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"Take that Mcgyver!"

My husband and I have this spider that keeps building his web on the edge of our deck because it's prime real estate in the spider world. 
 
Not only is this spider amazingly intelligent for having secured (pun intended) his home near the front door porch light so he can just sit back and relax while "Fast food" flies right into his house every night but he's quite the architect as well, having anchored his home to places that dont generally get disturbed by my family (unlike his buddies who keep building their webs where they are bound to be walked through at about "that-human-lady-who-hates-spiders-face-height" while I have an arm full of groceries and toddler that thinks it's hilarious when Mommy does the heebie jeebie dance and drops the milk on the ground...) 
 
He made a huge, glorious web last week and obviously worked his little spider tooshie off for hours, so I felt absolutely horrible when I snagged it with the broom and broke the bottom anchor off. 
 
I ran inside and asked my husband if he could fix the thing before it got even more damaged and went back into the house to attend to the kids. He came back inside after about fifteen minutes and I asked if he was able to anchor it somewhere and fix the damage I had done. He nodded and smiled at me and told me he fixed it with duct tape. 
 
I thought he was joking. 
He wasnt. 
He really did fix the spider web with duct tape! 
Take that Macgyver!!! 
 
Now that winter is upon us, it appears our genius spider friend has moved on to warmer climates...I suspect I will find him with a lady friend in my new fluffy slippers any day now - or wandering the folds of the warmed fuzzy towels sitting on the dryer, just waiting for me to shower so he can watch me do the heebie jeebie dance and smack my head on the faucet...not that I've ever done that...or anything..

 

Article written by: JustPlainJen

From: Bellingham, WA Age: 35

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