Well, good news. I am finally feeling better. I know you’ve been on pins and needles wondering about the status of my “brohitis” as Caroline calls it. Shout out to the Z-pac and Tussionex cough syrup. You complete me.
Since I was on the mend, Caroline and I headed down to South Texas on Saturday to meet up with P at a friend’s ranch. I figured it was a great way to keep her entertained with minimal effort from me, since I was still hitting the cough syrup pretty hard, and I was right. We hadn’t been there five minutes before she and P headed out in the Polaris to look for wildlife.
They didn’t see much, mainly because she is five and has a limited ability to sit still for more than four seconds, but she did come home with a deer bone and that pretty much made the trip a success in her mind because it doesn’t get any better than that.
Actually, the highlight for her was when P came in from the Sunday morning hunt with a rattlesnake that he had shot and then cut the head off. Did you know that rattlesnakes continue to move for hours after they are dead and decapitated?
Yeah. Me neither.
Needless to say, I was completely disgusted. Caroline, however, was fascinated. She just sat and watched this headless snake move around until a bee flew close to her head and then she completely freaked out because “A BEE! A BEE! IT MIGHT STING ME!”
Sure, because the bees are the real concern.
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LOL – - – Caroline was right, if the HEAD was off, the live bee WAS the biggest concern.
That girl – - – she is one in a million!!!
Funny.
Um, did you notice that Caroline’s neck is missing in that picture?
Back in my former life as a pharmacist, I used to warn people when I dispensed Tussionex to to take the dose, screw the lid back on, and LIE DOWN. The fact that you’ve been able to remain upright through it all is indicative of a strong constitution.
my oh my
It’s just like that old saying, “The family that watches decapitated animal squirm together STAYS together.”
Thanks for the wildlife fact. Thanks a lot.
Sounds hilarious!! I love it!
Oh, and sending out a WHOOOOP! to ya! (I noticed the shirt)
My husband killed a snake this weekend and our 4 year old son played with it all day. It was so gross, did you also know that the mouth part will continue to open and close well after it has been cut off? Of course he was not aloud to play with this part, however it did lay in the driveway and open and close its mouth several times..
“Sure, because the bees are the real concern.”
Well YEAH mom. The snake has no HEAD. That makes it just cool.
I’m kind of like Indiana Jones when it comes to snakes: “Snakes? Snakes! Why’d it have to be snakes?” Ugh. I HATE them.
Caroline looks SO TINY sitting next to her daddy!! Fun times!
Umm..yeah. Didn’t know that about the snake. Gross for me, cool for Caroline.
**Love Your Blog**
OK,ugh on the snake thing.
Forget Bindi, your daughter needs HER OWN wildlife show. She is so entertaining (and brave….)
I can honestly say I did know about snakes living for about three days with out their heads. Did you know a roach will live for three days with its head cut off too. Yeah gross!
So, when I read the part about taking out the Polaris I thought, “Why are they driving a snowmobile in Texas?”
Then I saw the photo.
Obviously I need to get out of Minnesota a bit more. : )
Wow…the education I receive from your blog. Amazing.
I’m with baby girl, I am way more concerned with bees than snakes. I know. …..wierd. Haven’t been here in a while. Blog is purty.
See ya round twitterland!
Caroline is too funny and ever so feminine.
Glad you are feeling better.
Love fall colors on the blog.
I love Tussionex! All other cough medicines are dead to me.
Life on the frontier is swell isn’t it?
I also knew about the snake, but not from experience. I just read about it. My husband calls me the Queen of Useless Knowledge. If I saw a rattlesnake headless or not, I would have run away screaming.
I’m not fond of bees either, especially when they are buzzing around my kids.
Oh, your headless snake story makes me feel so much better – as a mother of 3 boys, I have always thought I’d get to bypass such events if I had girls instead!
Loving the new fall colors on your blog, by the way…
I never know what your title is going to bring me until I reach the end. :>)
Sweet picture of her next to her daddy! I love Daddy’s girls!
ooh, nature. it’s almost enjoyable when you’re all doped up. why’s P wearing one pair of shades and holding another?
I am glad you are feeling better, but I have to tell you. Had I been in your shoes, the sight of the rattlesnake, headless or not, would’ve made me keel right over.
My Dad, who was an avid outdoorsman, told me about how rattlesnakes keep moving even after they’re dead. Gross. Gross, gross, gross, gross, gross.
Gross.
Oddly enough, I did know that about a snake and it just creaps me out. These are questions I want to ask God one day, why he created snakes, skunks, etc..
I am glad you are feeling better. Z-Pac is like gold to me this time of year. Works like a charm for me!
Have a great Tuesday!
Love,
Patty
I still have the rattle off the rattlesnake that I walked within four feet of without know it (bad sentence structure, I know, so I’ll just go ahead and make it worse) that my neighbor shot for me. My kids were totally freaking about it twitching for so long. Got all that? It’s not a big deal if you don’t. Anyway, I love the Caroline stories – turds at Sonic (!) – and LOVE the new colors!
Oh my Lord I would just die if I was even near a rattlesnake, let alone a dead one. I am not a fan of snakes. Yikes! My motto is the only good snake is a dead snake.
Glad to hear you are on the mend.
Oh my Lord I would just die if I was even near a rattlesnake, let alone a dead one. I am not a fan of snakes. Yikes! My motto is the only good snake is a dead snake. Ick.
Glad to hear you are on the mend.
Sounds like Caroline and my daughter Victoria would get along famously. The big thing here in Cali lately is these “creature” birthday parties. They bring assorted lizards, snakes, tarantulas, scorpions, etc., etc. No, not in cages, they are for holding, checking out up close and personal! So, oviously, I sent the little kids with their dad. He came home with the full report. I thought my son would have a blast, but NO it was my precious little girl who held on to every single creature – even the ones her dad wasn’t too sure about! So much for Mommy’s Little Princess!
(and I just want to point out, we both even gave them royal names!)
we have snakey snakes all the time out here were we live and the last one we killed (rattlesnake) was so huge my BIL cut it open and apparently VERY recently it had eaten a whole squirrel. Because the whole squirrel fell out. Whole!
I’m with the commenter who said that Caroline should have her own nature show.
Seriously, then we could all learn stuff that is important. And I’m sure the hee-haw lady would help her to look good on camera!
As they used to say on Square Pegs, “Gross me out the door.”
LOVE the new colors.
Makes me hungry for pumpkin bread.
Oh cool – I learned a new word today!
She is so cute. I have a 5 year old boy and they are very much alike.
Glad you are feeling better.
my daddy used to say that when you shot a rattlesnake, you hang it in a tree until sundown the next day…then you knew it was dead…the key was to get to the ratlle before someone else stole it
We have a rattle snake skin hanging in one of our boys bedrooms…I feel your pain!
Well hello there Big Mama! So, I spent this past weekend with your sister. AND upon discovering that I had indeed been stalking the blog of someone I know’s SISTER…I thought I should go ahead and end my lurking status.
I’m a fan.
LOVE the new fall colors on your blog here… since we’re Texans here, that’s about all the “fall colors” we are gonna’ get!!
The thought of a headless, squirming snake makes me want to crawl right out of my skin….
As if that wouldn’t be just as gross..
Glad you are feeling better..:)
I’m just wondering how I know so little about snakes, while it seems others know so much? I have three boys, I guess my education will come soon enough. Or maybe that education would come from having three girls.
Hypothetically speaking, how long does it take one to read 921 comments plus 151 more?
Goodness girl.
Keep on writing.
We’ll keep on reading.
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