A Heart For Home

Ants,Ants & More Ants!

 Good Afternoon Family & Friends!  Okay, it's 4:30 p.m. and I am ready for bed. I was up at 5:30 this morning dealing with a very pesky problem. ANTS! I mean ants everywhere. 

I started fixing breakfast for hubby and went over to the cabinet to get the bread. I picked up a basket and felt something bite me. I looked down and noticed ants all over the kitchen counter, on the floor and in the breadbox. Those little buggers were everywhere!

I picked up the basket and took it outside to shake and empty. I left it outside, came back in and checked to make sure that the ants had not gotten into the new loaf of bread in the bread box. They didn't make it in but they sure were trying. I proceeded to clear the cabinets and wash them down after wiping the ants onto the floor. I then went looked into the cabinets to make sure that they had not gotten into them, they hadn't (yet.)

I decided to go ahead and put somethings from the cabinets into the fridge. I am glad that I did. We went out this afternoon and when I got home, guess who was back? This time in the cabinets. Thank goodness I put the sugar, flour, cocoa, grits, and the other opened items in the fridge. Had I not, I am sure that they would have been feasting.

I went ahead and pulled EVERYTHING out of the cabinets wiped them down. I then put the items back. Since I was already cleaning, I decided to take stock of what I had on hand. Good thing too. I didn't realize that I was running out of quite a few things. That's the GOOD thing that came from those ants. That and a better organized pantry.

Now, we live in a hurricane prone area. And whenever we start to see ants in the house, there is a hurricane not so far behind. That's what hubby says and it wouldn't surprise me one bit because its been too long since the last one. Let's just pray its a wrong prediction.

Have a blessed day in The Lord and praise Him always!

Amanda <><
II Corinthians 5:7

Hey, wait, I'm a hurricane newbie

{ 08:43 , Thursday, August 7, 2008 } { Posted by Naise }

Let's hope the prediction is wrong. We've only been in NC for two seasons, I'm new to this hurricane thing. Now an earthquake, that I have experience with, but no hurricanes.

Ants!!!!!!!!!!!

{ 04:26 , Friday, August 8, 2008 } { Posted by Belle }

Ants....ewww! There has been a lot of ants in my house lately. We just can't seem to get rid of them!

One person told me to put out cornmeal for the ants, because the ants will eat it and they can not digest it, so they will die. I am going to try that to see if it works.

Sounds like you have had a tiring day!

Belle

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{ 12:26 , Friday, August 8, 2008 } { Posted by KimMC }

ACK! I've had that happen before to. If you mix equal parts sugar and borax together and sprinkle it along the back of your cabinets it will take care of them quickly. :-)