Smith?

You have met Fred and I think I talked about his brother Frank. Well their cousin Smith came for a visit. I found him by the plug for our TV in my bedroom when I went to plug in the fan. Charles was home for this one and helped me take him out to the sidewalk to kill him. At first Charles didn't believe me that we had another visitor. This alacran is the biggest I have seen here. FUN!!

Wikipedia Encyclopedia Info

I have been trying to find out more information on Fred. Our Spanish teacher came over yesterday afternoon and we showed it to her. She told us it is called an Alacran (accent on the last a) and very venomous. If it had stung anyone we would have had to make a visit to the hospital.

So this morning I looked it up on line and got this info from Wikipedia "It should be noted that many Mexican laypeople uses the word "alacrán" to describe the smaller, most venomous species of scorpions, which are very common in Mexico, while the word "escorpión" is used to describe the larger, darker and less venomous species."

Fred has given me a new look at living here. Now I turn lights on at night. Shake my shoes out before I put my feet in them, and think twice about letting my kids play out in the yard. One last thing I must say is "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

Meet Fred

We moved three large sacks of wheat on Sunday afternoon destroying Fred's home. Monday morning our housekeeper started cleaning the main bathroom next to where the wheat was and found Fred. I guess we adopted Fred sometime when we got the wheat or just after. He is the first one we have seen and hopefully the last. Anyone want to come visit us, they are welcome. Oh, are you thinking twice now?