Hello! A thing just popped up on my phone feed about keeping rats away using cotton wool balls soaked in peppermint oil. I wonder if it works with mice. Allegedly it messes with their olfactory system which they use for navigation and they don't like it so they go elsewhere.
I do like those garages @Peridot1
Lovely to 'see' you @petalpower and best wishes to Petaldog.
Do you stay in the house with the cleaner or leave her to it @SpringingIntoSummerLobelia ? I've only ever been a cleaner and never actually had one. I am bad enough when the window cleaners come- feel very exposed with near strangers in or around the house. I'm quite friendly otherwise 😎 I was always quite astonished the amount of personal stuff and paperwork clients left about. And the one that left five pound notes poking out of unexpected places - suspect to check if I was honest but it irritated me.....aaand she's off 🤣 clutter, money traps, towering piles of stuff that fell over when I dusted around it, stuff that had nowhere to go, mountains of washing up and cluttered draining boards before I even started, playing tetris with trying to put mugs away in crammed mug cupboards and then having to pay for a mug that fell out and smashed when I opened the cupboard. And being criticised when I couldn't get the place clean enough to match their expectations. I may have flounced out of that job 🤣 Long time ago anyway but I'm scarred I tell you 👑 I can cope with grot, filth even, just not clutter. That particular client was unusual though.
So I really like the fact that you lovely lot tidy up for the cleaner 💕
I'm getting up now to have a bit of a declutter round these parts. Can't have the pot calling the kettle black 😒 I have normal levels of cutter and they still annoy me.
@WideOpenBeaches you are a 🥷 for your volunteering ❤️
How is it Friday already? @SingleThreadJoiner2 I didn't have the Wednesday feeling like you did (🫂) but I believe Monday was Blue Monday where post Christmas and bad weather blues tend to catch up with people.
@SunnyViper do you use laundry liquid or powder? I always use powder and have never had a problem with smell. Also I don't use fabric conditioner. Could be correlation not causation but I just thought I'd mention it as my mum's got a bit niffy and so did a couple of care clients' machines and they all used liquid.
The wind is blowing the rain sideways here once again, but it's mild. According to the late lamented Michael Moseley, it is very wholesome to go out in the rain and breathe in the ionised air. The mud at the stable yard is causing havoc with my knee though. Swings and roundabouts I guess!
Have a great Friday everyone 😀