OK! Some holiday weekend! Steve noticed that there was a 5-foot adult BOA CONSTRICTOR on our back deck. He doesn't like snakes! Not that I do, but he really doesn't. From about 11:30- 3pm, we were under house arrest by this evil sign of the devil. Apparently, Animal Control doesn't handle snakes. We spent a couple of hours leaving messages at all the snake removal, pest control companies in the phone book. At 2pm a guy finally called to say he was on his way! So what, if his only the house inspector... And of course as our luck would have it, after 3 hours of this BOA "basking" in the sun (i did my research) on the deck to raise its body temperature, it decided to slither(!!) under the deck. About 30 seconds later,and Im not exaggerating, the Pest Control guy pulls up. It was nuts. We couldn't see it under the deck, b/c it found a little cubbie to hide in. Steve and I had to run the hose over the deck for about 30 minutes to soak it and force it out from the deck. It was DISGUSTING!!!! We gave him rope,a garden hoe, a duck print sheet and pillow case. He pulled it out from under the deck, threw the sheet over it, held it down with the hoe and asked me to hold the pillow case open for him to put the snake in. EEEEEEEEEEEEEK. After that we paid the man $150. What kind of episode of Fear Factor is it when the contestants have to PAY??!?!?

This did get me to thinking: first the flood in the basement, then the bees swarming the front door, the a boa constrictor on the back deck. I'm not superstitious or anything,(how many signs of The Apocalypse do I need?) but I think when really freaky things occur at each of your entrances to your home, it's time to call Century 21. The craziest part was that we had an architect come over that morning to discuss remodeling the house...Now Im wondering if I really want to wait around for a pregnant Demi Moore to arrive on our Doorstep. That's a seventh sign reference for those of you who missed that movie from 1988.

Besides that, we realized that we have some freaky neighbors that let a BOA constrictor loose in the neighborhood. hours of fear: 4, dollars paid for safety: 150