Tired of Freaking Ants.

My room has been invaded by a bunch of ants in the last few weeks. It started when the rain started. I live on the 2nd floor and have a crack in the window. I had ants crawling behind my son's pc, printer, and keyboard. I thought I killed them all. Then, I found ants in an old candy safe, I bought two years ago and it still had lollipops in it. I took the safe out of here and killed the ants. I vacuumed every single crumb I could find.

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I sprayed corners, even though I hate the smell of bug spray, even the natural kind. I put down my homemade buggy powder, which killed them slowly. Then, the ants moved to the electrical outlet, between the crib and my son's bed. There is a little hole in the wall above the socket. The ants were crawling in and out of the hole, plus the socket. I put a child electrical lock in one socket and taped off the other socket.

Today, I am working out and I noticed a Depend under Brad's bed. I moved it to put it with the other Depends. There was a million ants eating his Depends. I quickly sprayed the Depend and put it in the trash. I also sprayed under his bed. I have a bug stay-away plug-in thingie, I found downstairs. I will also lay another layer of buggy powder (powdered sugar and baking soda or baking powder) around Brad's bed.

Just sick of the freaking ants. I have to find another method to kill them faster.

Just in case the pics don't show up, I pinned my steps to making homemade buggy powder on Pinterest in the stuff I made board.

Homemade buggy (roach) powder

I found this recipe online last year. I was looking for a natural bug killer solution, with ingredients, I already had at home. The ingredients was powdered sugar and baking powder. I also done the recipe with baking soda. still kill roaches dead. Basically, the sugar attracts the bugs and the soda causes their bellies to explode. The ingredients are cheap (1.00 or less).


You add together equal parts sugar and powder, then mix. I did 1/3 baking powder and 1/3 powdered sugar. I use a measuring cup to add both ingredients and then mix in the measuring cup, as well. Then, sprinkle in the areas, where you see Mr. and Mrs. Roach and their annoying little children. The process is slow acting but it works. Plus, since it is natural and edible, it won't harm the kiddies, if they accidently touch it.