Pippi’s pulling up her stripey-socks for the final sprint towards the Good-Life……………

greenval

I feel as though the Ewbank sweeper has become a permanent attachment to my arm. I didn't know Border Collies had a 'double coat' until I got Max. Wiry on top and like down underneath. Now she's moulting !!!!!!!!!!! What's worse is she grooms herself like a cat but can't bring up fur balls . The result is lots of grooming and sweeping. 'How often do I need to do this ?' I asked the vet last year when we got to the intermittent throwing up stage, her not me. 'Oh probably only THREE times a day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
I've just bathed her which tends to help in the loosening fur dept.
Off to brush and sweep some more

Keiss_21

We have a Henry, but I don't use him at all!!! I have a bad back so I am not allowed to do twisty things like hoovering and sweeping....what a shame :rotfl:.

I was told all this in 2000, so for Mothers' Day that year my two sons hoovered the house (aged 10 and 7) ...and have been doing it ever since!! At least they should be . DS1 was very good, but he's at Uni now so only does it once in a while when he is here. DS2 was much more reluctant, but he is getting better now! We have no carpet downstairs (laminate and vinyl), which does make things easier in some ways, DH does the odd sweeping up with a brush once in a while in between hooverings, much more energy efficient!!!. We have a white Golden Retriever, with particularly long hair...so there is alway hair rolling about though :rotfl:!

Right, must get back to outside, been moving a few things this morning. Starting to harden off a few more bits from the greenhouse.

Sorry Pippi, I won't mention the temps again. In my experience of growing up there, if it is misty in the morning, there's a chance that the sun will burn it off my lunchtime so there is a wonderful sunny afternoon, here's hoping!

As kids we always had to do our chores in the house or garden in the morning, then we would make ourselves a packed lunch and take the dogs along the beach for the rest of the day - 4 kids, 2 dogs...bliss!! Those were the days We were lucky as there was (and still is) 10 miles of sandy beach to the south of the house. Can't wait to get back up there this summer.

Enjoy your weekend everyone, whatever the weather.

gilligansyle

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

and I have to use some gadget called a 'hoover' - wierd contraption - I think folk use them quite regularily but we do our bit for global warming here and minimise our use of this carbon guzzling beastie.

MatyMoo wrote: »

All this talk of hoovers..... Anyone remember Quentin Crisp? He said that if you didn't clean for 6 months it never got any worse!

He is wrong, the dust bunnies get bigger :eek::(:rotfl:

You mean a 'hoover' actually does stuff??? It's not just somewhere for DS to hang his coat?
I take the view that if its downstairs I'll use it; but if he takes it upstairs to do his room, he can bring it back down and do the living room etc. Until then, I'm not going up to get it.;)

Lemon_Tree

my hoove doesn't get used that often as it has this horrible habit of getting full up with horrible looking stuff!

Had a pretty expensive day today. Despite recovering our sofa's last year, the bleeping cats have scratched through the fabric again! so because Mr LT is not finding them comfortable we've been and bought some new furniture. They don't owe us anything as one is almost 9 years old and the other (from a charity shop) is probably a lot older than that. Will be listing them on freecycle when know stuff is arriving, as the sofa bed at least is worth passing along.

Hope the mist burned off for you Pippi and DD is home safely.

vl2588

Maybe this will help preserve the new sofas? http://www.catscratching.com/ - sorry about all the declawing gumpf, think it's quite common in America but I am sure you would never consider it - however, the rest of the advice looks good

Lemon_Tree

thanks for that, i would never declaw them but i'm seriously tempted to depaw them the first time i spot them having a go at the new furniture.
Started with the training spray last night!

vl2588

Yes, the mere thought of it turns my stomach! I didn't want you to think I was suggesting you may consider it

Good luck

starnac

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

Our easter break finishes today - why doesn't the UK keep one holiday regime?

DD's easter break doesn't start for another week!!!

we've just got back from holiday. had a lovely time and the weather was lovely too. glad everyone is plodding on nicely on here/

a month to go Pippi that's fab. sounds like work is going well for you too. i really need to sort myself out. i keep saying that but never actually get round to it. our debt needs to be gone by the end of the year.

quite sunny here today. we were quite please that we came home from holiday yesterday and found that our potatoes, carrots, lettuce, garlic and onions all have greenery showing above ground now :j we've actullay tried growing dandelions too for our tortoise but everyone we plant dies. who would have thought it would be so hard to grow a weed????

ETA well done to your DD on her grade 5. you must be so proud of her

Pippilongstocking

Apols been gorgeous here been in garden since crack of late brekkie

Hugs

After gale force 7 what a contrast

Karmacat

Crack of late brekkie, lol ... hope you've been down to the beach as well as working in the garden (or worse yet, doing the intellectual stuff) ....