About two years ago, when we were still at our last house, we woke up one morning to find a very clearly defined line of ants marching from our garage door straight to our cats’ food dish, which was located in the laundry room on the other side of the garage door.

The cats didn’t seem to bothered by it — in fact Turbo sat a few feet away watching his food dish, seemingly fascinated. I, however, was angry about all the wasted cat food. Really it was only a cup or so but I didn’t feel like messing with the …read more

When you live in an old house that also happens to be in the midst of ongoing (forever?) renovations you end up with tenants that you did not plan on. Mice, snakes, lizards, wood roaches, raccoons (yep…sigh) and ants.
Ants are irritating, aren’t they? The minute you miss a crumb on the floor or leave a sticky spot on the counter they are there en masse. Honestly, I don’t care HOW cute Pixar tried to make ants (Ant Bully) they are still pests.