CLEANING LITTLE BY LITTLE FOR A BETTER TOMORROW

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Cleaning little by little for a better tomorrow
Ashleigh
Posted: 08 February 2020 - 05:09 PM
 

Today I dusted for cobwebs and picked up some trash.

 

Replies (43)

Subclinical
Posted: 19 March 2020 - 08:25 PM
 

Kittens!

Kittens are lovely! And good company that can't make you sick.

 
Tillie
Posted: 19 March 2020 - 03:44 PM
 

🙂

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 19 March 2020 - 03:25 PM
 

Nothing brings good hope than good signs

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 19 March 2020 - 03:24 PM
 

Yeah, I just hope it's a good sign with this Coonoa Virus outbreak

 
Tillie
Posted: 19 March 2020 - 03:22 PM
 

Hi Ashleigh

YEA! for your new washing machine!!! 😀

Life goes on and babies are proof of that.
How sweet to have kittens to watch.

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 19 March 2020 - 01:38 PM
 

I got my brand new mini washing machine and washing my clothes in my new home now.

Also last night a pregnant cat that been catching mice for me barged into my home. I was too tired to deal with her so I let her stay in. I woke up this morning to find 3 baby kittens in my house. As a religious person I hope this is a good sign from god.

 
Tillie
Posted: 17 March 2020 - 03:55 PM
 

Having one or two hundred dollars in cash on hand is enough to get by with.

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 17 March 2020 - 10:01 AM
 

Back in 1929-1930 when people first found out the economy was down they rushed to the banks to withdraw as much money as they can, overwhelming the banks causing them to crash and thus crashing the economy worse than it already was at the verge of.

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 17 March 2020 - 09:58 AM
 

The last thing we need is to retrigger the Recession or Worse cause another Great Depression, especially with the virus outbreak.

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 17 March 2020 - 09:56 AM
 

My sister also made a valid point to me we need to watch how much we with draw at once otherwise we could crash the banks thus crash our economy again. We need to be careful.

 
Tillie
Posted: 16 March 2020 - 09:32 PM
 

Hi Ashleigh

That's right
We should always have a little cash set aside.
Never know what or when something might happen.
If even just the gas station or store computers are down we would need to pay with cash.

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 16 March 2020 - 05:57 PM
 

Here's a bit of tip for the coronoa virus pandemic. It's not a survival tip, but it's still useful incase you survive long enough for a vaccine to be created. Save up on as much actual cash as you can. If something happens to the power any way to access your accounts digitally will be useless. So while you still can access your accounts withdraw some money and save it, and if your town last long enough with power for your next check, do it again. Just be sure to leave enough money in your account for any bills you pay digitally just in case. Even if nothing happens to the electricity at least you still have cash in case something else comes along that might wipe out electronics like EMP or Massive Solar Storms hitting our earth

 
Tillie
Posted: 14 March 2020 - 10:49 PM
 

Hello Ashleigh

Happy to know you are not infected with the virus and everybody you know is well too. 😀

Sorry but I don't know about any online real time games.
Very good the cards are all in their box and not scattered all over.

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 14 March 2020 - 09:34 PM
 

By the way, if anyone know a good site where people can log in and challenge each other using their actual yugioh cards in a duel, please tell me. Although I don't want my cards scattered across my house, I hate not being able to use them in an actual card game.

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 14 March 2020 - 09:28 PM
 

Sorry about the long wait. It been busy week. My dad manage to spray my house once but our schedules haven't been able to meet for a second spraying. Especially since he got back to work and of course I been trying to get things clean up.

One thing I'm glad that I don't have to worry about from my old messy habits is any trading cards I have being scattered across my room/house. Thankfully I resolved that before I moved out when I got back to collecting Yugioh cards. Those cards are in a wooden box I got for Christmas one year, and although the cards are scattered in the box, better than on the floor.

Anyways, I thought I also post something to let you guys I'm doing fine despite this Coronoa Virus. Last I check no one I know been infected.

