No, They Weren’t Edible
Fun, food August 31st, 2008We’ve been battling ants all summer. It’s harder to fight them when you’re using an organic, non-toxic spray that won’t harm our cats. It requires constant vigilance.
My husband doesn’t realize that each year I get a little closer to heart attack age.
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August 31st, 2008 at 6:35 am
LOL that freaked me out in just pictures
I will have to admit though that it is funny lol Happy Birthday!!!!!!
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August 31st, 2008 at 6:45 am
Happy Birthday, pretty darn funny. I’m sure you’ll find a way to get him back.
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August 31st, 2008 at 7:20 am
Wow, Kathy, if I did that to my wife I’d be very, very, very, very, very, very, very SORRY! Especially since she shares your phobia of bugs.
I hope you got the 2 dozen Roses treatment and dinner as well. My Wedding Anniversary is next week, I KNOW what I have to do!
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August 31st, 2008 at 7:42 am
Hahahaha! I’ll bet those little ants would be fun to play with. We had Crazy Ants that got into my cat foods one year, and my Mommie got something called “The Antser.” It is a plastic tray that the cat food bowl sits on, and the inside has a little reservoir of water that the ants cannot get to. It is a very safe way to keep ants out of the cat food bowls. You can look it up online.
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August 31st, 2008 at 7:47 am
This is too awesome. I’m sure there are many women who do prefer flowers and chocolates, but give me a kitchen full of ants every time. How long did it take him to do all that? Those ants are stuck in place, right? Oh, I do love him.
I hope you’re recovering nicely from your heart attack.
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August 31st, 2008 at 8:29 am
1) Beautifully executed!
2) Paybacks are a bitch.
3) Payback#1: Put Nair in his underwear.
4) Payback#2: Make him do push-ups in a pickle patch.
5) Payback#3: Pay someone to roll him in a dark alley with a sock full of quarters. You choose!
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August 31st, 2008 at 9:00 am
Ahh! I thought they were real at first! Then I saw them up close. And all over your pretty cake, too!
Happy last-day birthday!
August 31st, 2008 at 9:02 am
Happy Birthday Kathy! Nicely done Dave.
(note to self… must remember this one for my wife next year)
August 31st, 2008 at 9:04 am
Happy Birthday!
Your husband has quite a sense of humor too - maybe he should start a blog.
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August 31st, 2008 at 9:10 am
I’m glad those are ants because they looked like spiders to me for a moment and I think I would have really freaked out if I were you!
August 31st, 2008 at 9:17 am
You have to be so careful not to mistaken those ants for choc bits on your cake!
PS: Happy birthday!
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August 31st, 2008 at 9:17 am
Ha ha! I like it!! You don’t really have ants that big do you? Do I see two giant ants either side of the cake?
happy birthday! You MUST check my blog out - NOW!
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August 31st, 2008 at 9:26 am
what a hoot! had I been you, i would have freaked at first sight.
bugs and cake don’t mix!
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August 31st, 2008 at 9:51 am
STOP, don’t eat the cake, it could be poison.
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August 31st, 2008 at 10:01 am
Happy B’day. We NEED a full report on your b’day happenings…Well not a full report…you can skip the recitation on any of the late night private activities. Just sayin’
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August 31st, 2008 at 10:35 am
Try dishwashing liquid around the edge of the room and along edges of windows - they hate this stuff and it does stop/kill ants, but doesn’t hurt cats. We have 2 cats and an almost yearly ant issue or two and this plus ant control outside (little trap thingies you stick in the ground outside) really help.
Those photos are quite freaky and effective!
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August 31st, 2008 at 10:36 am
whew! i thought those ants were real and that BIG,hehe. happy birthday kathy!
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August 31st, 2008 at 11:12 am
Ha! That was great… but thank goodness you didn’t have that organic spray in hand, you might have had to eat bug-sprayed birthday cake.
Happy Birthday Kathy!!!
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August 31st, 2008 at 11:17 am
Oh wow…very creative.Happy Birthday by the way!
