Very Unwelcomed Guests

The largest treefrog in North America is the Cuban treefrog (1.5 to 5 inches in body length), however it is not native to North America. This species was introduced to southern Florida from the Caribbean and has continued to spread in Florida.

This last week was... well to sum it up was long. On Monday night we sprayed our house for bugs and little did I know what was in store the next morning. My Dad told me to write it in my journal. This has become my most steady journaling (sad I know) so here it goes. Tuesday morning Travis heads out the door for work. About 10 minutes later I hear a ractus in the kids' bathroom. I walk in the bathroom and on the backsplash of the tub was a HUGE FROG.... called a Cuban Tree Frog. This frog was albino looking... greyish tanish gross color. I wigged out and turned off the light and shut the door immediately. I called Travis and went and got him from work so he could catch the gigantic pest. When we got home of course, the HUGE FROG had somehow stretched itself out to get under the bathroom door... it was gone. The toilet was right next to the tub so we looked all around the house, found no frog, and decided that perhaps it went down the toilet. Cleaned the house, detoxed the bathroom and moved on with my day a little shaken. I was reading Addy books on the couch while Boss was asleep when I looked over in my kitchen and there was a LIZARD on my kitchen cabinets. I really freaked out! Those of you who know me know that I HATE REPTILES, and I am OCD!!! I could not catch the lizard after trying a couple of times and deciding my son would be all over the house I decided to leave the house for the day. We went to my friends Holly's house until it was time to get Trav. Trav came home and caught the Lizard. I was so thankful. The cleaning began. Well, the next night, Trav walked in Boston's room (luckily Boston was on the couch with me) and he came back in living room and said "well I found the Frog." It was in Bostons room. So we had a very long week of cleaning all Bostons clothes, bedding, shelves, wall decor, anything that was in his room, along with all the stuff the Lizard may have got on. Everyone here laughs at me and says, yeah.... we have lizards from time to time. yeah we have frogs in our house sometimes... we just get them out. My OCD took over this week. Sounds like I am either going to go CRAZZZZYYY or get over my OCD. Oh yeah, on top of it, both my kids got really sick and didnt sleep for three days. We have tried to stop every entrance the Lizards could have to getting into our house and all I can say is I am so blessed to have such an awesome husband who is so patient, understanding, and hard working to make me feel comfortable at my house:)