Spider Saga

Lest you stare at the green bowl in wonder any longer, let me clarify how said green bowl appeared in my living room on Saturday. Well, I was ironing some curtains (which by the way, does anyone know why some things really are so difficult to iron?) as I now have an office again to hang them in, and I opened my bedroom door to head downstairs.
Echoing from Jonell's room was a resounding, stop you in your tracks tone, querying, "Are you going downstairs?"
Thinking to myself, "Ummm...I feel like I should answer no as it sounds like I'll be committing to something I don't want to commit too."
But reminding myself, "Can't say no because then I'd have one more item to add to the growing log I'm keeping."
I finally responded, cautiously with, "Yeeeeessss..."
Jonell, racing from her room at rocket speed, "Okay. Good. I need to show you something."
We arrived downstairs to stare at my green container resting.
Abby: "What is that? Is there something under there?"
Jonell, insuring she was at least 5 feet away at all times, exclaimed, "A cricket!"
Abby: "Okay. And you used my bowl?"
Jonell: "It had a lip. I could get it down into the carpet."
Abby, laughing, "You have now contaminated my bowl."
I proceeded into the pantry.
Jonell asking, "What are you going to do? Kill it? I thought it'd get in the carpet."
I returned with lid to said green bowl.
Jonell, "Are you going to let it out? It's going to get out! It's in the middle of the bowl."
Abby, lifting bowl and sliding lid underneath: "No. it's on the edge."
Abby, managing to successfully slide lid under cricket, picked up bowl and headed to front door.
Jonell opened door.
Jonell, screaming and jumping up on chair, "It's on the floor. It's in the corner!!!"
Abby, dripping lid from bowl and assuming cricket was dropped, then realized another critter in the form of a spider had emerged to lodge himself in the corner.
Abby resumed Operation Free Cricket by putting him back on the lid and out the front door.
Abby then undertook Mission: Spider Elimination and was initially unsuccessful in getting spider out of the corner spot. Green lid to the rescue! Green lid's tiny lip did not successfully complete mission.
Abby proceeded to secure tiny twig and convince spider to hop on. He also landed out the door.
Note: Background noise was roommate still on chair with high-pitched vocals.
Jonell, getting down after little foot dance, "I think there's another one over here." Pointing to lions, "Is it dead?"
Abby, "I don't know."
Abby, putting green lid and bowl in dishwasher, "Well, this is getting washed! I'm not eating off this until it's sanitized. Notice you didn't use your bowl."
Abby, returning to pantry to vacuum up dead spider remains in curled heap.
And so, the Spider saga ends....at least for a day. There's alot of those little suckers this year!