Besides fat talk...

Saturday, Daniel and I were going to host a BBQ at our house (which we had to cancel because of hail, lightning, rain) with 25 of our friends. I was sooo excited to celebrate the fact that winter was over and have everyone over. Daniel had to head to REI for his last day of work and before he left, I asked him to put the table umbrella back up. When he picked it up, out came a freaking baby COPPERHEAD!! Daniel is all male, not afraid of snakes at all. He trapped it under his foot and was trying to pick it up with tongs when it slid its nasty self in between the slats on our back deck. Now, we do live in the country and I have seen mice in our backyard, so I kinda expected there to be snakes out there but I hadn't seen one yet. Now that I've seen one, I am SERIOUSLY afraid of our backyard. I am actually kind of glad that the weather came, because my scaredy butt would have been inside playing hostess while everyone else hung out in the backyard. We used something called "Snake Away", has anyone tried this and if so, did it work?? We can't get under our deck because it has wood down to the ground, but really. How do you get rid of snakes? Our neighbors on one side have two children and on the other side they rescue animals, I don't want the snakes to go in either of their yards, but I don't want them in mine either. I know they should be killed, but I can't get to them! Okay, I wouldn't do it anyways, Daniel would have to.

Anyone have any snake advice??