They say sugar ants will never come back if you sprinkle some cayenne pepper in the windowsills.  This will give them a stomachache they will never forget.  They will also track it back to the nest.

That's Grandma's trusty tip of the day!!

While I was plurking today, a fellow plurkie was complaining about the ants biting her in her garden.  I sent this information to her and then thought it would be great to blog some daily tips to everyone.

Garden Tip #1 - Drawing the line when it comes to ants.

Ants will not cross a chalk line.  They hate to get their feet in any tipe of powder.  Baby powder works good too.  They also stay away from bay leaves, cloves and cucumber peelings.

If you have a question on natural remedies, let me know and I'll look in my trusty book for you.  Please let me know how this works if you try it!  Thank you!

I was scheduled to take a jewelry class yesterday.  I checked the calendar and saw that this class was from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.  I figured this must be a really difficult class!

I got ready, headed off the the class, got there about 20 minutes early and the doors were locked.  So, I trotted down to the bakery and got a latte and a cookie.  (You see, I was going to be hungry during this very long class.)

I waited and waited for someone to come and let me in.  I know I checked the time on my phone at least a dozen times.  Finally, the door is unlocked, I walk in and ask the girl where she wants me.  She looked at me like I was from another planet, so I tell her I'm there for the class from 11 to 5. She tells me that the store hours are 11 to 5, and my class is from 6pm to 8pm!!  That was pretty embarassing!! I went ahead and got the supplies I was going to need for the class, came home, decided I would be ahead of the game if I sat and opened all the wires.  While doing that, I realized that I was tired and didn't feel like going back out.  I figured I could make it myself.  I went online and searched for a free tutorial.  I found one that looked simple enough and then spent the next four hours trying and failing, giving up and then trying again.  Finally, it clicked in!!

My son-in-law came up and was so impressed that he said to bring it down and show him when I finished.  This was quite a compliment since he comes from a family jewelry background.  Both he and my daughter loved it!  I'm looking forward to making many more!