Needsleep259’s Weblog

right up my foot, biting my toes, as I sit here in my computer room. Note to self: no more midnight snacks while writing. Dh come to the rescue with his anti-ant spray, only he sprays our new carpet – AACCKK!!!!  Right where our toddler loves to roll, or fling herself, if I don’t pull up her Nemo game because she’s been naughty. Good thing it was me and not her being bit, since she gets a bad reaction every time to a bite. When she falls outside we yell, “Quick, get up!”. Sympathy takes a back seat to ant bite prevention.

We found the source of the attraction – an errant corn chip hidden behind the closet door. Since I wasn’t flinging them, I have to wonder if the little buggers actually carried it off?  And how did they know it was there?  We never had ants in this house before! These creatures are amazing in their work ethic. Too bad we have to terminate them.

There are lots of rumors on how to go about getting rid of these fire ants. We tried them all – first off grits. My Yankee husband thinks this is the only good use for grits, though they have grown on me because I give them to the little one. Anyway, the grits didn’t get rid of them, they just seemed to have moved. A lot of useless of work for both dh and the ants. We tried cinnamon, which they thanked us for. We tried the boiling water and cayenne pepper trick, only I felt like a heartless sadist and wouldn’t do it again. Next up was dh setting the mounds on fire. Talk about mean!!! It was effective though, except for the little brown patches on our otherwise pristine lawn. Now we spray, which seems to shuffle them around. We aways seem to run out, leaving me to think I should add up the cost of spray. It may be cheaper just to call someone. Then again, dh seems to really love doing combat with them. Hey, it gets him out of the house!  Oh, and me? I’m sitting here typing with my feet up in the air, just in case…..

From the song: The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah! The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah! The ants go marching one by one, the little one stops to suck his thumb and they all go marching down, into the ground, to get out of the rain, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!…….