Ants and Cheesecake

Here in Texas, pest control is a must! Everything in Texas is bigger, including the bugs. We learned the hard way that we NEEDED pest control, and now we are full supporters of it. Here's 4 ways to ensure that ants will not invade your home:

1. Don't leave dirty clothes on the ground. Once in a while, at the end of a long and hard day, we would throw our used clothes on the ground. Slowly, it started to become a pile in the back of our closet. One morning I came into the closet and quickly grabbed a bra off the pile of clothes. I put the bra on and realized that there were tons of fire ants crawling all over my bra! I screamed, tore the bra off, and threw it across the room. Long story short. that's when we KNEW we needed pest control. We learned that ants like the proteins in our sweat, and to never put our clothes on the ground again. *I was incredibly lucky I didn't get bit by the ants. I owe it to my garments for protecting me!*

2.  Don't ever let any food/crumbs stay on the floor for more then a couple days. Ants love anything sugary and they'll go after it. I had made Dan a "congratulations on getting past your first week of school" brunch, and some frosting from the cinnamon rolls I made landed on the ground. Needless to say, sugar ants loved that and invaded our kitchen. *pics uploaded of the food I made for him*

3. Make sure your toothpaste is always put away and that none of the extras are anywhere! I.e., not in the sink, the ground, the drain. Once again, the sugar ants love toothpaste, so they loved our bathroom.

4. Seal up any holes, or things that look like cracks in your entire home. Ants will find a way, whether the crack is smaller than a grain of rice, they will find it. After seeing some ants on the kitchen tile, I found a TINY crack in the corner of our home, and thats where they were coming from.

Sheesh! It sounds like we are slobs or something, but actually we are some of the cleanest people I know. We even just moved into a newly built house, but guys, in Texas, ants WILL find a way. Get pest control, I'm serious. In Utah you could have all these situations above happen and you will most likely never have a pest problem. That's why we had to learn the hard way.

On to more happy and yummy things, it was National Cheesecake Day July 30th! We took advantage of the 1/2 price cheesecakes from the Cheesecake Factory. I surprised Dan with strawberry cheesecake, and indulged in an oreo cheesecake for myself. Totally worth the price, and the calories!