What, you ask? How could free meatballs possibly be bad? Well, let me start by saying that they were store-bought meatballs, which in my opinion, fall far short of my mother's meatballs (yes, I'm a meatball snob). But I digress...they were leftover from DH's grandmother's birthday party yesterday, so my MIL packed them up and sent them home with us, as MILs tend to do. Great, I thought, I'll throw them together with some sauce for dinner. Well, I did, managing to use up some leftover pizza sauce that was inhabiting the fridge for a touch too long (+1 for Jodi). However, I forgot to take off my son's shirt, which happened to be the most adorable green and white striped rugby shirt BROUGHT BACK FROM IRELAND as a gift for him. He got sauce all down the front of it (+1 for the meatballs). We did manage to stain stick the hell out of it and most came out (+1 for DH). Fast forward to today, when I decided to use up more of the leftovers for lunch. I found some of my mother's homemade sauce in the freezer and it made a great lunch (+1 for Jodi), with leftovers for dinner. At dinnertime, I prepared a bowl for my son, then somehow managed to drop it in the three feet from the island to the table. It had already been cut into tiny pieces, which all managed to fly in distinctly different directions, all over the light green carpet (yes, a bad decision made by my mother, who is counting the spills until she can get linoleum). The devastation was widespread, and I think we got one mess closer to a new floor (+5 for the meatballs). In the process, the sauce splattered all over my semi-new pants, worn about 5 times (+1 for meatballs). Again, DH and I attacked the mess with Resolve (carpet) and stain stick (pants) (+3 for Jodi and DH).
There is one serving of meatballs and sauce left in the fridge...I am NOT taking it for lunch tomorrow. I am glad I will be at work, and not here to witness the damage they are certain to inflict upon my family tomorrow.
Score thus far:
Meatballs - 7
Jodi and DH - 6
Ugh, we're still losing. It's pretty ugly when meatballs go bad...
the curse of the free meatballs
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My sincere sympathies!
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