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August 31st, 2008 at 11:23 am
Jennifer — The pictures still freak me out! I’m not good with bugs, real or fake and even in pictures.
janeywan — Yeah, but it’ll take me a long time. I’m not very creative and he’s always on to me. He knows I’m pretty lame in the practical joke area.
Chris — Are we talking a crack to the skull? Oh, do give your wife a bug-free anniversary gift, PLEEZE.
Daisy the Curly Cat — See, I thought of doing something like that. I put the plates of food on top of a cooling rack, but they still climb it and get to the food. This contraption you mentioned sounds like it takes care of that. The video is kind of funny, actually, when they show what happens to ants who succeed in climbing over the moat. Plunk! Thanks for the tip, Daisy!
JD — Dave said it took about 20 min. to affix the ones crawling up the counter using folded-up pieces of scotch tape. The others were just loose. Cake soothes the savage beast.
Geakz — Yeah, he did a great job. Hated the bugs, but he got a 10 for execution. It’ll take me months to think of an adequate payback. Can’t be something that sends him to the ER, though.
Regan — He kind of smashed them too hard into the cake, but that’s OK. It survived. And thanks!
Jeff — Thanks! If you do a bug thing, get RID of the bugs when you’re done. Dave put them in a baggie and they scared the crap out of me the next day when I opened a drawer. Why, why do we need to keep the bugs in a bag?
Neena — Maybe he should, although he’s perfectly content with giving me blog material for mine. He does a good job of that.
Singular Girl — Yes, they are spidery. And whenever I look at the pictures, I feel like something is crawling on me. Seriously, real or fake, I hate ‘em!
Marie — I’m not even sure I could eat them if they were chocolate. Just thinking about them gives me that creepy, crawly feeling. EWWWW!
Babs beetle — The ants we have are tiny, but MANY. In the garbage, in the dishwasher, on the floor. We’re going out of our minds. And thanks. I’m heading over to your blog. Oh boy Oh boy Oh boy! What a wonderful Voki to have done for me on my birthday. You two are the best! {{blushing}}
chatblanc — You can be sure we put the cake away after every time we take a slice. No real ants shall get anywhere near it!
Carla — Too late! I won’t be poisoned, but I’ve already slipped into a sugar-induced coma. I plan on another one today.
Rattln Along — It’s a birthday weekend, actually. I’ve been having dinners made for me two nights and I’m going out for ice cream later. Nothing flashy for this simple girl. Hush hush on the rest.
Lidian — I’ve heard of the dishwasher detergent thing, but always forget it. And the traps, which seem to do us no good because they always find a new way in. The spray is effective, but needs to be used every couple of days, darnit!
maline — If they were real and that big, I’d sell the house and move!
Maureen — And then my birthday would have been a total loss. Dave had it made special for me by a woman at his office who bakes cakes on the side. I would have cried if I’d ruined it, but I would have blamed him. And thanks!
Angela — Thank you. Yes, I quite like Dave’s creativity. I have none. Keep hoping some of it rubs off on me!
August 31st, 2008 at 11:32 am
Aww, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
But rofl, that is so clever, and something my husband would do. I doubt I would even have be able to follow the path to the cake though because I hate bugs so much. I would have been screaming my head off.
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August 31st, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Oh, you have a funny husband! Can’t wait to see what he does for Halloween!
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August 31st, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Happy Birthday!
Even though I know its fake, it still kinda makes my skin crawl.
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August 31st, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Whoo, kinda makes my skin crawls. Still, it’s a 10star star for the effort and creativity, even thou it’s not that pleasing on the eyes.
Happy birthday, Kathy!
August 31st, 2008 at 1:05 pm
These were some quite disturbing pictures until I realized those bugs were part of your birthday “surprise!” Even though i garden organically and am used to many critters, I probably would have had a heart attack!
August 31st, 2008 at 2:16 pm
That is so cool! I’m ok with bugs, i don’t love them but i’m ok with them. I don’t know what I would have done if that was me.
Happy Birthday Kathy! How old are you? 31?
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August 31st, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Well, Happy Birthday.
