Weekly Flylady Thread 21st July 2014

pigpen

msgnomey wrote: »

ewwwww I have a loathing and fear of rats, my kitty at least brings them in dead tho'

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sorry Pigpen I'm not helping am I?

I have a queue of cats looking at it and none of the bone-head creatures has bothered getting it yet.. I obviously feed them too much.. I am going to starve them until it is caught..


I had baby birds last week now this!! I half expect them to bring next doors dog in!


Dot being a little git.. she has thrown a board book in Pixies face, ran about on the sofa until she banged her head on the wall, attacked OH, Squeak and climbed all over me and my chair.. she is NOT going to sleep now!! She is a little horror!!

msgnomey

I have a master rat catching moggy I could lend you, she has no teeth but her claws are razor sharp

Fmess

msgnomey wrote: »

I have a master rat catching moggy I could lend you, she has no teeth but her claws are razor sharp

Good point! You can borrow mine too. He kills everything and nothing gets away :rotfl: Rabbits, pigeons, birds, mice, voles, frogs, insects. I think I've caught him sizing up the puppy too

YORKSHIRELASS

No practical advice about the rat but eugh. We once had an invasion of flies in our kitchen ... shudders. Hope the cats get their act together soon.

I am sooo tired tonight. Had to do a site visit at work this aft which involved a lot of walking and it was so hot. I have reluctantly dusted and hoovered the living room, taken the dog for a walk and now I dont want to move.

Oh Dancemum it was me being silly about the slugs. That is one beautiful shed, wish my garden looked like that!

Sequeena

Wednesday Weirdness- Living Room, Hall and Stairs
15 minutes...
[STRIKE]Vacuum floors[/STRIKE] and sofas
30 minutes to spare...
[STRIKE]Dusting, even if around everything
Remove clutter making sure stairs especially are safe
Clean TV, other electricals and cabinets[/STRIKE]
HHI
Got an hour...
Wipe and water plants
Put all your hotspots in one pile and work your way through it..
Vacuum under furniture you can manage to move without hurting yourself
Extra Mission: Pick one or more of the following tasks –
[STRIKE]Clean windows & any other glass like mirrors, pictures etc[/STRIKE]
Wipe down any paintwork that needs it.
Binbag dance.. Get a binbag.. fill it and bin it!!!
Wash any cushions, throws or curtains that need it

**Vanilla**

Not been a bad day flying, car washed, paddling pool out, birdhouses the kids made finally put up. More ebay stuff sorted, form filled in and ozzy scrubbed.


Will be remaking bed soon and going to bed.

pigpen

msgnomey wrote: »

I have a master rat catching moggy I could lend you, she has no teeth but her claws are razor sharp

Fmess wrote: »

Good point! You can borrow mine too. He kills everything and nothing gets away :rotfl: Rabbits, pigeons, birds, mice, voles, frogs, insects. I think I've caught him sizing up the puppy too

I have 6 cats... 6.. and a rat in my house!! My old senile man would have had it hours ago if he had all his faculties!! He was amazing!! his brother has his marbles but no teeth.. the other 4 have no excuses.. apart from Peaches, she is terrified of them!!

Honey_Bear

We had exactly the same problem here Pigpen a few years ago. The Rat Man said the way to deal with them was to build a corridor from where the rat is and open the door to the outside world. The rat will zoom out as fast as it can. It worked for us. For some reason we happened to have a small pile of pieces of wood that were about 2ft x 3ft and I used them. It was gone in a trice.


Having said that, it had been in the dining room overnight after Devil Cat brought it in and thought OH and he could play with it. DC didn't want to play with it on his own and OH doesn't 'do' rats.

dancemum

Hope Ratty is caught soon x

Ds2 has managed 2 chicken dippers so is on the mend, hopefully.
I have walked to the weigh bridge, I have put on 3lbs in 9.5days. I'm in awe of Ionafan, well done.

I may have to get my knitting out to get my diet back on track. We go away in less than 2 weeks and I'm off to a reunion beginning of October so need to get it under control.

Kitchen tidied and ground floor henried. We have lots of seeds (birch?)blown in through the windows today.

Fmess

All jobs done today except mowing the lawn and finishing painting the kitchen.

The only time we had live mice in our house was when the cat found a nest of them and brought them in one by one, before hunting them in the house! Aren't pets fantastic