Is That What I Think It Is?

Song of the Day: Headlights by Morning Parade

We have another pet!

Oh look at the darling swing set...wait, is that a lizard on our window??

Yes, indeed it is a lizard, but of the cute bright green variety. They are most welcome since I suspect they eat a lot of bugs. Climb on, friend, climb on.

We also have another pet...a little less friendly...

Ahhhh, it's a spider!!

Yes, it's a spider, but I'm sure to your never ending relief, it's fake. It's plastic. But there's a great story behind this little fellow:

Many years ago, Fitz and I went out to dinner around Halloween time, and I ordered some special spooky cocktail which featured this not-so-little black spider swimming around in my glass. Well, he was just too cute to leave in the bottom of my martini glass, so he came home with us, and thus began the great Spider Prank Wars. Basically, I hid the spider in Fitz's cereal, and when he found it and freaked out, he then would hide the spider where I would find it, like in the shower or in a cooking pot. We traded pranks back and forth for at least a couple of years...until one day, he was hidden so well, neither of us found the spider and we eventually forgot about him.

But then one day, some unsuspecting young man who was packing up all our belongings to move from Winston-Salem to Charlotte came across our little spider friend, and he almost had a heart attack.

Whoops.

So glad he made the move, though.

Well, I'm off to harvest pine cones! Don't be surprised to receive cinnamon pine cones for Christmas!

And Happy Birthday to Fitz's dad, Ted! We hope you have the best day ever!


Ted's birthday back in 2009 with Neils and Pickens!