Its probably a good thing your husband is still alive and breathing. We have been very lucky with ants but had a heck of a time with cockroaches for awhile and that brought back those creepy little feelings of having to share every thing with bugs.
I feel your pain.
Beamer
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August 31st, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Monique — Thanks. You know, I had an odd sensation of “Oh, how gross! Oh, how cute! Oh, how gross!” I ate cake anyway.
DJ — See, he’d get me not at Halloween, but some other time I’m not expecting it. That’s what makes it so dangerous to live with him.
Stephanie C — You’re not alone. Fake or not, they had me scratching my skin for a while. Like now. Just thinking about them makes me itchy. And thanks for the birthday wish.
Turnips — “A” for effort and creativity, “F” for almost scaring his wife half to death.
Rich Dansereau — That was exactly my reaction. I saw the floor ants first and then followed them up to the cake. I did what he wanted me to do: freak out and then be surprised. He’s good like that.
sarah — I’ll never be OK with bugs (until they’re dead). How old am I? 31? Hmmm, I like that number. Sure. Let’s say 31.
Beamer — Oh, man. Cockroaches. Very bad. Only thing grosser than that would be the time I had a thousand-legger infestation in an apartment I once lived in. One visited me in the shower. Have to post about that sometime. I feel your pain too.
August 31st, 2008 at 4:43 pm
omg…I was avoiding this post ’cause I thought it was about bugs…until I saw the voki on Babs’ post. So I thought I’d be tough and open this post all the way! LOL
Who did that? Your husband? Bad husband! Funny husband, but damn, lol.
Happy Birthday!
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August 31st, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Hahaha! That is too funny! Happy Birthday!
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August 31st, 2008 at 6:43 pm
I was visiting someone once with my dog, anyways my dog did a poop overnight, which didn’t surprise me too too much as my dog was getting older. So I grabbed a paper towel, picked it up then flushed it down the toilet.
That morning everyone was waiting to hear about my reaction to the dog poop on the floor. I told them I cleaned it up. They asked what did you do with it….I said I flushed it down the toilet.
Turned out to be a plastic poop gag……backfired on them had it of plugged their drains….and they did worry about their drains..I guess I should of laughed the loudest.
What did they think I would do with it……it’s not like I look at that kind of stuff closely.
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August 31st, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Run for your lives its the invasion of the Ants of the Century.
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August 31st, 2008 at 7:40 pm
“My husband …”
Oh darn. All the good ones are taken.
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August 31st, 2008 at 7:51 pm
You need RAID ant baits. They work.
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August 31st, 2008 at 8:15 pm
OMG, I would’ve killed him for sure!
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August 31st, 2008 at 8:21 pm
That’s awesome and creative, props to him for that one..!! hehe.
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August 31st, 2008 at 8:52 pm
OH my gosh I thought they were real. That was GREAT! Well, I would have passed out maybe… but that was great.
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August 31st, 2008 at 9:30 pm
I LOVE that cake!! YUMMM
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August 31st, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Happy Birthday my Virgo friend! My birthday is 3 days after yours
And… I’m totally tagging you. Sorry, it must be done. See?
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August 31st, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Happy Birthday!
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August 31st, 2008 at 11:09 pm
You warned me but OMG this really freaked me out. They look like spiders! Bad, bad husband. Really bad. It’s a good thing you have a great sense of humor.
August 31st, 2008 at 11:32 pm
I have bugs phobia especially when there are an army of them. That freaks me out! Anyway, BLESSED birthday:P
September 1st, 2008 at 12:13 am
Wishing you a very happy birthday, Kathy!
Those ants look like they would be fun to play with.
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September 1st, 2008 at 2:12 am
Bad, bad, very creative husband! Happy Birthday Kathy
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September 1st, 2008 at 3:19 am
hmm that made me stop and read for awhile. What a surprise indeed!
anyway, happy birthday Kathy!
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September 1st, 2008 at 5:29 am
1. Happy Birthday, Kathy!!
2. If I were to do to my wife what your husband did to you, it would be tantamount to assisted suicide. The only question would be how would she do it…the cake knife? Too messy. Blunt object to the head? Too time consuming (my skull is too thick, according to her). No, it would be a long, painful death…likely involving a stake and fire.
