matt

So I've cut the lawn twice now at our new house and I've killed two snakes thus far. The first time, was a complete surprise while Marissa was trimming the sides of the lawn and hit the snake with the weed wacker. She then gave up lawn work and I was called in to "finish the job". We went to Home Depot, found a shovel that looked like it was good at killing snakes and executed the sucker. Tonight I cut the lawn once more and was prepared for the possibility and sure enough, I spotted another one out of the corner of my eye, grabbed my killing shovel and offed him too. If I see another one, I'm going to have to call some dude to come professional kill them (I'm still a mere amateur).

When I'm not decreasing the local reptile population, we've been busy buying things for the house but I'm looking forward to this weekend when I can enjoy some quality time at home and really getting a feel for things. The kids across the street came over to talk with me and they're very nice but I wonder how much I could pay them to kill my snakes for me....