One of the true axioms in my life - pardon me I can't resist using one of my hard-earned GRE words - is that if stuff hits the fan it's in the form of a mudslide...
...so in the past week, I learned that moths had taken over my pantry, where I like to keep food stuff, not critters. After a little online searching I inured - ha! Another GRE jewel - myself to the following facts: That I would have to throw out everything edible, disasemble the shelving, bleach it, wipe down the walls and every nook and cranny, twice with white vinegar, put the shelving back in, buy new dry food...and..oh...$70 worth of air-tight containers...and still live with another 6 months or so of the pesky creatures...
I got it done. It wasn't pretty - as you can see in the picture I took when a brief breather - and now our pantry is semi-moth free...I kill the ones that still show up with a wooden spoon, it's my new hobby...open the door quickly, shine into the corners with my handy flashlight and unleash havoc with my spoon...
...in the meantime, I've managed to launder Jacob's iPod (it's clean now..except it doesn't work anymore), break a saucer from my rapidly diminishing wedding china, forget all my bank online passwords - again!!! - and let Gus water my fragile tomato seedlings..
...I'm about out of stupid things to do...
1 comment:
at least your kitchen still looks lovely!
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