September 1st, 2008 at 6:54 am
Btw, I just listened to the audio recording of this and I gotta say that the computer voice just does not “do it” for me.
I think you’re just gonna have to go all out and actually record your own voice reading your blog for us.
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September 1st, 2008 at 7:50 am
Came to your blog via Entrecard. That was hilarious! I was just looking at it and wondering are those supposed to be ants or spiders? Then of course, I read your blog post about the ants. We used to have major problems with fleas (and we don’t own any animals), it was the most awful experience every summer, some how this summer we have escaped them.
Anyway, great blog, and thanks for advertising on my weight loss blog, Making Mommy Hot. Take care!
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September 1st, 2008 at 8:16 am
When we were first married, I put a plastic, fake mouse in the bed. My wife had a hissy fit!
She said it was time to do away with the dorm room antics.
Sigh!
September 1st, 2008 at 8:23 am
DrowseyMonkey — Sorry! You got bugs anyway. Didn’t Babs and Mo do a bang up job on my HB song? What a hoot! Yep, bad husband did it.
Athena — I’m still chuckling about it. Thanks!
Alan — You certainly got the last laugh. That’s what they get for messin’ with poop. It never ends well.
Curtis — If they had been real, I still could have stomped them with my shoe. Or, yeah. Ran for my life!
Richard Catto — Ah, now, isn’t that special!
mizmell — We’ve used the little ant traps with little effect. And still worry about the cats somehow getting into them. And so we spray and spray and spray… and wait for fall.
Crazy Working Mom — The cake saved him. He’s a lucky (and smart) man.
tazdog — It was. Of course, I’m a little scared about next year’s birthday. A groundhog keeps hanging out in our back yard. He’d better not get any ideas…
Monica — Me too, for a split second! He’s so creative, I had to hand it to him. He did a great job.
fragileheart — The icing was sweet, but not too sweet. And the inside was all chocolate. I had to give some away to my sister or we’d have eaten the whole thing by ourselves. Not kidding.
Elisa — Thanks, fellow Virgo! And an early happy birthday to you! I think I can do your meme, although I’ve revealed a lot of random (and weird) stuff about me in the blog. I’ll see what I can muster.
Lauren — Thank you! And my husband is calling this the Birthday Weekend, so he’s still wishing me happy birthday. I like the idea of a birthday that lasts days.
Laura-Junkfoodaholic — They’re HUGE! And gross! And he really is lucky I didn’t crack him over the head. This is the joke that almost sent him to the hospital.
Carrie — This morning I had to wipe up about a hundred of them near the cat food bowl. I’m getting close to the point where that makes me want to hurl. Can’t stand it!
Luxor — Thank you! I’m not sure even my kitties want to play with them and eat them. They kind of ignore them. Now, flies, on the other hand. They love when one slips in the house. It always ends badly for the fly.
carol — He saved himself with the cake, that’s for sure. Otherwise, I’d still be giving him the stink eye. Thank you!
Alex — Fooled ya, didn’t I? Thank you for the birthday wishes.
BabaBooey — Ah, thanks! Hey, at least you know where your boundaries are. So I guess you wouldn’t consider dangling a fake spider over her head for Halloween, huh? Watch your back.
Richard Catto — I know. It was so much better when Phyllis was “Phil.” The male voice was so much funnier. I’d do more audio posts if I could find a program, unlike Voki, that lets you record more than a minute. But then again, who would want to listen to me any longer than that?
Ruthie — Oh, man. Fleas. Have never had a problem with those, thankfully! I’ve heard horror stories about getting rid of those. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’d rather have the ants. Thanks for dropping by.
PaulsHealthBlog — And I certainly hope you complied. You must have. You’re still married!
September 1st, 2008 at 9:05 am
Happy Birthday! Until I realized those were fake ants I was going to say I think you have a mutant ant problem.
Put cucumber peels in every windowsill and near any place they are entering. I don’t know why, but we had a huge ant problem up at our lake, and someone told us to do this and it actually worked. Anytime they return we throw a few cucumber peels in the windowsill and voila, they are gone.
