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to get him before he ran off. He started strolling off, and I thought I might actually be able to get him, but when he realized I was getting up and he was in jeopardy, off he went! I lost him that time, but found him later! So there!

That first year, I found and chased down about six of those disgusting bugs. Every year, right before summer, we have some days of rain and that is when they seem to want to come into the house. Now once again, its summer time and we've been having some rain. I began looking for my annual visitors and sure enough, I've seen about four or five of them. I opened the kitchen door into the garage one morning, and saw one trying to come in. I immediately slammed the door in his face! I saw one the other morning sitting on a sack I had left after unloading groceries. I grabbed my spray and totally drenched him and left him for hubby to pick up later. When he went later to get him, he wasn't to be found and I was shocked the spray hadn't killed him. A little while later, hubby saw the cat slink over to something on the carpet in the living room and then hurriedly back away. Upon inspection, he found my missing varmint, barely alive and flushed him down the toilet.

So, now I'm mad! I've had enough! I'm tired of my paranoia! I'm tired of eyeing every piece of lint on the carpet or dropped morsel of cat food as a prospective encroacher! I've even had a couple of dreams about them! That does it! This is MY house! I refuse to share! They belong outside! This is WAR! I've got my roach motels. I've got my new Hot Shot water bait containers. I've got my bug spray in one corner and my new squirt bottle with the super duper bug poison in it in the other corner. Just let them try to sneak in! I'm ready for them now! They had better look out! And if all else failsI'll yell for my husband.

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