plansrme Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Did you know that if you put bird seed in a sealed plastic bin in a closet in your homeschool room, that eventually the pantry moths will infest it? And that, when they do, they also will infest tons of your books that are stored in said closet? And that you will have to wipe down the inside front and back covers of every one of those books because some of them are crawling with pantry moth larvae? (And, yes—I know that I may end up tossing many of the books anyway.) Fortunately, due to the Great Carpenter Ant Invasion of ‘17, I am well-supplied with the tools to fight the scourge, but dang it—I want to be sitting on my tuckus watching the Olympics, not chasing moth larvae. So. Make me feel better: in what decidedly unglamorous task are you engrossed? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 I just had to get a dead bird away from one of my dogs. How's that for unglamorous? :tongue_smilie: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cave canem Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Great thread title! So inviting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 I just had to get a dead bird away from one of my dogs. How's that for unglamorous? :tongue_smilie: One of the highlights of my career as a pet owner was when my dog picked up a dead, dried-out, flattened squirrel from the street while on a walk with me. My brilliant-if-I-do-say-so-myself solution was to run her as fast as I could until she had to open her mouth to breathe, thus dropping the grossness. My dog-handling has been all downhill since. All that is to say that I feel your pain. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathnerd Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Apparently, storing birdseed in the garage inside a sealed tupperware container is no guarantee against mice invasion. I found a ton of mouse poop, gnawed clothes and other things and the whole tupperware container in shreds - the mice had spent many days gnawing at the plastic and finally gotten in. I am spending all my leisure time disinfecting everything in the garage with bleach solution. I live a life as glamorous as you do! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Perhaps your life is so glamorous because, like me you married a sugar daddy. I am, like many here a stay at home, homeschooling parent. A few years ago I was out at a function and started talking to a man a few years older than myself. When he found out I didn’t work outside the home for money he very seriously said that I must have married a sugar daddy, was very privileged and he told me how he envied people who could life of leisure. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuvToRead Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) Did you know that if you put bird seed in a sealed plastic bin in a closet in your homeschool room, that eventually the pantry moths will infest it? And that, when they do, they also will infest tons of your books that are stored in said closet? And that you will have to wipe down the inside front and back covers of every one of those books because some of them are crawling with pantry moth larvae? (And, yes—I know that I may end up tossing many of the books anyway.) Fortunately, due to the Great Carpenter Ant Invasion of ‘17, I am well-supplied with the tools to fight the scourge, but dang it—I want to be sitting on my tuckus watching the Olympics, not chasing moth larvae. So. Make me feel better: in what decidedly unglamorous task are you engrossed? Yes, I did know! I battled pantry moths in my patry until I found out they came in pet food. I had an open bad of bird seed in my pantry. My pantry is just inside my back door, so it made sense to store it there. I threw out the bird seed, problem solved. I actually think the eggs are already in the birdseed, and they just hatched. Edited to clarify - I never actually saw moths in the birdseed, just in my pantry. Which is why I believe the eggs were already in the birdseed, and as they hatched, they infested everything else. Plus, to be honest, I wasn't real diligent about feeding the birds, so wasn't looking in the birdseed bag that often, either. Edited February 15, 2018 by LuvToRead 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaplank Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I had a boll weevil infestation from a bag of birdseed I left in a closet. Apparently the eggs were in it when I bought it and they hatched months later. Live and learn, I guess, but what a mess! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 Plus, to be honest, I wasn't real diligent about feeding the birds, so wasn't looking in the birdseed bag that often, either. I think this was definitely part of our problem as well. If we'd been nicer to the birds, I would not have books thrown all over the floor of my school room. Clutter drives me nuts, and this is the worst kind. It's killing me not to be able to load everything back into the closet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 A few years ago I was out at a function and started talking to a man a few years older than myself. When he found out I didn’t work outside the home for money he very seriously said that I must have married a sugar daddy, was very privileged and he told me how he envied people who could life of leisure. :smilielol5: Strangely, I've received similar comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 The pre-emptive solution is to freeze anything that is going to be stored for an extended period. Another pre-emptive strategy is to use mint oil or (if you're old school) sticks of mint gum. Scattering the sticks around in the pantry discourages any larvae that hatch in something from migrating to something else. At least it's not lice in your kids' hair. Or bed bugs. