Guess what I've got!

I got a new vacuum! What a dopey thing to get excited about... but this one's pretty good, it sucks like mad, my carpets havent looked this good for a while! I got a FREE steam cleaning thingy with it, I guess I know why it was free now, it just doesnt seem all that much to write home about, oh well, what do you expect for nothing?!

The past couple of days, I have continued my Autumnal spring-clean. It's all helping... but it's such a slow process! And boring, I hate housework! At least I can reward myself with some scrapping... :)

Wow, my life is so exciting!

oo-roo for now

Angelrat.

A funny ol' day!

I had an unexpected windfall today... sort of....

My good buddies at Hertz (from whom I hired a car when we went away) took a bond and deposit when I set out, and when I returned the car, they said, the bond will be returned to me, but it'll take up to 10 days as "St George are the worst" at processing that sort of thing... Pooey, I said to myself.

Over the weekend I had time to mull over this, and figured, really it shouldnt take more than TWO business days, one for Hertz to notify St George's pooter, and another for St George to process it. So today I rang the bank, and they said, no, Hertz just had to fax them and they'd process it within an HOUR!!!! So then I rang Hertz and they said, OK, we'll do that (it was a different person to the one I spoke to Friday), and lo and behold, about an hour and a half later I had money in my account.

The very weird thing is they returned the bond AND deposit - they were meant to withhold the deposit to pay for the car hire. I was tempted to take the money and spend it all on scrapping supplies, but I have a strong feeling they'll realise QUITE SOON what they've done! Ah well, it's made round to GO round!

Apart from that bit of excitement, my day has been quite tranquil. I scrapped! It was nice. And my hands thanked me for not dunking them in and out of water all day!

Cheerio for now

Angelrat

Operation Clean-Up continues

Aaaaagh... I hate cleaning! Hate! Today I tidied Stephanie's room - it has a carpety floor! Then I washed cupboards and did the outside of the oven - more of a challenge than it might at first seem as it doesnt shut properly, so fumes (and heat!) get out and in time, it makes a big mess. Oh, and I washed the kitchen walls and the shelves that are largely decorative, and this really annoying light cover we have that's really big and round and hits Scott in the head if he doesnt look out. And most annoyingly, I know it all looks better but no-one else here even noticed - pffft.

I'm feeling mixed emotions regarding the slate floor - it's quite satisfactory to see the grubby wash off, but it is so labour intensive, you have to physically scrub, the uneven surface means a mop just isnt as effective.

Oh dear, I'm in a bit of a grumpy state! And Scott wants to use the pooter so I better go scrap.... tough job, but someone has to do it!

Cheerio

Angelrat (whose fingerprints have just about washed off!)