EEEWWW!!! I can't stand creepy-crawlies in my house either! Once, when I was living with my then-pregnant roommate, mice started appearing out of the blue. She was really scared of them (so was I) and I was afraid one would startle her in the middle of the night and she would fall or something. So I went out and bought Brillo pads and spackling putty and went to work. I dragged everything around, went in all of the cabinets and removed the covers from all of the heaters. I stuffed all of the holes with Brillo and then closed them up with the putty. It was a lot of work, but those little buggers were gone and didn't come back.

BosMom, I love the cayenne pepper idea, lol! Brilliant!