Like mother like daughter

I've seen the signs for a while now.  You know the type - standing the same way, coming out with a familiar phrase, biting your lip exactly the same way.  It is the age old terror that haunts every person (in our family anyway) - turning into their parents!!! 

Since we've been in our rental property we've had an on going problem of ants.  Weather doesn't seem to change their constant trails inside to find anything remotely tasty and sweet.  The fact that our youngest views the floor as an extension of his plate probably doesn't help.  Anyway that aside, each morning I go on a squashing and spraying (all Eco and child friendly of course)  spree to rid the shelves of our visitors.  They target the honey and golden syrup even though they are clean and sealed properly so obviously we have X-men type ants that have a mutant sense of smell. Considering this I really did need to take drastic action as I'm not very good at letting nature co-exist indoors with me. 

While we were down staying with my Mum over Easter I had to smile when I was told to go and get the biscuits out of the microwave.  My Mum has used this appliance as a storage spot for years, mostly in an effort to find a spot where her animals couldn't get de-frosting meat.  Nowadays with the animals dwindled to 2 (that come inside that is) the microwave is still in use only now it is a spot where her visitors can't see the goodies easily!!

Today a great void was crossed as I followed a suggest by himself to store the ant's desires in a different place.  My first instinct was to put them in the fridge, the thought of rock hard honey in the morning made my quickly rethink.  Yes, you guessed it I took one look at the microwave, sitting there idle and unused, and thought perfect!! A secure, room temperature safe.  It appears that the saying really is true in this case - Like mother like daughter.