ANTS and Air Conditioners??!!! Who knew?

My air conditioner has been broken since Friday. The repairman just arrived (Monday) and to my surprise-the problem is Ants!!! Seems some ants got in the way of the "contact" on the unit outside. As the ant got japped, the "aroma" lured more ants to the same area, and after a while, there was an ant buildup, which prevented the necessary contact. The area was cleared and he recommends ant killer in the unit(s), as well as around the unit(s) each Spring.

As my father would say...."I hain't never!". Gotta be Southern to understand this one, y'all....

Plant Your Roots with Prudential

Be sure to stop by the grand opening of White State Park, Suwanee's community garden from 1-4 pm today.

We've planted a mystery plant in Prudential's plot, lot 60. Can you guess what it is? Stop by and submit your guess. You might win a beautiful Dragonfly Lantern.

And, there are lots of other activities to enjoy today. See you there!

And....THE Suwanabee will be there too. Bees love gardens!

North Gwinnett in Suwanee makes Newsweek's America's Best List

Each year, Newsweek compiles a list of the best high schools in America, based on how challenging the staff makes the school for the students. Only six percent of all the schools in the United States made the list.

North Gwinnett came in at the top of the Georgia list, at 186. See entire list

Top Moving States and Cities of 2009

Interesting read below from RISMEDIA:


RISMEDIA, May 27, 2010--According to Movers.com usage data, the states that had the most people moving in and out 2009 were California, Florida, Texas, New York, Georgia, Illinois, Virginia, and Arizona.

A large number of moves from these particular states is not that surprising, seeing as most of them have very large populations. If, however, in each state, the total number of move-outs is subtracted from the total number of move-ins, a picture of the change in population due to moves begins to take shape.

For example, California had the most total moves by far, but the difference between move-ins and move-outs is negligible, meaning that the population was not drastically increased or decreased due to residents moving in or out of the state. New York and Texas saw the most drastic population changes due to moving. New York did not regain (via move-ins) nearly 33 percent of the population that moved out. Texas saw the opposite occur, gaining nearly 50 percent more than the population that moved out.

The cities with the most moving turnover (total move-ins and move-outs) were Chicago, Houston, and Dallas. The difference in moves in and out in Chicago was negligible. Houston and Dallas, on the other hand, gained 57.6 percent and 41.2 percent more than the population that moved out (respectively).

Brooklyn is also worth noting. It had the third largest number of move-outs and did not have a significant number of move-ins. Conversely, Atlanta, San Diego, and Austin had the fourth, sixth, and seventh most number of move-ins (respectively) and did not have a significant number of move-outs.