Today was spent caring for the granddaughter as daughter works on Sunday. She was far from happy as still unwell so lots of TLC given. Husband decided he just had to paint the front wall so got a bit of peace out there. Daughter came home from work at 6pm and was really tired as little one is not sleeping well.
Have finally caught up on the washing and the last load went on today. Don't normally do the daughter's washing but she has a very poorly toddler to deal with. Started decluttering again when little one went to bed. While I was at it I decided to try and find the lost puzzle pieces so there I was on the floor with the phone flashlight on checking under the settees and sideboard for missing bits. Our granddaughter can disappear bits of toys faster than any conjurer and unlike the magic trick they are often never seen again lol. How she does it nobody knows.
I started on the drawers in the sideboard tonight. A dozen menus from the local Indian takeaway, last years calendar from the Chinese chip shop, lots of pens mostly dried up, several batteries all used, and a new diary from 2014 all hit the recycling bins. On the plus side I found 2 rolls of sellotape, several notebooks and some sheets of wrapping paper which were all items I intended to buy this week!!! This is why we end up with 4 bottles of ketchup etc. in the kitchen! I'm slowly going through the house and doing a bit each week now. I started thinking about decluttering about 6 months ago but what really motivated me was clearing out my brother's flat last month when he passed away. It took hours and hours as he was a hoarder collecting CDs, DVDs, ornaments, musical instruments, books etc. etc. The flat was clean and tidy but there was just so much stuff to move. I have to attend the funeral on Tuesday this week.
We have a problem with ants at the moment they are climbing up the wall behind the high chair so I have sprayed the wall and floor. I use household flea spray (Indorex) as this is the best that I've found for the problem. I discovered it quite by accident when we had a plague of ants in our old house and I only had a household flea spray in the cupboard (as I had used up all the 'normal' ant powders and gels.) If you spray a line along the carpet or flooring where the patio or back door opens, or along window ledges the ants will not cross it. It lasts for months even if you shampoo the carpet or wash the floor. I spoke to the vet about it and she said she uses it for this too!!
Time to go now - all the best x
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