Friday, December 08, 2006
The ants are back...*sigh*
I can't bomb them, kill them, comet them, borax them, bait them, or otherwise pray them away. They still keep coming back. Even the Orkin man is befuzzeled by their behavior. I think our neighborhood has bred some kind of super mutant can't kill'em ant species. Hey are there any ant scientists that want to come to my house and try your hand at getting rid of these puppies? I've about given up. I even put out those yard stakes too, and they are covered with ants. How many flipping ants are out there?

I'm sure it's the cold. It's currently 27'F outside and they it will get to about 12 tonight. They are loooking for warmth and they just happened to find Meghan's donuts. (I told her to put them in the frig but does anyone in this house listen to me? No. That is correct. I'm the resident moron who knows nothing. It's okay, I'm used to it.)(Secretly I'm laughing my ass off because my chocolate stash is safely tucked away in the freezer which is where I put everything important. Except for my bra, that would be taking it a bit too far--maybe)

Anyway, after a day of shopping. Yeah me, can you sense the sarcasm in my voice? Shopping is not my favorite thing to do, especially during Season X. People get crazy during Season X. Why? They are in some kind of all fired hurry all of a sudden. I don't get it. Well, I do get it and understand it to some degree, but look here, I am not the one who cut you off on the freeway or took the last goober doll that you just had to get your child. That WAS NOT ME. So please, show some constraint here folks and remember what Season X is about. It's about caring and showing compassion for your fellow man/woman. Right? It's easy to forget when you get caught up in the hustle and bustle and those little bells are ringing in the department stores. (Do those bother anyone else but me? Ding. Ding. Ding????? What the heck is that all about? Don't you people have cell phones or two way radio's or something? Yeesh!)

Personally, I've had a heck of a week. First I get a registered letter from the DMV telling me that two years ago I didn't pay my property taxes on my new car? And that they are going to garnish my checking account for the funds. WTF????? Here in the lovely state of NC you CANNOT get your tags unless you pay your property taxes and your flipping insurance so just because they got a computer glitch and now cannot find where I paid my taxes on said car all of a sudden that means I didn't pay? Get real here folks. I finally found my cancelled check and faxed it over to the tax office. Can I get anyone to call me back? No. Can I even leave a message? No. Yeah, Merry Christmas to me. Finally after six hours of being on hold I'm told that I'll get a refund for what they still plan to take out of my account because, you know, they can't stop the old cog from turning on such short notice. Ugh!!!! I might see that two hundred bucks by 2007. What do I need a car for anyway?

But besides that and several other lovely diseaster type situations (the ants excluded, because they have been a problem off and on for the last two months) I'm planning on having a Merry Season X.


5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am new to blogging and I am wishing as many people as I can a "MERRY CHRISTMAS".
Love,
GRANNY
P.S.
If you want to get rid of the ants. Buy a box of grits and sprinkle it on all the ant piles, stir it up, and sprinkle a little more. They consume the grits, it swells, then they pass into the ant netherworld.

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh, what a wonderful thing to say. My Grandma was from Sweden and met my Grandpa in Cuba. (He was born in Texas and was a Texas Ranger.) My Grandma died when I was 3, but you know, I remember her as if it were yesterday. I lived with my Grandparents until she passed. They say your memory is not able to remember things at such a young age, but I beg to differ. I remember well. Her accent, smell, hugs, laughter. It was not until later years that I found out that my Dad was born cecerean (spelling?) by my great Aunt in her house. My Grandma suffered many years in pain from it. But she lived and so did my Daddy. I can not tell you how much I miss my loved ones passed. But, thanks be I will someday be there by them walking the streets of gold...and I am not afraid. :)
If it is sugar ants, I do not know how to fix that one. I fight them still.

Anonymous Anonymous said...

OMG! What a week you have had! I'll ask John about the ants. They have been extremely bad this year.

Blogger Michelle said...

Janie: I have totally given up on the ants. The buggars. I've been baiting them for two weeks now. They hit the bait really hard for a few days and then they go poof and I don't see them anymore. Then, five or six days here come some more. I think they are just playing follow the leader. I just keep, hopefully, sending them to their maker.

Bonita: Thank you so much. I am having a fantastic holiday seasn so far. I still have shopping to do but I'll get it done, I'm not worried over much about it. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours for a blessed and safe Holiday!!!

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ants, ants, ants! Orkin has been treating the "baby ants" in our master bathroom since early Fall but they just don't give up. There are either dead bodies or live ones and I need to know how to kill these buggers. HELP!

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