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Tag Archives: Cleaning up the house
Clean House
Well most of it is clean. Usually I clean the house over the weekend. It hadn’t been cleaned since we went on holiday which was 13 days ago. The Capetonians will know how the wind has been howling over the … Continue reading
Working & Cleaning
Today I worked some and I cleaned some. The cleaning was mainly the big toys that came out of the roof. They got mopped down (with tank water) and stored in the guest room where Stacey and Adrian will stay … Continue reading
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Team Work
I don’t know if I will be able to get out of bed tomorrow morning! Today I worked both paid work and house/garden work. I started by doing some paid work and then I got stuck into sweeping the patio. The … Continue reading
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“I Don’t Want To Do This Any More!!”
12-32pm Project House continues. The glass has been put back in all the cottage pane windows downstairs. Those are the windows that I cleaned. Our bedroom doors (upstairs) open onto a balcony – and they also need to be done. “How hard … Continue reading
The Power of a Cappuccino on a Dull Monday Morning!
11-59pm Maybe my motive wasn’t entirely pure, but I have to say it was partially good. Today, Leonard and his handlanger arrived at my house to sort out the woodwork of the front windows. I promise you, just the fact … Continue reading
More van Niekerk Dirt…
1-42pm Looking back, it seems a decade on air resulted in a decade of house neglect! In hindsight, I seemed to be on a hamster wheel, like a machine, just going and going and going and certainly not stopping to … Continue reading