I have not spent the last few days as I have planned. I noticed a while back that I had a few moths in my pantry. This unfortunately was not the first time. Last fall I found the same thing. I think the nasty little weevils came from some rice I had bought. Remember when there was no rice to be found in the stores, well I bought a big bag of offbrand rice and put it in my pantry. Later my kids got into it when they were making rice heat bags. Anyway I had a infestation. I threw almost everything away and cleaned out the the shelves. But alas, they returned. I only saw a few of the moths, but I knew there were more where they came from. I was so irritated. So monday morning I started throwing things away again. Away went the pancake mix, cream of wheat, bags of pasta, flour, rice and anything else I suspected. The only thing I am trying to save is a 50 pound bag of powdered milk that I have been meaning to can. I am not throwing that away. I dont see any signs of bugs but I am going to put it in the freezer for a few days just in case. Once I got everything cleaned out and wiped down I decided to paint. After a fresh coat I went to the store to get new shelf liner; Thus ended the first day. My kitchen was a disaster. all the canned good were out on the counter and kitchen appliances were all over the floor. I was mad at wasting so much time on this stupid project. So I laid shelf liner, went back to the store to get some new airtight containers. And started putting everything back. I had flour, rice and sugar stored in large buckets. After throwing the food away I began scrubbing the buckets, on the bottoms in the crevices I found those nasty larvae. How gross! I got everything put back in and boy did it look good. Don't you think? But after loading everything back I took another close look and dang it I didn't see two little worms crawling along the ceiling. Uggh!! are you kidding me. I guess they were hiding in the cracks of the selves and didn't like the paint. Since then I have done some research and have learned that they are very, very hard to get rid of. I will be extremely mad if they come back, but not really surprised. Two days of my life, wasted fighting little weevil bugs. No wonder I never feel like I accomplish anything.
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