It's the last straw!

grannylin use the old fashioned test put a saucer with a lighted candle filled with water and leave on the floor, if there are a few they will all jump for the lighted candle then drown it may have been just the advance party. If you have a problem break open the gin tonight get drunk then tomorrow head down to the shops and have a quick go over the edges of your carpets with some fleas treatment.

It's s*d's law, isn't it?

I visited my Mum yesterday who, on being shown my vast number of gnat bites, said in a very loud voice, heard by everyone in her Home, 'Are you sure it's not fleas?'

jeni

Well I'm to NEC soon!i have a REALLY BAD week ahead! So I'd better try and get some sleep? thanks for your support today! It really helped to you all![ crescent moon]

GNHQ where's my crescent moon please?

How did BED Come out as NEC?

Night night jeni at least when you get back from work you will have hot water.

I hope!

Never heard of the candle one glass only the wet soap in the bed!Have a horrible suspicion what the result might be. DD1 has been home for the weekend and I caught her with the dog on the bed in the morning(not allowed upstairs).Was very annoyed as the dog often sleeps with the cat .She whined "But he loves me"....and she's 33!

Night jeni

Goodnight jeni Thanks for your advice

Night all!

Talking of fleas - yesterday when DS1 and family, and I, got back to Sandhurst, the house was full of fleas, though the cats appeared to be clear, and 'bombs' had to be bought and set off, meaning that I had to sit in the garden in the sun for two hours before I could get into the house. What a hardship! By bedtime the house was declared a flea-free zone. Luckily insects don't like me.

How awful! Where did they come from?

Two big soft cats!

My Mum was never well. Place never really tidy, with five kids around too. Dad said to intending visitors. " you're very welcome, but take us as you find us!"
I like a "lived in" feel, as long as it's clean!!

May I put in a word for we tidy folk? I don't mind what state a house is in when I visit - I keep my obsessive tendencies for my own home. In spite of this, my daughter always said she was tense before my visits, no matter how often I told her I didn't care if they hadn't cleaned up. (She doesn't do any housework because of her large hernia, so it is down to three adult chidren living at home). What matters to me is the warmth of my welcome and I am never disappointed in the houses where I most often stay (although I should add that two of them are always immaculate). It is easy for me to keep my tiny flat tidy, living alone with no pets, so I am never judgemental about anybody else's house.

Good for you Greatnan.
You would be welcome here. However my lovely Missus is very reserved when meeting folks ,especially for the first time!
Gramps.

I suppose I would notice if a house I was invited to was in an appallingly filthy condition to the point of being a health risk, but generally speaking, I take little or no notice of the degree of cleanliness and tidiness. I go to see my friends or family, not to check the quality of their housekeeping. Does anyone actually ever have guests who inspect their homes?

When my MIL used to visit I would feel she was checking the skirtings etc, and her DD is worse I think. She would never mention anything but you would feel she was just casting her eye over things, she was obsessive about housework, every day her house was spring cleaned from top to bottom. Not that it changed my attitude to housework.

It gets done when it needs done unless I am in a strop or worried over something and I can clean for England (but cant say it happens very often).

When I go into other peoples houses its the last thing I would think of doing, and I am the most unobservant person so unless I tripped over the mess I wouldn't see it.

In that case you are all more than welcome to mine,to date we have bags of returning sons clothes,CDs,books,bedding,dog,along with visiting teenagers paraphanelia clothing,hair straighteners,etc,E,'s toot and general mess our dog,and general upheaval involved in having new kitchen and new carpets laid throughout,we have mess,noise,and dust,and dogs hairs.... Please feel free to call round...

Ps I will be sitting in the car it's quieter,but equally as chaotic,with the doors locked,rocking back and forth pulling my hair out...when you arrive please bring me a cup of tea out thank you...

Think you have just earned yourself the free trial vacuum cleaner Nellie.Take care

If anyone comes to visit me to measure the thickness of the dust layer, I'd rather they stayed away.

When visiting others I only notice if there is a nasty smell in the kitchen, or if the bathroom is visibly filthy.

and x

Same hear cannot abide a dirty toilet and bathroom ....eeeerrrgghh yuk