Week in Review – 9/18/2011
Everything that’s been going on that just doesn’t fit into it’s own post. I’ll use this space to include links to interesting reads, miscellaneous photos, puppy stories, and anything going on that just didn’t fit anywhere else. I might even include some of the more interesting Google searches that brought people to my site.
This Weeks Posts:
Saturday: World War Z by Max Brooks
Saturday: It’s My Birthday
Other Happenings:
Stuff that just didn’t fit anywhere else. AKA, the kitchen-sink section.
Monday we finally got a slight cold front and the temperatures dropped to the upper 60’s at night. I let the dogs out in the morning, in the pitch black, just like always. I had the spots on which gave me a little light. The dogs ran out to their usual spots in the natural areas and I started walking towards them to herd them back inside. I was about 6-feet out from the patio when I saw something under my step. I don’t know how I didn’t step on it or scream my head off when I saw it. Turns out I had somehow stumbled on a baby western dimondback rattlesnake.
My biggest concern was that the dogs would get bit on their way back to the porch to go inside. I walked around the edge of the house and opened up the garage. By the tried to move quickly but also wanted to watch every step. By the time I got back to the back of the house the dogs were at the porch already and were now moving to meet me at the garage. I was so mad at myself for putting them in danger again but they both made it inside safe and sound. I spent the next 5 minutes contemplating whether I should wake up Brian. I’d never killed a snake before and there was no way my first one was going to be in the dark alone. In the end I decided not to wake up Brian because I thought chances were I was over reacting and Brian is no morning person. Over the next two days, we got multiple updates from neighbors about baby snakes being killed by cats. So we spent the rest of the week being very creative with how/when we let the dogs out.