Fell asleep last night to the sound of owls- a Great Horned and a Barred.  If you have never heard one of these guys, Google "owl sounds."   The Barred Owl  sounds a little like a barking dog, and last night it was incessant.  We encountered one of these guys in the woods when we first moved to this house, and it was huge.  Bigger than our then 2-year old.  

Awoke this morning to fresh air in my face and the sound of our rooster crowing.  Determined to get back on track with school, we settled around the kitchen table and I reached for a book from the shelf.  As I pulled it toward me, I felt something moving on my hand.  It was one of Joe's Hissing Cockroaches.  I screamed and jumped around the kitchen and it wouldn't come off.   Joe calmly walked over the took it off my hand, while I hyperventilated in the next room.  I have no idea how it escaped from it's home.  It's not like we take them out and play with them.  So, I am wide-awake and wondering how Cook's Pest Control handles cockroaches from Madagascar?