Not much going on here today. I picked up a couple cd's this week, have already ripped them and sent them to Kerry. One was Joe Nichols' new cd, Real Thing. The other was Travis Tritt's new cd, The Storm.
Since I have nothing much to talk about tonight, I'll tell you a story about what happened last night before I went to bed. Keep in mind that I had already stayed up too late watching the Nascar race that finally ran Tuesday due to rain delays. And it was VERY humid out, I think about 96% when I checked last night. I had not turned my a/c on because I am always reluctant to turn it back on once I've turned it off during a cool-down. Anyway...
If you're not already aware of this, and most of you shouldn't be, I don't like ants. I don't like ants almost as much as I don't like spiders. And spiders really creep me out. For several years I have had intermittant problems with little itty bitty ants in either my master bathroom and/or the kitchen. Sometimes they will find their way onto the carpeting, and thankfully it's a light tan so the ants are easily seen moving around. I've used ant traps, sprayed along baseboards, etc. They go away, but the next year they come back.
This year, it seemed for awhile, that the ants weren't really going to be a problem. I haven't seen any in the kitchen, and until about a week ago, just a couple in the bathroom. Then the appearances increased to a few a day. Then several a day. Two or three in the morning, two or three more in the evening, two or three more at night before bed. Did I mention I don't like ants? LOL As usual I was annoyed that I have not been able to determine exactly where they are coming in. I never seem them by a crack, or hole, they are far away from that wandering around in the middle of the floor. Last night, during a commercial break in the baseball game, I went into my bathroom to put my bath towel in there for my morning shower, and I turned the light on in my closet to figure out what I was going to wear in the morning. While standing in the bathroom, looking around after killing a couple ants, I noticed one on the carpeting in the closet. (Keep in mind that I have to walk THROUGH my closet to get to the bathroom. Talk about a walk in closet! LMAO) I killed that ant, then noticed a couple more by it. I moved a couple things that were on the floor in that area, and noticed a few more, in a line, like they were following a trail from somewhere. I moved a few more things, including a couple pairs of shoes, and discovered about 50 ants underneath one of the pairs of shoes. I had already gone and grabbed my can of Raid, so after uncovering the annoying pieces of shit, I sprayed them and committed mass murder. I will not apologize, I feel no sympathy for their relatives, I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Guess there's no reforming me!
So it's now almost midnight, I've missed the come-from-behind rally by the Cubs to win the game in the top of the 9th, and my closet/bedroom is all messed up. I can't even vacuum it up because it's too late. Remember that humidity level I mentioned above? I was so hot and sweaty by this time, I could have taken a cold shower, lol. I'm hot, exhausted, and my bedroom smells of Raid, lol. I laid down on the couch, under the ceiling fan to cool off. I was almost asleep when one of the guys upstairs comes home. I hear the door slam downstairs, their door close, then a few seconds later, BOOM! Like he was stomping his foot down to kill something. That woke me up but good. Now I was too alert and listening to every little noise from upstairs. I decided it was way too muggy to sleep, so I got up, closed the windows and sliding glass door, turned the a/c on, and went to bed.
Tonight when I got home I moved the last couple things out of that side of my closet, brought the vacuum into my bedroom, cleaned up the mess, sprinkled some carpet deoderizer, vacuumed it again, then put everything back. I sure hope that took care of the ants. My boss at work suggested I buy some Boric (sp?) acid and sprinkle that along the baseboard in the closet to take care of the ants. That's IF they are coming in from there. Well, I'm hearing a bunch of thunder outside, so I better finish this up. I hope that's all we get, thunder. We really DON'T need any more rain.
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I didn't dare tell you last night when you were telling me that story, I was singing when the ants go marching in... but reading the story again this morning I started singing again!
ReplyDeleteThankyou for the cd's!
LOL @ Kerry singing that song. Sorry to hear about your ants. The smell of Raid Ant Killer is sickening...how could you stand being in there with those vapors? Sure hope it solves your ant problem, tho.
ReplyDeleteWant some carpenter ants? We still have some in the ceiling of our addition. :\
Boric acid works great for controlling ants. Black pepper works as well. You can sprinkle either one around the inside perimeter of your apartment and that should keep them out. Also,try vinegar! Fill a squirt bottle with plain old cheap white vinegar, and squirt it anyplace you've seen ants (kitchen counters, windowsills, etc) and let it dry. It's non-toxic, won't harm anything, and the smell will go away in just a couple of minutes. The formula is half water and vinegar. It worked for me! Want another suggestion? plain old cinnamon. I put it in or at the site of the ant invasion, they back off quick!
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with the song Ants Go Marching. I'll have to look into that tonight, lol
ReplyDeleteI've always used something called Terro. It's like syrup but has something in it that kills them. It comes in a bottle and you can pour it on these little cardboard squares that comes with it, or a bottle cap from one of those glass soda bottles. I can't remember if they take it back to the colony or not.
ReplyDeleteDebby's vinegar and pepper is good too.
You're not going to find where they're coming in. I never was able to when we had them here. Tim sprays around the foundation of the house and it works well but the stuff really, really smells. *gag*
We've had our troubles with ants this year too. Damn carpenter ants. We had to call in an exterminator to deal with them. Not only did they treat our house but hosed down the tree in the front yard because that's where they were coming from. I hadnt heard about some of those home remedies. I'll need to try them out next time.
ReplyDeleteI am figuring you already checked, but perhaps your shoes had some gum or something on the bottom of them that attracted the ants? Just a thought.
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