ants!

i am not an ant killer. i like ants. they're important, in the scheme of things. but i'm getting just a little tired of seeing them in my kitchen every spring. this time longer than usual. i thought killing off a few would help them get the message but apparently not. then i thought i'd found their nest and destroyed it. but apparently not. so they're still having a field day on my counter. i'm gonna have to take drastic measures and actually buy some ant poison, which is just really annoying. i don't want to buy poison. i don't wanna kill those ants. i just want them to go away!