Bugs, part II

I think I've conquered the bugs in our cupboard. After both of us searching I found a bag of walnuts with larvae in it. Gross.
That has been tossed and there are no new moths in our traps in the cupboards.
Ditto, no moths in our closet upstairs. Pat had seen them flying about and was worried about our wool stuff, mainly my bunads.
Nothing in the traps upstairs and nothing new in the kitchen.
Phew - I think we're done with these beasts!

Meatball Mania

Once again, I chaired the meatball making day for our lodge's annual Lutefisk and Meatball dinner. I don't even know how many years I've volunteered to chair this, but I have it down to a science.
26 of our members came to help and we were done, cleaned up and out the door in exactly eight hours.
Craig made us some delicious Bloody Marys and Jeff made Mimosas. That helped get everyone in a good mood and we scooped and rolled meatballs in a frenzy.
We turned 425 lbs of meat, 17 dozen eggs, milk, onions, bread crumbs and spices into over 10,000 yummy meatballs Our crew ranged in age from 11 year old twins to a 91 year old member. We all had a great time helping prepare for our lodge's biggest fund raiser.
In two weeks we'll make lefse and the week after that, cookies.
We'll be ready to go and then bring on the lutefisk!

Pestilence!

I have been noticing moths flying around the kitchen. Yes, something in our cupboard is infected and I can't find it.
On one of Pat's days off a couple of weeks ago I tasked him with finding the host of these beasts. He found a container of nuts with them and tossed them and we thought we were done.
I put in a Pantry Pest Trap, which has sticky stuff in it and pheromone attractant. They work great and I highly recommend them. The trap is full of moths, there are still a few flying about and I still can't find them.
I've checked granola bars, oatmeal and all of the usual suspects. Since we got our kitchen re-do in July, the cupboards were cleaned out and there's not much there. They seem to be confined to one section, so I'm going to go through and annihilate them.
Bugs in the house is bad enough, but in the kitchen is just gross!

Go Giants!

I am not a huge baseball fan, but have had fun watching the Giants go through the playoffs and eventually get into the World Series.
The most fun of this has been sharing the experience with my octogenarian Mom. Not only is she a big baseball fan - she's a HUGE Giants fan. She knows the batting order, who's batting well and who's not, etc.
When she was growing up in Minneapolis, the NY Giants had a farm team in her home town. She and her dad used to go to the games together. I remember my Grandpa listened to every single game on the radio when I was a kid, so he was a big Giants fan, also.
Yesterday I told Pat we should make dinner over at Mom's. I had a feeling this could be the big night and it was. It was such a blast watching her beloved team win with her - yelling, clapping and screaming all together.