So...we have a bug problem.

About a month ago, I finally called the bugman out to the house. We'd been seeing more and more bugs since it's been getting warmer and when we got back from vacation, it was out of control. I would find spiders, crickets, silverfish and earwicks everyday! And by my standards, anything more than one is way too many! We were told that we needed to keep having it sprayed during the winter even though there were no bugs because it would help keep them down when it was bug season (and especially because we live right next to a wash), but who really wants to spend money to have bugs killed? Even more, who wants to spend the money when the bugs aren't even there?

Well, boy, did we learn our lesson! The bugman came and and sprayed, but it hardly made a dent. Every night, we would still hear crickets and our cats would sit staring at the dishwasher (the bugs would come in through the plumbing). And in the morning, our precious cats would leave us presents all over the house. For whatever reason, I thought that cats would eat crickets. But nooo, our precious kitties would just play with them and pull off their legs off, leaving dismembered cricket bodies and legs all over. If I would walk around the house without shoes on, I risked stepping on a cricket leg! Ugh...!

Well, I ended up having the bugman out again last week. The owner showed up and did a really great job and our problem seems to be under control. So learn from us, trust the bugman, he knows what he's talking about!

A dismembered cricket-notice the missing back, right leg...

The missing leg...found across the kitchen. Gross!