better turn on the other light first.  I saw something on the ground next to where he was, and couldn't tell if it was one of the streamers off of Boog's pom poms.  It's a good thing I turned on that light!  You would have thought that by now I'd learned my lesson!

He was about 12 inches long  {baby Rat Snake}

  I think he was just a tad mad at us!

  Obviously sweet Bobby was trying to get the ugly little thing for me  {you can see the bite marks!} but I guess I interrupted him!

 Then almost 2 weeks later, on Easter Sunday, Boog & I were walking up the porch when I spotted this little guy...6 inches from my front door!

He was about 22 inches long {Juvenile Rat Snake}

 Then 2 weeks ago, I was going to get the water hose on the side of the house, and out of habit {thank goodness} I looked up across the side of the house.  I think I might have had a tiny accident when I saw the snake sticking out from the rocks.  Luckily, Tab's dad had stopped by and a few minutes later Boog's dad showed up to pick her up for the day.  So then there was an all out snake chase!  I ran inside to get a gun, oh yes I sure did, but then decided to just get the BB Pistol instead.  I never got to shoot anything because my hands were too shaky to even load the darn thing.  Needless to say, he got away.  And no, we are not going to discuss where he may have gone...unless you want Boog & I to come live with you!

Later that night Boog & her dad came back by the house to pick up a gift they had forgotten and he decided to go see if the darn thing came back!  Crazy stuff I tell you!  Well, much to my dismay, he was back!  And this time I had my camera ready!

 

 Full fledged adult Rat Snake {I don't want to know how big this one is}

Some of the skins that were pulled out of the rocks {each of these were about 14 inches long}

 That next week, my wonderful, sweet, fabulous Father in Law came to my rescue and fixed the side of the house.  He also made sure that there weren't any other spots the little creepy crawlers could get in.  Now I"m not crossing my fingers just yet, but I'm sure hoping they just go away!