Present, Pests Begone

Seriously I do hate bugs and lizards who invade my house. Why do they choose to climb all the way here? I hate them to the core, but always face a dilemma whenever I'm faced with something larger than the regular housefly. Usually, there are 3 ways to get rid of them:
1. Shoo them away
2. Insecticide
3. Physical attacks

I like to use #3 a lot, but don't know how to clear up the mess when they are all smashed, and so my family complains. Sometimes it's so irritating that they are faster than me or are hiding in some hard to reach areas. Argh, I hate it the most when they pop up when I'm going to sleep, I just can't sleep when I know something's moving around the room.

Their presence made me more of a cleanliness freak sometimes, but evidence shows no matter how clean the house is, you can't escape from the occasional spider or beetle. I don't like to kill, but they leave me with no choice. So sorry pests, consider yourselves unfortunate to come into my house.