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 25 February 2020 - 07:28 PM
 

Thanks

 
Tillie
Posted: 23 February 2020 - 08:30 PM
 

The problem with cockroaches is that for every one you see there are at least 100 others still hiding in the home.
They live inside the walls and inside of everything in the place.

Keeping any food cans or garbage in the house is something they like.
They will also infest a house with no food at all but that has water, like a leaky pipe.

At this point I would say to not spend too much time trying to get rid of them.
They are impossible.
Just do whatever is necessary to get an exterminator in there.

Good luck 🙂

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 23 February 2020 - 05:31 PM
 

There are other types but i can't identify them. My indoor cat helps me kill them since she don't have mice to catch

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 23 February 2020 - 02:17 PM
 

Cockroaches

 
Subclinical
Posted: 23 February 2020 - 07:18 AM
 

Ashleigh, can I ask what kind of bug problem you have that made you have to leave your job?
No judgement here - I am fighting a rat problem. And we have had a dear member whose home was being eaten by skunks.

I just wonder if we might be able to help you work on it.

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 22 February 2020 - 10:24 PM
 

If it works, I might have a cheaper alternative for bug traps until I can get my place exterminated than buying both traps and baits.

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 22 February 2020 - 10:20 PM
 

I know I should be throwing away the empty vienna sausages cans, and I have, but I discovered insects like to hang around them, so I baited one can and put it where my cat can't get into but bugs can and see if they will use it like a roach motel

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 22 February 2020 - 10:18 PM
 

Thanks, and as for shelter for the cats outside in case it the weather is bad, there's a couple of crawl spaces including one big enough for my dad to get under if I need him to check the plumbing that the animals can go under. I try to not let too many cats visit inside unless they know how to use the litter box, and if they do I only let them in for a night to play with my indoor cat who is fixed.

 
Tillie
Posted: 20 February 2020 - 06:02 PM
 

Hi 🙂

Hanging the cat food is a good idea.
High enough and most animals can't reach it.
Plus most animals won't even notice it's hanging up there.

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 20 February 2020 - 05:15 PM
 

I also figure it might be better hanging catfood than trash incase an animal does manage to get into it

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 20 February 2020 - 05:14 PM
 

I don't know why the nail was sticking out. It might be on purpose for hanging stuff up since my house was originally a storage building, but since it was on the wall and not on the porch I saw it as a blessing

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 20 February 2020 - 05:12 PM
 

I found a nail sticking outside the wall of my house, and instead of nailing it in, I put it too use, I have cats and even dogs from my dad and step mom's place come over and the cats help keep mice from coming inside so I help feed them and buy cat food for them and the one I have inside. So I took a bag of catfood I reserve for the cats outside and put it on the nail so it's hanging outside. It's too high for the animals to reach, but I figure if by chance they do rip the bag open at least the cats still get cat food.

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 19 February 2020 - 01:06 PM
 

Thank you.

 
Tillie
Posted: 19 February 2020 - 09:28 AM
 

WAY TO GO! for scrubbing the kitchen sink! 😀

The best wat I have found to get cat hair off fabric like blankets and furniture and clothes...

Put on a pair of rubber gloves, the kind you use for general household chores.
Moisten them a little and then rub them on the article.
The cat hair gets all rolled up together into big bunches and can then be easily picked up.

My long hair cat here is starting to shed really bad now so I also need to vacuum and sweep more often.

The best way to tackle the cat hair problem is right at the source by brushing the cat often.
Still get cat hair everywhere but only half as much.

 
Ashleigh
Posted: 19 February 2020 - 12:48 AM
 

I also found my soup dispensing scrub brush I bought to help with the dishes. But before I use it, I'm going to make sure the sink isn't completely clogged with declogging liquid I also got a while back.

By the way, any advice about cleaning cat hair. It's not even spring yet, and my cat who isn't a year old until June at least decided to start shedding for the first time.

 
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