PROJECT
G: THE CARPET 1
One
of the household matters I am always nagging my father about is that
he never steam cleans his carpets. I explained that in Australia, it
is the norm to do them every 5 or every 10 years - though he NEVER
has!
Recently,
he complained that there were too many stains on his hall carpet, and
I managed to talk him into letting me use some of the housekeeping
money he gives me to get them cleaned! YES! We have a booking for the
end of next week and the hall & stair carpets should look much better than THIS
afterwards!
The stains came from my son mostly, who had a habit of
making coffee in the kitchen then spilling it whilst traveling to his
room - therefore, there is a trail of brown spots all the way along
the lower hall, up the stairs, and along the upper hallway to the
store room - formerly a bedroom.
PROJECT
F: THE LOFT 2
With
the accumulation of black sacks in the store room/spare room, it was
necessary for me to start sorting out the JUNK & TREASURE my
cousins managed to carry down from the attic for us. This is what I
found....
The
first sack contained a card, party invite, colored paper, somebody
else's school book, a book of puzzles I forced my Mom to make for me
to do, and a copy of the Highway Code from the 1970's.
Next,
a fold-out on British butterflies that may be quite useful, school
books, cards, a texta-design I made as a kid or teen, and my old
swimming certificate.
Nothing
yet that I cannot live without, but the Highway Code might amuse, the
butterfly flyer might inform, and the swimming certificate I had
completely forgotten about! I remember we had to swim one length of
the school pool and I flunked - but then as we all got out after our
lesson, I was given another chance and made it! We also had to swim a
width in 2/3 different strokes and jump in...