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Wow, I wouldn't have thought moths could get into those bins! Maybe we haven't had that problem with our plastic bins because we store them in the garage and attic, where the temps get way below freezing in the winter. We're living out of the country (in a very hot, humid climate) for a few months. Our dd has been visiting, and sleeping on an extra bed in the kitchen -- a very glamorous arrangement! A couple weeks ago, she was sweeping in the kitchen -- sweeping around the edges and under the refrigerator, stove, etc. She couldn't get over all the rice she was sweeping up from under the appliances. Piles of it! Then she looked and saw that the piles were moving! Maggots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 septic tank issues = unglamorous too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) She couldn't get over all the rice she was sweeping up from under the appliances. Piles of it! Then she looked and saw that the piles were moving! Maggots! *cue very loud screaming in my head* You guys are making me very nervous about the big bags of birdseed I buy from Costco. I know I should freeze them for a few days, but there's usually not enough room in my deep freeze! Thankfully the current bag has been around long enough for me to know it's fine, but we're nearly out :scared: Edited February 15, 2018 by ILiveInFlipFlops 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scbusf Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 On Monday, I cleaned up a dead mouse in my dining room. One of my cats had killed it - I’m assuming. It was messy and gross. Today, I rewashwd a mildewy load of laundry I forgot about in the washing machine. Today, I am at counseling appointments for 2 of my kids. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 When people ask what I do I tell them I eat bonbons all day. :rolleyes: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebra Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Did anyone else read this as PANTY moth content, or was it just me? My mind went in 14 different directions for that one.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuvToRead Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 :lol: Clearly said by a person who has never spent more than 5 minutes alone with children. Or taught one to read and enjoyed that experience in all it's mind-numbing glory. Or taught long division!! :scared: :banghead: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 If anyone is eating, don't read this.... We bought a house, and I am cleaning someone else's (previous owner or guest) urine stains from the drywall/cabinetry/toilet. I also had to dig through the organics recycling cart I inherited to pick out all of the rotting, maggoty trash and rebag it for trash disposal because they contaminated the cart and the trash company wouldn't pick it up. Once my amazon shipment arrives today, I'm running spa purge through the hot tub to clean out their germs and algae from the hot tub plumbing lines. Nitrile gloves are my friend, and I'm not thinking kind thoughts about the previous owners of the home. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyhwkmama Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) If anyone is eating, don't read this.... We bought a house, and I am cleaning someone else's (previous owner or guest) urine stains from the drywall/cabinetry/toilet. I also had to dig through the organics recycling cart I inherited to pick out all of the rotting, maggoty trash and rebag it for trash disposal because they contaminated the cart and the trash company wouldn't pick it up. Once my amazon shipment arrives today, I'm running spa purge through the hot tub to clean out their germs and algae from the hot tub plumbing lines. Nitrile gloves are my friend, and I'm not thinking kind thoughts about the previous owners of the home. You need to rip out that drywall around the toilet. You will never get it clean. At the very least, paint it with several coats of Kilz. and you and everyone else on this thread have my empathy. Yuck! Edited February 15, 2018 by Jyhwkmama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zarabellesmom Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 So someone the other day mentioned getting bedbugs from library books. My daughter wanted to go to the library and pick up books today and it was all I could think of. :crying: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frugalmamatx Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Unglamorous here too. I just jerry-rigged my dishwasher to drain into a 5 gallon bucket because of plumbing issues. I couldn't handle only being able to wash dishes maybe once every 3 days and it STILL backing up the pipe for any longer. Tomorrow involves cleaning and bleaching the pipe overflow area {again}. You all have my sympathy as well. Pantry moths suck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 Unglamorous here too. I just jerry-rigged my dishwasher to drain into a 5 gallon bucket because of plumbing issues. I couldn't handle only being able to wash dishes maybe once every 3 days and it STILL backing up the pipe for any longer. Tomorrow involves cleaning and bleaching the pipe overflow area {again}. You all have my sympathy as well. Pantry moths suck! That is a lot more impressive than evicting pantry moths. Although, I must say that I have now gone through every one of those blasted books three times, and I have found more larvae every time; fewer, but still--even one is disgusting. And we're talking a couple of hundred books. I'm not reloading my closet until I am convinced that they're gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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