We found ants in our bedroom AGAIN today. It's like some freaking plague. I've vacuumed, I've scrubbed, I've used bug-killer on the yard and around our foundation outside. We don't let Piper eat anywhere but at the table any more (no more wandering the house with snacks!). We clean up spills immediately, I sweep the kitchen floor every day. And ( Read more... )

Piper and I were doing laundry after Ryan went to bed. I was sitting on the floor of the laundry room with a pile of dirty clothes, handing things to Piper so she could put them in the washer.* I grabbed a piece of clothing and something long, slithery, and many-legged tumbled off it. I jumped up, shrieking, and the Thing slithered back into the ( Read more... )