Jack the snake catcher

I have been so busy with graduation stuff that I have sorely neglected my blog. But I had to write about this.

We heard Lowrider barking alot in the back yard this evening and discovered that he had cornered a 3 foot bull snake. We put him in the house and Jack corralled the snake with a rake and a box. Then he took it out to the alley and released it. I hope it doesn't crawl back into the yard to join us while we pull weeds!

The interesting thing to me was that, when threatened, it stood up some and then made a hissing sound that sounded somewhat like a rattle.

All in all it was a pretty cool event!

Garage Sale Pain

Loeta and I went through a lot of work to make about $100 on our garage sale. If anyone suggests doing a garage sale again, I'll say, "No way! Do you think I'm crazy enough to do that again?" I might even claim temporary insanity and leave the country for a while.

At least we got rid of some stuff, and we're giving away the rest. I may be able to park two cars in the garage again and be able to easily reach anything! It is exciting to get rid of a lot of stuff we've accumulated over our married life.

We've carried boxes of things Suzanne and Carissa left for us to store. They don't always appreciate our efforts since they now have to deal with stuff they don't want either.