September 1st, 2008 at 10:06 am
@Kathy: “I’d do more audio posts if I could find a program, unlike Voki, that lets you record more than a minute. But then again, who would want to listen to me any longer than that?”
Good point. But let’s pretend that we do.
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September 1st, 2008 at 10:08 am
Good Lord, I am totally brain dead - looked at this several times, finally realized the ants were not real and then FINALLY realized it was your birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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September 1st, 2008 at 10:17 am
What a great birthday surprise!
Sorry for being a bit late, but wanted to wish you a very pleasant and happy Birthday!
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September 1st, 2008 at 10:58 am
Kathy, happy 29th, my friend. I’m sending you a virtual hug and hope your weekend was restful and renewing!!
September 1st, 2008 at 11:23 am
regan- i thought they were real until they were on the cake then it was really funny
September 1st, 2008 at 12:29 pm
hope you had a happy birthday, regardless of the arthropods. take care–
September 1st, 2008 at 1:14 pm
I think that is *so* great.
Lame comment but I mean it
k
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September 1st, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I’m with you - I would have come undone. I finally got so fed up with ant invasions, that I hired an exterminator who sprays outside every month. I worry about pets, too. But this has worked for us. Coincidentally, where did your hubby find the ants?? Too funny!
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September 1st, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Too funny! You’ll never truly grow old if you keep that sense of humor! (And get rid of the ants LOL) Happy, happy Birthday!
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September 1st, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Mr. Observant checking in. I didn’t notice the cake’s writing until my 3rd time looking at it.
Happy birthday, and many more.
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September 1st, 2008 at 5:49 pm
SarahKate — Seriously? Cucumber peels? I’m trying it! We just had to quickly empty our dishwasher because, within 10 minutes of a finished cycle, they show up INSIDE and crawl all over our clean dishes. It’s a huge pain. Thanks for the tip.
Richard Catto — Yes, let’s!
Broadway Matron — Don’t worry. I was kind of hoping people would have a delayed reaction, just like I had.
Ana — It was great! And thank you. I had a wonderful birthday.
Lee — Oooo! 29 sounds even better than the last suggestion! I’ll take it. Welcome back from your camping trip. Can’t wait to hear about it, critters and all.
brooke — Would have been cool if they were edible, huh? Gross, but fun nonetheless.
muskrat — Yes. Yes, I did!
Ken Armstrong — Not lame. I’m glad you liked it. I’m still smiling about the whole thing. Dave did a great job.
Mama O — I think I’m at a point where we need to exterminate, but one of our three cats does go outside, so I’m worried about poisoning. For now, we put up with them. Dave bought the ants from Amazon. More (different style) just showed up in the mail today. Those had fatter abdomens than the ones he used. I’m kinda glad he didn’t use them. They were far grosser.
Bill Libbey — Got that right. If you can laugh at ants on your cake, there’s no hope. Thank you for the birthday wishes. I had a great day.
Joe — Oh, that’s funny. Glad you caught up! BTW, when I told my husband the name of your blog, he said “That’s me!” (He’s right).
September 1st, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Awww - how sweet! I’d only go to that much trouble for someone I really loved - like my kids. That’s a great guy you’ve got there!
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September 1st, 2008 at 7:39 pm
This is great! (and Happy Birthday!) When I first looked at it, I was thinking ‘wow, those are really huge ants!’ Took me a minute to realize the joke. If my husband tried that, I’d beat him! I can’t take any bugs in the house. Soap does work if they are coming in for food. If they are coming in for water, nothing will stop them but killing the colony.
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September 1st, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Kathy:
Forget the ants. Happy 21st Birthday!
Happy trails.
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September 1st, 2008 at 10:53 pm
LOL!!
How funny!
This was worth a heart attack or two, right?
Maybe next time he’ll use spiders.
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September 1st, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Happy Birthday fellow Virgo!
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September 1st, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Are you positive your husband is not related to me (he isn’t one of my cousins)?
