Bed Bugs

Ew! I arrived home from work yesterday evening and as I was hanging my coat up, I asked Jer why our bedroom was turned upside down. His response was "I'll tell you when you're done." With all the bed bug talk on the news, I immediately said "we don't have bed bugs do we?" There was no answer. So naturally I was concerned.

I wasn't panicked...yet, just a little disgusted. After Jer pulled back the baseboards, the box spring, inside and examined the mattress he vacuumed everything. I know he did a thorough job, but that didn't help me from feeling hesitant when it came time to going to bed. He found 8 in total. Half in the bathroom and half ON MY SIDE OF THE BOX SPRING. Why they would just be on my side I have no idea. Once he told me that, I was even more grossed out.

It doesn't matter if you are a clean or dirty person, bed bugs will go for anyone carrying what they're after. Your blood! Thankfully they don't carry harmful diseases. But I'm still agitated that we have them. We suspect they are coming from another apartment. But who knows. They are so rampant in Winnipeg right now that we could have gotten them from a friend, the movie theater or some other source.

Extermination doesn't happen until next week sometime. So, while we wait we are going to inspect and vacuum every day, wash all our clothes and keep them in rubbermaid containers, wash our blankets daily and try hard not to sleep on the couch. They would follow us there, and infest our living room. So far they are only in the bathroom and bedroom...but they're crafty traveling little buggers. We've even started leaving the hallway light on all night in an attempt to keep them away from the living room and kitchen.

I feel so sick to my stomach at the thought of having these things invade our place. Especially when I wonder if they'll exterminate the whole building or not. If they don't, they'll just keep coming back.

We are in the process of looking at buying a house...but I don't want to bring these things with us! So I'm not sure if we'll have to put that on hold or not at this point.

I'm trying not to be paranoid. But it's difficult. On the up side, since we only found 8, we have a small scale infestation, and I haven't noticed more than 2 bites on me. So I'm hoping they can catch them before they get too bad.

Gotta Love A Good Spicy Snack

My Aunt went to the states to do some shopping a few weeks back. When she told me she was going, I requested that she bring me a bag of Flaming Hot Cheetos. I got hooked on their crunchy, spicy flavor a couple years ago. I thought they'd eventually be sold in Canada...but I haven't seen them yet. So, I am stuck waiting until someone I know makes a trip down South.

Why is it that Canada doesn't sell the same things as the States sometimes? I'm guessing it's because they've tried and not sold enough. I hope they try selling Flaming Hot Cheetos one of these days. I'd be willing to buy a shipment just so I could have a lifetime supply all to myself.

When someone brings some back for me, I usually only get 1 or 2 bags. Normally I love sharing with others...but there are just some things that I like to hog. And Flaming Hot Cheetos are top on that list, right behind my family recipe cabbage rolls and Ontario beef jerky.