Debra Darvick
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Of Ants and Eggs

This drawer in the curio cabinet is devoted to products, ideas and tips to make your life a bit easier.
We had a few too many sugar ants visiting late spring and well into June. So tiny, nearly cute, but I still didn’t want them tiptoeing around my appliance garage. Peppermint oil to the rescue. I wiped the counter down with a mixture of soapy water and a few drops of peppermint oil. I soaked a few cotton balls with full strength oil and tucked them at the back edges of the garage. For a few days, I left the bottle uncorked in there as well. The house smelled delicious and within a day or two no more ants.
It seems everyone has their secret trick for perfectly made and peeled hard-boiled eggs. Here’s mine:
Fill a pot with water and set it to boil. When it’s good and roiling, gently settle your eggs into the pot, allow the water to return to a boil and set your timer for 12 mintues. When the time is up, turn off the flame and let the eggs sit in the water for a minute or two more. Rinse them in cool water, tap the bottom of the egg to crack the shell, and peel away. Voila! Perfectly hard-boiled eggs.