It hasn't happened yet, and not because I'm not trying. It hasn't happened because those blasted ants are getting smarter or stronger or something.
Every year in the spring little black kitchen ants try to invade my kitchen through the little window over the sink. Every year I drive them back. I ALWAYS win. (Keep that in mind. Tell an ant if you happen to see one. Maybe they can spread the word.)
This year the ants decided that they don't care about all my home remedies for ant removal. They don't care about paprika. They aren't fazed by cinnamon. Borax makes them happy. They are addicted to red chili powder and dried peppermint.
They are mocking me. I can hear their little ant laughter while I sleep.
They don't care that there's no water or food available in the kitchen. They don't care that I slaved for hours to eliminate any hint of a crumb. They could care less that I haven't left even a rinsed off dish in the sink in the last two weeks. They are traipsing all over my window sill just to show that they can.
So it's time to bring out the big guns. I was thinking about napalm, but since that isn't available at the local grocery store, I'll probably have to settle for some old fashioned poison. I WILL be victorious. They will all die.
I'll give an update from the battlefield after the first shots with the new ammo are fired.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Ant Massacre
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Girl, they may be odorous house ants...little, black, not always in a group. We have them in our hosue right now. Given that Chris is in pest control, I know about these ants' freaky antics. *grin* I'm not sure if your home-spun remedies have worked in the past, but usually, even a professional pest control person has to be careful with odorus (sp?) house ants. You can't just wipe them out. It takes time and patience. If you give too much poision, they will get smart and ignore it. Yeah. Anyway, good luck. If you don't win, give X-Out Pest a call. The owner (Heath) is Chris' old boss who left a dishonest company to start his own fabulous company, honest, a member of the Church (the two don't always go together, unfortunately), and uses products that work. If you have questions, give me a call...but you'll have to leave your email on a comment or something so I can send you my number.
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Ants are SO NOT FUN! :(
Oh, I hate those little ants, too! I do have to use some good ole fashioned poison to get rid of them unfortunately.
Good luck and thanks for stopping by my blog. Girls Just Wanna Have fun is one of my all time favorite songs, too!!! Cyndi Lauper Rocks! Let the 80's live on...
There are ants, ants, wearing ladies pants
on the counter,
on the counter.
There are ants, ants, wearing ladies pants
but they won't be there for long.
(me too. All over the sink even.)
Oh man - I really don't enjoy all the insects that start appearing this time of year!
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OMG! I hate ants! One ant is fine...its ANTS. We had ant armageddon as well..!!
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Have a great weekend!
LMAO!!! I know this is going to sound absolutely ridiculous, but I sweep them up in a dust pan and take them back outside. I do this a few times and for whatever reason they get the message and stop coming in. I'm probably just lucky or maybe they just appreciate my kindness. Sorry your home remedies didn't work.
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