Are they multiplying?

About the only time we ever got ants as a kid in Colorado, was if we left food out entirely too long on the counter (a scene that RARELY occured given the way my mom made my brother and I clean up or do dishes after dinner every night. There were those few spring/summertime days where a few sugar ants popped up here and there, but never anything serious).

So, much to my surprise to find out that we have another tenant living in our little condo with us, ants. Yup, ants invading our little home. Nothing super overwhelming (I mean we aren't talking Alfred Hitchcock like crazy ants coming to eat us away, or drag Sienna or Joey off as prey), but they are making their nuisance felt. 

When we first moved in, the first two weeks were a fun filled "winter" like time in California. Winter out here in January means rain, not snow. So the ants stayed away, on a bit of an extended holiday.

When warmer climates returned (yesterday it was 82, DEFINITELY warmer! ) so too did our little annoying friends. Don't get me wrong, it is not cause Doug and I are leaving massive amounts of uneaten food around, or even still that they are swarming the cat's food dishes (which I have seen happen back home in Colorado). No, these little nit picky ants are coming through under a tiny crack in our windows, and are about the size of a pin point. So most of the time, unless i am feeding the girls their dinner, or putting dishes on the counter I don't even notice them. Until my hand gets itchy, and I see a tiny one crawling up my finger. 

I have never been an insect fan. As a little tomboy I loved being outside, playing with rocks, and dirt..but hated the little insects I might find out the way ('cept for the 'rolly polly" beetles I used to love finding in my sandbox). So it stands to reason ants are high on my list of hated insects (right next to the dreaded spider, I immediately kill if I see). 

So my only hope is that some ant traps we buy (think of it as our way of being hospitable to our squatting guests), will do the trick. In the meantime,  I only hope they quit multiplying (murphy's law is kicking in for me, because every time I kill a batch, another one crops up to take it's place), and learn to prey on someone else's condo for a while.

In other insect news, as I type this I have just noticed an incredible itch on my right wrist. After a few innocent scratches..I have realized what I am scratching is my first mosquito bite of 2008...IN MARCH!