I live in a small city in Maine, 100kish people. I'm in a house in a working class/middle class neighborhood. .10 acre lots, small houses.

I cleaned the kitchen really well, and the cupboards, and put out bait traps -- but I am still freaked out. There's always water and food out for the cats, so even if I clean up everything else, they could still get there

A friend in Florida thinks it's funny I'm so upset and told me a horrible story about her car being infested to cheer me up. Didn't work!!! She told me that the eggs live in the paper bags that come from the grocery stores. Now I will always get plastic.

Angelique, I hope you can get some furniture soon and that your back gets better. Have you tried looking at the free section on Craigslist? Sometimes people are even willing to drop the stuff off.

Bluebird, congrats on cleaning your room I swept up all the downstairs floors today, for the second time this week. How do they get so dirty, I wonder????