these look like sugar ants, but aren't

• Help!!! Itty Bitty Ants from Hades EVERYWHERE - HappyCat
  • Terro liquid - sm
    • That is the only thing. It does leave a little mound on counters for - those teeny buggers.
  • re: Ants - JanSetzmt
    • Grant's Kills Ants has worked for me. (sm) - CAMT
  • ant free now after 3 weeks in Hades - sm
  • If they're those teeny tiny ants, those are the sugar eaters. Got anything - dropped or hidden in your office? Vacuum & tape ba
    • ...tape the bag closed and throw it in outside trash until - you find a source. Changes in weather? nm
      • these look like sugar ants, but aren't - nm
        • I feel your pain! - D
  • they may be carpenter ants and you need - mdlfcrs
    • my dad had carpenter ants at his home...sm - they usually have a black/dark ball on them.

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I'm not a Gemini...love-child Capricorn and I swear mom smoked pot ;-)

I do have all the variety I could want though...acute care, clinic notes, ESL, emergency room, even radiology.  I even asked about cross-training on eEscription but I guess everyone is too busy right now at this time of year to get me started on that.  I even put myself on an on-call rotation to really spice things up and bring in a little extra moola.  It's just that no matter what job I've ever had, I get bored with it once I master it...doesn't matter if it's typing, flower arranging, running a stable, playing medical secretary, or even medical assistant.  It all comes back to the redundancy of anything driving me nuts! 

Oh well.  I do feel better now that I screamed.  I think it must me almost time for me to surf the crimson tide or something.  I almost opened up a can of chocolate frosting to snack on...and that just ain't right.

Thanks for the words of encouragement and just listening to me babble.  It's usually only my critters that get to hear that.

To discern if they are carpenter ants - look for a sizeable dark/black ball attached to them.......that would tell you they are carpenter ants and the other poster is correct - THEY EAT WOOD in the foundations of buildings/houses, et cetera, and would need professional extermination.  Other poster is correct on regular ants and boric acid.

Does anyone know a nontoxic way to kill these demonic creatures???  They have invaded my office, and I haven't a clue what to do about it.  We sprayed outside where they were coming in...didn't stop em.  I tried spraying vinegar water on em (slowed em down).  I have been thinking about perfuming them to death with Bath and Body Works room spray but that stuff is nasty (in the scent I currently have on hand).  I have three cats and I don't like spraying toxic stuff inside the house, but I am about at the end of my rope.  Any advice? 

Thanks in advance,

HC

no sugar made me feel 20 years younger.  sounds strange but it is true. 

if you are presently on sugar, it will be hard for a few days, but really worth it.  i personally cannot do a gradual weaning off sugar but need to go cold turkey.  same with white foods - white bread, white flour, white crackers, white whatever.  i eat protein, protein, protein when getting off sugar.  fish, skinless boneless chicken, every 1/2 hour if you are hungry. after a day or two, you will not want sugar or white foods.  you will be satisfied with lean protein - the less beef the better - and vegetables.  and no milk or milk products.  sounds strange, i know, but i would be willing to bet my next paycheck that you would feel 150% better.  eat like that for awhile and then start adding back in the foods you cut out.  one at a time.  gradually.  maybe one food every 2 weeks.  and notice how you feel.  your body will tell you what it does not like.  yogurt was the first food i added back in and right away my nose started running, clear drainage, knew that i could not handle yogurt.

that is just what i have done and what works for me.  not medical advice at all.  just my experience.

When my mother was dx as being diabetic, I started using sweetener substitutes, thinking that would be better than real sugar.  Dr. Gott, a physician who responds to letters much like Dear Abby in our local newspaper, had a patient write in that when she went on vacation and no longer used the sweeteners during that time, her leg pain went away. When she got back from vacation and started drinking her diet sodas and artificial sweeteners, her pain came back.  She was able to determine that she has an "allergy" to the stuff.  I only drank one diet soda a day and one cup of tea with artificial sweetener a day, but I thought I'd try this with my leg pain/issues.  Hard to believe, but it's made a world of difference.  I've been 3 weeks without the stuff and can't believe the difference.

Dr. Gott is a supporter of the no flour, no sugar diet. If it contains flour or sugar, to not eat it.  A lot of people have wrote to him with success with being on the diet. I did it for a while, did great, but like all diets I didn't make it a lifelong commitment. 

Is anyone out there a good baker?  Looking for a good recipe for the B I G sugar cookies, not those small ones you can buy, slice and bake at the store.   I think some also call them sour cream cookies . . . not sure.  They are about 3 inches round and maybe 1/2 inch high.  You can top them with icing or sprinkles or colored sugars.  Thanks in advance.

I was just wondering, because I think that's what happened to me today just as I was finishing up with getting a little exercise this afternoon.  Usually a piece of meat or cheese and I'm completely normal again, but this time it's much slower to go away.   Just as I was about to call it a day anyway, I suddenly got very weak-feeling and slightly nauseous, & a little light-headed.  Sat down until it passed, then skipped going to the market afterward, like I'd planned, and came home.  While driving home I was sweating so much that in about 10 minutes I was soaked.  I came inside, had some cheese and some slices of chicken, then lay down, using a big bath towel as a blanket since that's what was handy.  Soon that was soaked, too.  Felt better about 30 minutes later, took a hot shower and had some dinner.  Now I'm almost back at baseline.  I've had similar spells very occasionally in the past, but they always cleared up within minutes of having either some protein or a banana.   Does that sound like a hypoglycemic episode to you?  I'm not diabetic, in fairly good shape, not overweight, and do tend to eat a lot of sweets.

This little smiley shows how quickly it comes on, and how it feels! 

I love sugar free stuff (soda, kool-aid, etc), but i've heard that phenylkeroturic (not sure if i spelled it right) wasn't good for you.  have any of you heard this or know of a place to find out more info?  i'm going to try google.  my kids like the sugar free kool-aid and i don't want to give it to them if it's not good. 

thanks

If that offends some people, I'm sorry.  The only mistake I made in my previous post was to make the assumption that the original poster was a Christian and in making that assumption, I posted the passage of scripture from Matthew.  I don't know if the OP is a Christian or not.  So my post may or may not have been relevant to her.

But going on the assumption that she is a fellow Christian, we (Christians) are taught in Paul's Epistles to admonish one another which is what I was doing.  Her focus is on her neighbors.  Their reaction is where she is deriving her happiness.  If her focus was where it should be, she would never be disappointed.

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