Growing up, my grandparents still had a box of very realistic looking rubber frogs, insects, spiders, etc that had been my youngest uncle’s. We couldn’t end a visit without sneaking into the bedroom and putting a fuzzy spider on the bedroom phone, or in a drawer for grandma to find later.
She secretly got a kick out of it, I know it. She always used to call us hours or days later when she stumbled across them.
Happy Birthday!
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September 1st, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Happy Birthday, Kathy!!!
The ants were hilarious! Thanks for sharing them!
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September 2nd, 2008 at 12:32 am
Aren’t us guys just the greatest?
peace,
mike
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September 2nd, 2008 at 4:42 am
ROFLMFAO!!!!!!! I love him!
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September 2nd, 2008 at 5:23 am
Karen C — I’d have to agree. I’m a lucky, lucky woman.
Shadowsrider — Can’t I kill the colony anyway? We try to keep all food tucked away, but we do leave cat food out periodically. Never ending battle.
Swubird — Hey, I keep getting younger and younger. I like these kinds of reverse birthdays. Thanks, buddy!
Janna — I’d have to say it was worth it. And the cake was awesome! Spiders? He’d better not if he knows what’s good for him.
Sugee — Ah, thanks!
TheSnackHound — That’s great! Except if I’m the one on the receiving end!
Ferd — Thanks, Ferd! I was glad to share them. If nothing else, it gave people an idea to scare the crap out of their significant others.
Mike Foster — You’re right. A woman probably wouldn’t think of mucking up a cake with ants! We keep our eyes on the prize.
Lori — You know what? I do too. I can forgive him because I had a wonderful birthday weekend and he gave me good blog material. What’s not to love?
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:57 am
That is hilarious!
I have got to try it on my wife. Her birthday is in a few weeks, so the timing of this post is perfect for me.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 8:22 am
Oh boy– somehow I suspect revenge is going to be sweeter than that there cake…
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September 2nd, 2008 at 8:28 am
we have had a horrific ant problem too. bug guy is coming out today.
but that is just too funny! what a creative idea!
and happy birthday!!!
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September 2nd, 2008 at 9:35 am
Too bad they weren’t edible. If they’d been made of chocolate one just might forgive him that.
Hope you had a great birthday!
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September 2nd, 2008 at 9:39 am
Very Funny! We had TONS of ants all summer….what’s up with that anyway? I spray Windex on them & hum the theme song to The Pink Panther movvies….ya know….”Dead Ant, Dead Ant, Dead Ant, DearAntDeadAntDeadAnt, Dead Ant, DeadAnnnnnnt….”
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September 2nd, 2008 at 9:39 am
PS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
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September 2nd, 2008 at 10:04 am
First time commenter.
I would have freaked if I were you. Were you able to eat your cake?
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September 2nd, 2008 at 10:53 am
Happy Birthday!
I hope it was nice. I was taking a computer break this weekend and only saw this now!
As for the ‘ants’, after years of working at a summer camp I can flick all manner of real critters off my food and eat it.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 2:19 pm
My brother-in-law has a sense of humor like that. I’ve been trying to get him for more than 20 years. Happy Birthday anyway.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Bucky — Report back if you do it. We want to know you’re still alive.
Jenn — I’m not very good at practical jokes. Dave’s always on to me, and then my attempts look lame and I’m mocked mercilessly for trying. It’s a good idea … in theory.
Kelly — We’ve had an ant problem for only the last few summers. In the house for over 10 years, so I don’t understand why it’s only recently. Would like to get a bug guy in, but afraid the cats will be poisoned.
Musing — I’d eat ‘em if they were chocolate, but I couldn’t look at them going in. Too gross!
Olga, the Traveling Bra — I don’t get it either. Very annoying! Windex probably does as good a job as any. Drowning, right? Thanks for the birthday wishes!
Becca S — Welcome aboard! Oh, yes. Nothing gets in the way of me eating cake. We kicked it today. Four days. Our personal best.
Shieldmaiden96 — Thanks. Yes, I had a great birthday despite the ants. If somebody wants a laugh riot, they need to see me at camp. Total girl about it. Lots of screaming and running.
feefifoto — Dave bought the fake ants real cheap from Amazon. He over-bought. Want some?
