We have Ants in the Freezer

Me: “Katie’s a monkey!!” Katie: “Katie not a monkey! Katie’s a girl!” She’s not wrong ?. By a happy accident we got to swim class a half hour early so K got to play on her favorite fish ? shaped bike rack. It was nice to have idle time before the craziness of the day started. The heat wave from last week brought some unwanted visitors into our apartment ???…

A few days prior I said to Jason “We never got any ants this year!”

I think I may have jinxed us because a few days prior I said to Jason “We never got any ants this year! Usually we get them for a week when it’s hot and now it’s almost November and we haven’t gotten any!” Well… here we are! In the past we have just put out the bait traps (which makes a thousand of them come because they smell it so it gets so much worse before it gets better) but now with K getting into everything, there are few places we can put them. We opted for one behind the fridge and one on top of it.

Other areas of my life may be a little… disorganized, but the kitchen is MY place.

Oh and did I mention this time they are going INTO the fridge?! Yes, into the fridge. And freezer. And there is nothing opened or spilled in either! Other areas of my life may be a little… disorganized, but the kitchen is MY place. I don’t leave spills, I throw out expired food, I have no idea what these stupid ants are even after ?. And they are dying shortly after entering so that means I have to keep cleaning out dead ants every day which is disgusting.

So it pretty much feels like the plague hit in here which is a really shitty feeling to have about your home. I did have 2 other moms today tell me they are battling ants ?too which made me feel a little better. Like at least I know we aren’t all gross, right? (Although they were strangers so who knows how they live their lives… because when you stay home with your kids and you go out into the world, you talk to EVERYBODY.) So, back to my battle plan… today we went to Dollar Tree for a spray bottle and and I made a mix of vodka, peppermint oil, clove oil, and cinnamon oil and just sprayed it all around the fridge and freezer. The vodka kills them and the oils are supposed to keep them away. I suppose if nothing else they make it smell amazing in here… Fingers crossed we will be bug free soon ?