Christmas Day 2025. Tore and I are walking out my front door. As I lock it, I glance down—and scream.

A dead cockroach.

Once my heart rate returns to something resembling normal, I take a moment to assess the situation:

• It’s not a German cockroach. It’s an American cockroach. In the world of roach encounters, this matters—American cockroaches aren’t trying to infest the inside of my home.
• It’s dead. I will happily accept a dead cockroach over a live one any day.
• It’s outside. If I stopped to contemplate all the creatures that exist outdoors, I’d never leave the house again. The important thing is that this one didn’t make it inside—and likely wasn’t trying to.
• The treatment applied by the Home Run Pest & Termite Control technician WORKS!
• I like to think it chose that exact spot to die because it knew I appreciate visible results. Very thoughtful of it, really.

After weighing all of these details, I officially declared it My Christmas Cockroach—a personal symbol of victory!

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If you’re dealing with American cockroaches (or the dreaded German ones), you don’t have to fight them alone.  The professionals know how to battle the enemy.  Plus, they use more effective products than what is available to consumers in big-box stores.

And for the record, I didn’t even think I had American cockroaches lurking around outdoors. In 20 years of living in this home, this was only the second one I’ve ever seen. These pests are attracted to moisture, mulch beds, and leaf litter—it’s not a reflection of cleanliness. Cockroaches, rats, mice, silverfish, pill bugs, and spiders happen to the best of us.

Sometimes, success looks like a clean house.
And sometimes, it looks like a dead cockroach on your porch on Christmas day.

Contact Home Run Pest & Termite Control for more information.  Tell them you heard about Denise’s Christmas Cockroach.  😉

homerunpest.com  / 972-800-6354