Lizard on the toilet

Hey friend,
I'm inspired, so am writing a second blog today.
I promise to get to food -- I'm trying a new recipe today for home made crescent rolls, so I'll tell you how it goes and pass on the recipe if I like it. Because we can't get packaged crescent rolls here, I need to find one from scratch -- I want to make the most yummy crescent chicken recipe that oozes with cream cheese; and a delicious breakfast treat using crescent dough. I'll add them to my next post :)

Okay,
I just returned from the states about a week ago -- I was getting my 3rd daughter settled into college. I was there for 5 and a half weeks, which is kind of a long time, so I think I am experiencing some culture shock in my return.

In the Philippines, there are certain creatures that always share our living space -- cockroaches, lizards, mice and ants. Certain homes boast more than others. To me, lizards are the most mild and I barely notice them anymore. Lizards eat mosquitos, so that's a plus. Nervertheless, I don't enjoy when they fall out on my head when opening up a cupboard -- which has happened. I also don't enjoy when they crawl out of the cereal box when I go to open it -- that has happened too; no lie. I also don't appreciate their waste droppings on my kitchen counter every morning -- the cockroaches leave those gems too. I suppose the mice do too -- yuck!

As much as I don't mind the lizards, I did spot one this last week, which sort of gave me the shivers. I was shuffling into the bathroom in the night trying not to get wakened, since middle age has kept me wide-eyed in the middle of the night on occasion. I noticed something dark on the rim of the toilet; it moved -- it was too small for a mouse (I hoped) and too big for a cockroach, so I figured it was a lizard. I inched closer hoping it would move on; it didn't. Rubbed my toe along it's back to send it packing; it squirmed down the side of the toilet and on the floor. I'm glad I spotted it, and didn't sit down on him -- that slimy little creature would have really woken me!

Moral of the story: Be thankful for indoor plumbing with no creepy crawlers, AND if you happen to be using an "out-house" check before you sit or squat.

Blessings to you,
just julie :)