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Your mother might be controlling your life through your finances. If you are a teen, talk to your mom about getting a part time job to pay for any of the things she is using to control you, like your phone or car.  If you are older, save up your money to move out and pay all your bills on your own. Try not to get so caught up in your relationship with your mom that you forget about your other relationships.  Spend time alone doing the things that you enjoy. Hang out with your friends when you can to keep those connections strong, as well. If possible, limit the amount of time that you spend with your mother. If you still live at home, this will be difficult, but you can try to spend more time alone in your room or you can engage with her less. If you are living away from home, visit and answer her calls less often. When she asks why you’re distant, you can let her know that her controlling behavior has been stressing you out. Your mom’s domineering personality might have reached an unhealthy limit, and if none of your own efforts mitigate the situation, or if she is starting to harm you physically or emotionally, get help. Talk to a trusted teacher or counselor about these issues. If your mom is open to change, see if she is willing to go to therapy with you. If her controlling behavior is beginning to affect your health, then it might be time to cut the cords. If she has done something to negatively affect your work life or to harm your children, then distance may be necessary. If she shows to you at some point that she is able to change, then consider allowing her back into your life.

summary: Become financially independent. Spend time with others and with yourself. Limit your interactions. Get help together. Separate yourself from her completely.


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This method will require more work but less expert timing. Begin by using a spade to cut a 6-8” radius trench around the entrance of the ant hill. Once you finish creating the trench, start shoveling out the area inside the trench, which will be comprised of the majority of the ant colony. You will need to dig up quite a bit of ground to reach all the various chambers of the colony, so keep two five-gallon buckets on hand and shovel the soil into them.  Try to keep the clumps of earth as intact as possible so as not to collapse every tunnel as you dig the colony out.  You also want to make sure that you cover each bucket as you will it to stop any queens from potentially escaping. If you use this method on a brand new colony where the queen has just mated and is still digging out her nest, then you won’t have to dig very far, and you won’t have much to sift through to find her. Telltale signs for this type of brand new colony include a very small entrance hole with a small heap of fresh dirt beside it that hasn’t yet been formed into a mound. They can be hard to identify while working quickly, but you should especially follow chambers and tunnels in the soil as you dig out the colony. Keep collecting samples until you see very few ants left in the hole. Once you have collected the colony, you will have to sort through the buckets manually to find the queen. Use a spoon to sift through the dirt and separate ants.  You may want to transfer the ants into smaller jars as you separate them and the soil. For obvious reasons, you probably don’t want to do this inside your house. It will be a painstaking process, but you should eventually locate the queen as you go through the colony. If you are unsure of what exactly you are looking for, the queen will be the largest ant in the colony, and her middle section--the thorax--will be especially pronounced. You can consult How to Identify a Queen Ant for more assistance.

summary: Use a spade to cut a trench around the ant colony. Use a large spade to dig out the colony. Shovel the soil into five-gallon buckets. Follow chambers and tunnels where possible. Sort through the buckets. Locate the queen.


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Anna's face shape is a tall circle that comes to a gentle point at the bottom.   Divide her face into quarters with general guidelines. Add a slender neck and narrow, rounded shoulders. If you need help getting the overall shape of Anna’s head, draw a small circle at the bottom of her head. This will be her chin. You can erase intersecting lines to get a final form. Your circle should extend just below Anna’s head. This will create the gentle point of the chin. Sketch loosely with your wrist and shoulder. You’re just trying to draw a base outline. You can erase any extra lines later. Anna has wide eyes that slant upwards on the bottom.   Draw the outline of her eyes like a sideways capital “D”. Make her irises large and round. Note how the top of the irises are cut off by her eyelids. Use your horizontal guideline as a reference point. Her eyes shouldn’t extend below this line. You may choose to draw individual eyelashes, or just make the lines thicker near the outer top edges. Her eyebrows are full, blocky, and expressive. If you’re drawing on paper, add a small circle in each eye to create a shine. Anna has a tiny nose that is little more than a squashed U-shape. She has thin Caucasian lips. Feel free to make her grin somewhat asymmetrical. It adds to her quirky appearance.   Draw the nose closer to her mouth than to her eyes. To draw the mouth, start with a curved line which moves up at the ends. Then add lines on the top and bottom to fill out the lips. Erase your guidelines. Note how it is parted on the side. All hair flows from a single spot at the top of her head. Her braids may take time to draw, but are made up of S-shaped lines which intersect one another.   Note how each section of hair tucks into the following one. You can draw her braids overlapping one another and then erase areas to create the braided look. Braids also have a zig-zag line going down the center. If it’s easier, draw the middle part of the braid first and then fill out the curves around your zig-zag. Start at the bottom of a zig-zag line and draw a line upward, continuing the line from the zig-zag.   Her hair starts above your initial circle for her head. Follow the curve you drew for her head when drawing the hair. Follow your starting point and move out, adding a few lines for her bangs.
summary: Start with Anna’s general form. Draw Anna's eyes and eyebrows. Move on to her nose and mouth. Draw Anna's hair.