In honor of national "Speak like a Pirate" day (September 19) and in recognition of All Hallows Eve, aka "Halloween" in the US, Day of the Dead in Latin America (where they call it Día de los Difuntos or Día de los Muertos), or All Saints Day in Europe, we begin our October edition of blogging.
To your right are the unwelcome visitors captured at our behest upon entry to our abode. Those are two spider strips of six or seven laid out along entries to our apartment. The most spiders, including the infamous (meaning more than famous) hobo spider and an occasional many legged centipede (meaning 100 feet, but my count of theirs is far less...I found they had closer to twenty), were caught at the sliding glass door, though a substantial amount were caught at each of the windows.
It is quite an event to find one who has evaded the "security system." An alarm sounds (Brittany screaming something along the lines of "DANIELGETINHERERIGHTNOWTHERE'SASPIDERHURRYCOMERIGHTNOWTHERE'SABIGAAWWWWWWITMOVEDHURRYHURRYDANIEL....." etc.), I retrieve a sandal, magazine, or foot, and the spider is quickly introduced to the after-world, where it will wait until it is resurrected from where ever the toilet flushes it. These alarms have sounded less regularly since we instituted the "security system," but occasionally one does get through.
Meet Daniel and Brittany
The challenge that began with "Have a nice life, Daniel Burton" is progressing with favorable results. Surviving and thriving on lively discussions about books, Abby, or the post-grad school world, the Burtons show signs of excellent health and familial success.
Dan and Britt met on a hot July 4th in 2005. Shortly after inviting her to join him for a panoramic view of the Independence Day fireworks, and not long after her denial, Daniel and Britt agreed to break the ice over ice cream. They soon realized that they were both book geeks, decided a permanent union was worth evaluating, and were married just over a year later on another beautiful July day.
After graduating with a law degree from both he and Brittany's alma mater's rival, Daniel is corporate counsel at the Woodbury Corporation, a commercial real estate management and development company in Salt Lake City. Meanwhile, and far more interestingly, Brittany is raising a new generation of Burtons as full-time mother and family creative director. Abby is two and a half, and #2 is on the way, with arrival expected in late June of 2011. The Burtons look forward to many years of exploring canyons, creeks, and mountain tops, swapping novels, notes, and ideas, and enjoying great discussions about people, politics, and their family.
Daniel and Brittany are both graduates of the 2002 class of Brigham Young University. Abby is gunning to graduate from diapers, sooner than later.
In honor of national "Speak like a Pirate" day (September 19) and in recognition of All Hallows Eve, aka "Halloween" in the US, Day of the Dead in Latin America (where they call it Día de los Difuntos or Día de los Muertos), or All Saints Day in Europe, we begin our October edition of blogging.
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3 comments:
I am so glad I do not live in your apartment. I am also equally glad that you are catching them. That really does give me the willies.
That is gross!!! Gross, I am glad my landlord had a bug guy come spray shortly after we moved in. Haven't seen a spider yet!!!
Ok I live in a tropical climate and I don't see that many bugs...there is this great spray they have at Walmart called Bugs Be Gone or something along those lines. Seriousely, if it can kill B52s then it can kill those ungly spiders. Give it a try. Poor Britt...
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