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WHAT IF.........
last night, at about 2 30, I was awoken by my niece. from pleasant dreams in the land of nod I was transported to a world of fear and panic and confusion
. to her credit she was calm considering the situation she found herself in
in a state of semi sleep and foolhardy determination I went into her room She stayed in the relative safety behind her door as I ventured forth.
it was dark, quiet...eerily quiet.......
..but still I advanced
.......and removed the "giant" bee from her curtain.
it's ok folks. I'm ok now. bit shaken if truth were told. And my niece seems none the worse this morning for her ordeal as she drove off to work.
But, what if I wasn't there? I shudder to think 
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But I know she rescues you from spiders ...........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My (6ft 7in) built like a brick **** house partner has been known to wake me (5ft 9in and built like a marshmallow) to get me to remove spiders from the bedroom.
Before he had me he'd be forced to go and sleep in another room: I found out not long after pursuing a relationship with him that both he and his housemate (6ft 6in built like Michelin man) were both petrified of spiders - because they waited a week not using one room until I came around to vacate the spider that taunted them!
Fear knows no size limits Verdun : just be grateful that, for someone at least, you are their hero!
Oh my goodness - you've just reminded me there's a percy (our family name for giant spiders) which I trapped under a glass in the bathroom last night. I'm terrified of them but there's only me here to deal with it so needs must
For me it's moths.
You can outrun a spide, but those moths fly straight for your face when you open the door on Summer ( remember that anyone ? ) nights.
My eldest daughter is terrified of spiders and will not stay in her room if there is one there. My youngest daughter will go and collect up the spider and gently place it outside. I am in between, happy to stay in the same room as the spider but cannot bring myself to hold them. I am happy holding worms and slugs which creep my youngest daughter out.
If they're teeny tiny I will pick them up, but those big buggers get the glass and cardboard treatment and if they don't play ball, then its the hoover. I also do bee, beetle, dragonfly, cranefly, wasp and moth duty too. My boys call any spider they see Mr Skinnylegs (from Peppa Pig).
Here is some nice early morning viewing
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/dvdboxart/159762/p159762_d_v7_aa.jpg&imgrefurl=http://google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=Bee+Movie&h=720&w=480&tbnid=MVkU23UxCXpYyM:&zoom=1&tbnh=186&tbnw=124&usg=__Cj2pavGVEF0tl1R9NpIpCdqCoGw=&docid=5pdUjL1j9Cj6UM&itg=1
I use a fly swat! they are brilliant for herding all kinds of wildlife out of the house and it has a long handle so if a spider starts to run up it I can drop it and run away. I'm really not the bravest
I gained lots of street cred when a teacher by removing the giant Tegenaria that was preventing the boys using their toilets by sitting in the sink and watching them!