Our house is being invaded by ants!<\/p>\n
They first made their appearance in the hall closet downstairs(where we keep our shoes and wrapping paper), then in the living room near the fireplace.\u00c2\u00a0 Since then, they’ve been spotted in the kitchen, our bedroom closet, the master bedroom, the stairs, the powder room, the living room windowsill right above the couch, The Littlest Apple’s closet, The Littlest Apple’s bedroom, and The Littlest Apple’s bathroom.\u00c2\u00a0 One of the places the ants have yet to be seen?\u00c2\u00a0 The pantry.\u00c2\u00a0 You know, where all the food<\/em> is.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m fairly certain I just jinxed myself by saying that.<\/p>\n I despise ants.\u00c2\u00a0 I dislike them even more than spiders.\u00c2\u00a0 They are so persistent and invasive and just everywhere<\/em>!\u00c2\u00a0 We’ve got an exterminator coming out on Tuesday, but until then, its me vs. the ants.\u00c2\u00a0 Right now, the ants are winning.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve got sprays, baits, etc, but it has been making me completely crazy going from room to room looking for ants.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve been wearing shoes all around the house when I’m normally a “shoes off as soon as I walk in the door” person.\u00c2\u00a0 The contents of our closet (of course they had to be on my side<\/em> of the closet, not the hubby’s) are currently in the middle of our bathroom. \u00c2\u00a0 I’ve been sweeping and vacuuming most rooms daily when I’m normally sweep and vacuum once a week.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Tomorrow I’ve got to empty out The Littlest Apple’s closet.<\/p>\n I can’t help but feel embarrassed about the ants.\u00c2\u00a0 In fact, I almost didn’t blog about it.\u00c2\u00a0 We had art playgroup the other day, and I almost cancelled.\u00c2\u00a0 How could I welcome children and their parents into our home if there were going to be ants everywhere?!\u00c2\u00a0 Luckily(?) that was the day the ants chose to play in my closet and bedroom, so they stayed away from the art group action.\u00c2\u00a0 I know that I’m not the only person around here having ant issues.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve heard from friends and family who’ve been battling the ants lately, and the exterminator said it’s a huge problem right now.\u00c2\u00a0 It has been rainy for several days, and now it is in the upper 80s.\u00c2\u00a0 And there are lots of bugs in Texas, that’s just how it is here.\u00c2\u00a0 But I still can’t help but feel that the ants are here in full force because I’m a little messy and my house isn’t spotless.\u00c2\u00a0 If only <\/em>I spent a little more time cleaning and a little less time blogging…(which is exactly what I HAVE been doing this week).<\/p>\n And let’s not forget how The Littlest Apple fits in to this.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve been using “child friendly” sprays and other homemade remedies, but he’s still right in the middle of all of it.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m cringing constantly as he rolls around on the living room playing with his trucks, climbing the stairs, worrying about the ants biting him.\u00c2\u00a0 So far, they don’t seem to bother him.\u00c2\u00a0 But still, just the thought of these little pests crawling around where my son is playing creeps me out big time.<\/p>\n I’ve been completely stressed out the last few days as a result of the ant invasion.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m constantly on edge, wondering where the ants will make their unwelcome appearance next.\u00c2\u00a0 Shoulders and neck full of tension, stomach in knots.\u00c2\u00a0 Thankfully, today The Littlest Apple was in Mothers’ Day Out, and I went shopping with my mom.\u00c2\u00a0 It was nice to get out of the house.\u00c2\u00a0 Tomorrow we’re escaping to visit all of the grandparents for the day just to get out of the house again.<\/p>\n This is my home, and I should feel comfortable here.\u00c2\u00a0 Instead, I just want to run away screaming!<\/p>\n Tuesday can’t come fast enough.<\/p>\n Our house is being invaded by ants! They first made their appearance in the hall closet downstairs(where we keep our shoes and wrapping paper), then in the living room near the fireplace.\u00c2\u00a0 Since then, they’ve been spotted in the kitchen, our bedroom closet, the master bedroom, the stairs, the powder room, the living room windowsill […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homekeeping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":762,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755\/revisions\/762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}