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:49 pm
my bug guy said that i just had to keep my dogs away for an hour or so. i kept them away for about three. they’re still here. stupid, but i don’t think that’s from the bug spray. call around and ask an exterminator if they have pet friendly spray.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 8:59 am
Oh, I forgot an old trick, plant mint all around your house. Ants hate mint and won’t go near it. Thing is, you have to love mint because it’s going to spread everywhere. I also used the baits they carry back to the Queen, and kill the colony. Works great, I put one in the mound of a huge ant colony in our yard. It’s gone now. Usually I am a live and let live person (outside the house, that is. Inside, bugs gotta die), but these ants kept biting me when I worked in the garden. They had to go.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 11:56 am
1) BTW, Happy B-Lated B-Day!
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September 3rd, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Kelly — See, I’m afraid to trust bug guys. I’d only believe them if they said they sprayed it at their own houses and had pets that went outdoors. Am I paranoid, or what?
shadowsrider — Wow, never heard of mint in my research. Yeah, I try to be “live and let live” too, but you gotta draw the line when they start setting plates for themselves at the dinner table.
Geakz — My birthday was not complete without getting a birthday wish from you. I cried a little.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:54 am
That is the best idea EVER…OMGosh!!!! Too cute, I just had to comment.
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September 4th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
This looks like something I would do to my husband, except it would be spiders; he hates them. I leave plastic spiders all over the house or cut out huge spiders from ads and leave them on the floor. He’s WAY past heart attack age! Thanks for the chuckle.
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September 4th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Barbara Baker — Yep, one for the books! I’m still chuckling about it. Welcome aboard!
kden — Speaking of pictures of bugs, I can’t even look at them in magazines or the newspaper. I have to flip the page at the risk of missing something I should be reading. Why do we need to see bugs up close?!?
September 6th, 2008 at 10:39 am
my husband woulda got a big smack upside his head if he did that to me LOL i HATE bugs, insects, arachnids, reptiles, you name it.
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September 7th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Oh, Happy Birthday Week, Kathy! I’m inexcusably late, but anyway. Hope the ants at least sang your birthday and helped you blow out the candles. Crazy, bad, funny husbands, gotta love ‘em!
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September 7th, 2008 at 9:34 am
I loved these pics. TERRIFYING. We have our own persistent ant problems. The only thing that stops the entry at our house is cinnamon. They hate it.
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September 7th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Aw, that was too cute of an idea, I may be snagging it to tell you the truth.
If you were serious about actually having a real ant issue and want something pet-safe, I agree with Ivory- try ground cinnamon. We used it when i was growing up, out in the country. we would sprinkle it into the carpeting along the outer walls and around outside door frames and thresholds. It always worked amazingly well for us, and the smell wasn’t bad either.
September 7th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
ciara — I suspect a lot of women would be head-smacking their husbands over this. He was lucky he put a cake at the end of it. Cake makes all things better.
Elle — Glad you made it to the party. I think we should have birthday months. You with me?
Ivory Soap — Cinnamon, like just regular cinnamon from a shake can? Or cinnamon sticks? I’m intrigued by this.
kara — Snag away! OK, so ground up cinnamon? I have some in the house somewhere, so I’m going to try this. Thank you and Ivory Soap for this tip!
September 10th, 2008 at 11:29 am
That’s an awesome cake. There is a organic spray that ants can’t stand. I think it is vinegar.
September 11th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Joe Somebody — The cake was awesome AND yummy! Hmm, vinegar sounds dreadful … for the ants!
September 15th, 2008 at 9:02 am
LOL! Those ants look like they belong on Ugly Overload. What fun!
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September 17th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Flisha — They do! My husband over-bought on the ants. We still have a fresh package of them. Hmmm. Sounds like a Halloween trick in the works. Wonder who my victim will be?
October 9th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Would you mind to send me some ? I’ve lost my only one !
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October 10th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
GattoGiallo — Your ant? Your cake? Or your birthday?