I am quite proud of myself. As many of you know I had a horrible snake phobia most of my life. Well I doubt anyone knows how bad it was, but it was so bad that I had left peoples houses crying if I found out they had a snake. I would freeze if I saw one in a public place and could not go in pet shops. It was started when I was very young (before I can remember) by my grandmother who was afraid of them, so conditioned her kids and grandkids to be afraid of them also. Any way 11 years ago I unknowingly moved to an area that is FULL of snakes. Well I had to get over my fear. It was a slow process, but I have really come a long way. Today I went outside to pick a lime and I had to walk down a bank with some ice plant on it. I looked down and stuck in some landscape netting was a skinny long snake trapped. I got my son, snake tong and scissers and cut the netting while my son held it's head and freed it. So I feel good. I saved an animal plus moved forward with my fear. I hope this makes up for the rattle snakes I have killed over the last 9 years.