Year: 2008

Ants, Brats, Bored

Not that much exciting going on around here.

Still chasing ants, ants, and more, ANTS!

Attended a group Christmas Party this weekend. Last year I roamed about taking photos and chatting it up with old friends and acquaintances. This year there were about 250 people and way to many kids. Kids are great – don’t get me wrong – but some kids left unattended can and were little pains in the arse.

I spent the time trying not to become slamed into the table by the the unruley kid behind me as he continued to smash into my chair. Then one trip (I took the long way along the edge of the room so I had a wall about) to use the facilities a kid ran into me and as I almost saved myself from hitting the ground he got me again. As my partner saved me from falling the kid ran off laughing.

Where were the parents? Ignoring their kids that is for sure :(. Thanks all you little brats for pointing out to me that a year ago I could have chased you around and this year I was lucky not to fall on my arse. The ants behave better than you.

I seem to have caught a cold or something too – yuk yuk.

So I spend the day on the couch sleeping and playing the Indiana Jones Lego game.

Put my friends wedding pics on a disc and used the lightscribe feature to put a neat pic pf them leaving the Church on the front of it. So, they can send it to his family.

So exciting NO? Well of to read and fall back sleep.

And – watch the ants . …

Not Much

We seem to have made progress on the ant attack. Yesterday they only took over the silverware drawer.  We never could figure out where they came from or how they got there. Lots of freshly cleaned knifes, forks, and spoons now.

Catfish has decided that his big fuzzy orb be promoted to “most favorite” while Annie has succesfully shredded one of her rope with a tennis ball toy.  Annie’s idea of a great toy is one that she can chew and distroy while Catfish tends to cuddle and play with his and gets very indignant if they loose stuffing.

The neighbors are hammering on the wall next door. I suspect they are hanging Christmas decorations of some sorts. I find it rather amusing because they act anything but that which I equate with being Christian.

I wonder if the little ants have souls?  At least the royal orb of fuz and the ropey are inanimate .

Ant Attack

I should have know last night while upstairs in the tub watching two little black ants crawl along the tile that it was not a good sign.

I woke up this morning and went downstairs to get my cuppo coffee. Oh no. ANTS! Not a few ants, not a hundred ants, but at least a thousand ants. Well maybe less that 1000 but well ok . …

They were in the upper cupboards, merrily creeping along the edge of the stove hood down to the counter and from there – augh everywhere.

Someone had already sprayed the yucky smelling ant killer about but why oh why did they not dispose of the remains? Well they just might have. It took me two hours to get a stool (scary me on a stole) and slowly remove all the stuff from the cupboards.

Now I dislike the ant spray but from the looks of the carnage, those little black specks of dead ants, I decided to spray a paper towel and whip down the cupboards, the hood, the wall, the cracks along the counter edge.So far so good. No more ants seen.

I got my oatmeal made, drank some coffe and watched the news. when I went back into the kitchen there they were – dead little soldiers falling from somewhere all over the counter tops. AUGH! I cleaned it all up again and waited.  They just kept a coming.

I finally thought it over and washed down the cabinets etc and but everything back in. Later while frying onions they attacked again! falling into the skillet – nice brown fried onions – covered with ants. Cooking is a cluster F for me anymore. I set everything out lest I forget some ingredient and have system. Otherwise I might forget whats on the stove ( I use lots of timers LOL). This onion deal was a big deal.  I could always use some pepper and claim all black dots where pepper. But I through them out 🙁

I have sprayed all the outer walls, all the inlets for vents, and just bout anything you might think about. Seems they are getting in trough the common wall that has one side extended out in our neighbors back yard that is our kitchen wall. I can’t get there, they are not so nice (the neighbors and the ants), and I don’t know what else to do.

Ants are social insects living in large groups, some of them reach a population of millions. I looked it up – yep I was right there were thousands of them. So, when everyone got home they looked at me and kind of politely asked why dinner was late. They know I start when it is my turn early on in the day – I just told em to ask the ants.

Well off to read some and go nite nite – I hope I do not wake to a bunch of ant in crawling or corpse form tommorrow.