Carnitas and Creepy Crawlers

As I compose this post, my lovely husband is chopping away at onions, mastering the culinary feat of "carnitas and salsa verde" for dinner. I was told by all the people who helped me track down the necessary ingredients at the grocery store today that I was a very lucky gal -- and I couldn't agree more.
Today I repotted my rosemary and lavender plants to see if I could get them to grow a little bigger. Imagine my surprise when I picked up the watering can sitting next to me to find a small spider of very foreign looks sitting right on the spout. Now, I've been very impressed with myself vis a vis bugs in Nevada so far. They are much larger and creepier of crawlers than the bugs of Minnesota, but they wish to have much less to do with me than the bugs in MN who all seemed to want to eat me or at the very least, torment me a little. These bugs stay clear, which makes it easier for a bug-offending person like myself to not be bothered by them. But I still don't like spiders. Please understand that I loved "Charlotte's Web" when I was little and still do. I even called the Black Widow spider (before we knew she was quite so harmful) that sat at the bottom of the stairs here "Charlotte" until Buckwalter noticed that she looked a little too much like this for our comfort. Even looking at that picture gives me the heebie-jeebies. So this little guy on the watering can took me a bit by surprise. But I finished my repotting, and just moved the watering can to the opposite end of the deck. I finished all the watering with my Nalgene. The little guy has relocated to the wall of our deck, where I'd much rather have him than on something I need to touch. Yikes.
But I'm becoming braver by the day. A few months ago, how would I have reacted to this little spider? Freak out moment, drop and spill all the water, probably not scream, but maybe would have liked to. Today? Place spider in new environment, finish job at hand, and then return inside, where the ferocious kitty Lyra would keep me safe and secure from all bugs. What a good girl.
Yum-bumbly smells are coming from the kitchen. Time to investigate and maybe forage for a snack! I wish delicious and bug-free evenings to you all!