Oh dear I have got so behind with my blogging, I think I will have to make this one shorter. I think I forgot to mention the moths. Well having got rid of the meal moths a while back, although we still occasionally find one which has come late from its chrysallis, I discovered we had another problem. I had to move the shoe rack in the hall to find a missing sandal. I haven't moved it for ages. We tend to pile the paper recycling on there, before taking taking it out to the bin, several 'flyers' had slipped down the back, the sort we get almost every day advertising pizza places or local takeaways. As I cleared them up, I noticed what appeared to be pellets of paper, and when I looked closely, the edges of the carpet had been eaten. Husband looked at a 'pellet' under a magnifier attached to his computer screen, and two tiny back eyes appeared, followed by a white body! YUK! I quickly found the moth spray, which I had bought after the previous infestation, and sprayed it around the pellets in the hall.
I closed the door, against the fumes, then later got out the vacuum cleaner,and gave the hall carpet a good going over, then I pulled everything out from behind the filing cabinet on the other side. More pellets, more spray. I can't remember when the filing cabinet was last moved, the problem with having a small house is you have to store stuff where you can.
Admittedly I haven't been cleaning as much as I should, because of the shoulder problems, but these were tucked away places anyway. More carpet munching had gone on. Hopefully now though there are no more lurking. I dragged the Dyson upstairs and gave everywhere there and down the stairs a good going over. Thankfully I am now recovered enough from my op to be able to use the Dyson more often.
On the Sunday I didn't make it to church in the morning, I felt unwell, tired, and was wandering around looking for a top to wear when we should have been going out, so husband went alone. I did feel a bit better by the evening though, and was pleased to be able to go to the evening service.
Monday was Bank holiday,and the sun shone, we did some work in the garden and on my front pots, then at around 4 pm went to the local garden centre. I wanted to replace a solar light which had stopped working, I blame all the rain we had last summer. In the end I bought 2 plus some other taller crackle ball lights, as our old ones had stopped working. These were also on offer. The new ones turned out to be blue. Despite promising myself that I wouldn't, I also bought some bedding pants and actually managed to find busy Lizzys. the chap there thought that the shortage was more to do with the late spring than the virus, I remember seeing pictures of loads of plants being composted by nurseries as no one was buying them.
On the Tuesday, we both walked into town I had to move some money from bank book account to other account,and husband needed something from a hardware store. I also took my watch in as it had stopped, apparently replacing the battery didn't make it start again, so they decided it needed a service. I was quoted 'around £70'. I decided to leave it for the time being, as we have discovered that we can buy Rotary watches cheaper online, so we may well be able to get the service done by dealing with Rotary direct. The weather wasn't so good, Bank Holiday had been glorious sunshine, but that day we were back to rain. We just missed a bus, but were confused as it was a 4 and the number 5 was due, however soon a 300 came hurtling along, so we manged to get him to stop. They tend to go faster than the others as they have a longer journey to complete.
I didn't sleep too well that night and got up late. I was too brain fogged to rush around to get to WW, so concentrated on getting ready for going to Sainsbury's. Later in the afternoon, I went up to see our Daughter. Lydia kept getting on to all fours, going forward two paces, then collapsing,and doing a half commando, half front crawl to get to what she wants. Place a toy just out of her reach and she will get there quite soon. She pulls herself to stand in her cot, quite the determined little lady, and still only just over 7 months. Nathaniel was chatting away, playing with his Thomas the Tank engine. I wonder what he will want for his Birthday this summer? He will be 3, incredible. He seems to be growing apace too. He has a little indoor trampoline,and bounces so much that the back bit lifts off the floor. I wish I had his energy.
Thursday it was pouring with rain again, it was cold and miserable. I finished off redoing my pots. walked to get the paper and went to Curry's to return some headphones I had bought which I didn't find comfortable. Despite having a 21 day returns policy, they refused me a refund, blaming it on the fact that I had opened the box. They said it was a health and safety issue, which I queried. Back home I checked online, it is not a health and safety issue, it is a voluntary code amongst retailers, in case anyone catches an ear infection. As they were not 'in ear' headphones I suspect that it is highly unlikely that anyone would catch anything from them. One poor guy paid £100 for some and couldn't get e refund.
Later I planted out salvias, petunias and the busy Lizzys. The slugs love Salvias, so I got out the slug pellets, but there were very few left, so I went by car to Homebase picked up some more. I also went and bought more headphones like the ones which had got broken, but these were from Argos,and I knew they were comfortable.
There was nothing much remarkable about Friday, except that the sun shone, and I managed to get the housework done. It's so much easier to work when the sun shines. Sorry I haven't got any recent pcs to liven up this blog, must get out more with the camera.
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