huntsman's ain't spiders Jo! they're eight legged horses (according to a very masculine fella i was friends with a few years back - this comment coming on the back of a very scared scream from him!!) - i can understand the need for sympathy, and if i lived closer i'd come over and help him find his way outside (with the help of a big plastic container of course!) - so far i haven't seen any huntsman since we've lived here (on and off for two years from today!) - but used to get them regularly at my old place, and would usher them unceremoniously into the very back corner of the yard in the hope they wouldn't come back (some got destroyed though - if they weren't in an easy to catch place - well, that was just too bad - they weren't staying inside!!) - good luck getting rid of him hun!

the weather here appears to have calmed down in the past couple of hours (isn't it always the way - pours til you get home out of the rain, then nothing - well, not nothing - it's still raining, but i can at least here the TV now!!). they reckon it will get worse over the next few days though! water over the roads in a few places between here and work, so if it keeps raining over night, might be interesting getting to work - as much as i'd like the day off, i doubt i'd get paid for it, and DH has been rained off work this week, so i kinda have to turn up!! i just don't know about going the long way (straight trip, 40km, long way number 1 - approx 50km, long way number 2 - about 75km.... and no guarantee of clear roads either of those ways either!)

Chez, just wanted to say again that i'll be thinking of you tomorrow and praying for that follie to be nice and healthy and ripe for the picking - good luck hun