Breaking Through, Travelling On

Karmacat

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Urgh KC, what a thing to happen! Hope the smell dissipates soon, and I hope you can salvage some of your papers

Must be a week for infestations - I discovered weevils in the dried soup mix yesterday :eek:

It's mad, isn't it! I saw about your soup weevils, Cheery (not to be confused with Soup Dragons, which would be welcome!)

rtandon27 wrote: »

Ugh - mould - just the worst! KC - I totally feel for you on that one!:mad::eek::o

Thanks RT!

I'm not even scanning and shredding - I'm taking photos then tearing up, and the bag is outside by the bin, until its full enough to put *in* the bin. Mid-afternoon, I'll sweep the floors and really, really air the place :rotfl:

The first place we lived in after I arriving in the UK had been cleaned & painted by the landlord to hide a serious problem! Turns out we had a bit of a river running under our ground floor flat & discovered mould had taken over the underside of our brand new sofa when it came time to move out of there! YUCK YUCK YUCK - I now (four rentals later) have a bit of a phobia about keeping everything dry & off the ground! - YUCK YUCK YUCK

Thats bad :eek: I'm lucky here, in that although there's a big hill to the south, my road just north of me steepens quite markedly, by about 30 feet, down to my little stream - if the situation is bad enough that I have water lying underneath, most of the country will be deluged :eek::p

Sunshine now! Putting the kettle on, and going for the next lot of stuff ...


xxx thank you all!

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smallholdingsister

Aromatherapy vapouriser. Dehumidifier. Bleach.

KC have you seen on faceache where they brush a dog then rearrange the shedded fur in the exact same position the dog is lying to make another dog? Do they do that with cats too?

earthgirl

Sorry to hear about the mould. Take it easy - sounds like you have been doing the work of a small team! hop the bus partner calling was ok.

Karmacat

smallholdingsister wrote: »

Aromatherapy vapouriser. Dehumidifier. Bleach.

Vapourisers irritate my throat, I'm afraid, SHS, and I don't have a dehumidifier. However - bleach is good so is the spray made from conkers that discourages spiders but it's fresh air that blows the spores away oops, along with actual cleaning, that's very me thanks for that, SHS

KC have you seen on faceache where they brush a dog then rearrange the shedded fur in the exact same position the dog is lying to make another dog? Do they do that with cats too?

I haven't seen it, no, but I really, really REELLY want to :j:j:j

earthgirl wrote: »

Sorry to hear about the mould. Take it easy - sounds like you have been doing the work of a small team! hop the bus partner calling was ok.

Thanks earthgirl I *am* going to take it easy today, especially with this freezing fog around, I've done enough - my whole body feels *heavy*, in my head that means the fatigue toxins aren't gone, so I need to stop. That's okay, business partner is round (later today, I think the fog will be mostly gone) and, erm, I still need to actually finish off the tax return. Only a week :eek::eek::eek: at least neither of those are physical :cool:

elantan

hey KC just checking in, sounds like you've been gutting the house, there must be something in the air as we have started ourselves, there is an enormous sense of satisfaction that comes with a clean place... although admittedly I have still to experience it, we gutted space then promptly spent money and filled it up ... sigh

good luck with the mould xxxx

rtandon27

KC - rest is the best prescription for healing...
... but you know that...
... just some friendly nagging! - RT

Take it easy today! xox

Karmacat

:hello::hello::hello:

Yep ... nothing physical done today, though I have pulled my cast iron bbq out of the chimney piece, there have been questions about it having been lined with asbestos (it wasn't, it looks like bits of mdf come down the chimney ) and I have to continue with my tax returns too. It would help if the access code thingy that hmrc have set up would work - though this time, I think I myself am the problem - I think the batteries in that particular phone handset are running low

Try another one, and we'll see where we get to

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Awww, KC, I really empathise about the dreaded mould:kisses3:. It's been the bane of my life for years:(. Decades even:eek:. Nothing, absolutely nothing, seems to kill it off, it just temporarily disappears only to gather it's strength and pop up again when you think it's finally been beaten:mad::mad::mad:

Karmacat

Hi CBC, thanks for that I think part of the problem is that I expect things to stay clean, once I've cleaned them I ignore entropy and all of that I'll be cleaning it up next week - I'm also going to be more careful during winters about drying clothes downstairs - now that I have the 2nd bedroom free (the former counselling room!) I could put the clothes maiden in there with the radiator on and the window open/door closed. Cheaper than buying a dryer.

List for today is quite specific:
- enter dividend and savings amounts on tax form
- ring a Technical Advisor at HMRC - that might take a while on hold
- scan and throw the mouldy letters (I'm keeping a very select few, but I really don't want all this old paper around).
- chop up some more laurel.
- stack the cushions that are going to be recycled. And make sure I get the coverings off them - I love that material, it was impossibly expensive when I bought it, and I still love it.

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Karmacat

I spoke to a Technical Advisor at HMRC.

Erm, you can claim in this country for expenses in France, even though you're claiming for those same expenses in France, in France, if you see what I mean.

Knock me down with a feather!

I doubt I'll pay any tax at all this year Bit gobsmacked, actually!