Worst job of the day!

Cleaning out my "wendy house" (garden shed). It was thick with cobwebs, dust and leaves etc. I ended up removing everything and hoovering it out. I nearly tripped over the clutter outside the shed several times and I am lucky I didn't do myself a mischief.

What really made me angry is the way OH disappears when anyone says the words " please could you just help". His faffing about doing God knows what on the computer is obviously more important than helping someone else. Sorry to rant.

I have still not finished and at 6:00pm, I just threw what was not weather proof back in. More more to do tomorrow.

DD1 has just taken on the tenancy of a house, asking for it to be unfurnished. We found tables, chairs, wardrobes etc. smashed up and hidden behind and beside the garden shed! With permission we took many trips to the waste recycling centre. When one of the staff watched me empty a bag of broken hard plastic for landfill he spotted fragments of plasterboard mixed in, whereupon I was told I had contaminated the whole bin which would have to be removed and hand sorted! I had no idea I had broken the rules, and still don't know why. Unfortunately I had to visit a few more times and endure his evil stare!

I spent the whole afternoon cleaning the inside walls of a small building that used to be a chapel and is now a prayer room. My husband has just fitted a small kitchen there and the new white units showed up all the grime that's accumulated on the surrounding woodwork. It was one of those jobs that you get half-way through and wonder why you started it and then when it's finished leaves you with a great feeling of satisfaction. We're all (our church 'family') having a cream tea there tomorrow and I'm looking forward to seeing people's faces when they see all the work that's been done.

Bathroom floor .....too much information?

Well I had quite a nice day so far ...

Putting away the food shopping?

Had to repot a large standard rose that was leaning over. As I pulled it up out of its pot, I realised the whole of the bottom was one giant ant's nest. I had to keep pulling, so ended up with ants all over my jeans and in my shoes, biting me.

My washing machine has broken down, just before the spin cycle. Drained it manually but still lots of soggy clothes to hand wring. Still not dry.

I know choccie is supposed to be toxic to dogs but our old Lab didn't when she ate half a chocolate "Easter nest" birthday cake covered in melted chocolate icing and also the mini chocolate eggs from the middle. She lay in her bed and groaned but still licked her lips! She was subsequently very sick and had the gallops for the next 3 days but other than that, we got away with it!

CHARLEY

LAL.

Nonu you took the words out of my mouth!

EM , there is a brand new invention called a Dish washer, you load all your dirty dishes in, press a switch, off it goes and then hey presto clean dishes .
Tres Magnifique !!!

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Washing up - haven't done it yet... I just hate it, that's all. Must do it now, I suppose...

Vaccing. And then writing a critique of a website prototype. All done now thankfully.

Breaking up a fence panel that came down during the February gales and carting it down the garden to the car to go to the tip.

Done all the washing and dried outside!
Started prostitutes sauce for tonight's Sphaggetti !
Had Palma ham and melon yesterday
Am I turning into an Italian?
No! I'm having eggless spinach and feta pie tomorrow and that's Greek
Shoulder of lamb on Sunday which will last me for the next three weeks it's so big!

Worst job of the day? VAT re-claim for Parish Council. Worse than incontinent bunnies for someone with my natural gift for accountancy.
But just finished, hurrah!

Chocolate contains theobromine which is toxic to dogs in large enough quantities. Dark chocolate is the worst. The toxic dose is dependent on the weight of the dog, but a guide is a kilo of milk chocolate per 30 kilos of dog. No amount of chocolate is 'safe' as all dogs will react differently, so should never be given. My mutt ate only a tiny amount, but when I was vet nursing I saw quite a few dogs poisoned by chocolate, one of which died before we could help it. Not worth the risk.

Unloading the weeks shopping and putting it away. Boring chore.

I have often wondered about that rosesarered My nan used to give chocolate to her JR he lived to 13 yrs although he was shaped like a barrel on legs

Not all dogs are affected roses the trouble is you don't 'know' that until they have eaten the chocolate. We had a demented but adorable red setter/golden retriever cross and one Easter he found the children's stash of eggs whilst we were all asleep. Come Easter morning all that was left was a trail of silver paper. Fortunately he suffered no ill effects whatsoever.

Worst job for me, cleaning the kitchen which has been allowed to fester whilst OH was decorating . ah well, done now.

Is chocolate really toxic to dogs? My Mother [years and years ago] always used to give pieces of her chocolate bar to our dog [who loved it], this was about twice a week, and he lived to be quite old.It was never stated by any vet [back then] that dogs should never eat any chocolate.

Feeding charcoal 'slurry' to my idiotic Springer through a cow size syringe, after she found and ate two small chocolate eggs my equally idiotic lovely daughter hid in the garden for the GC to find. Without telling me. Even though she knows chocolate is toxic to dogs.

petallus

Poo bag duty in the garden! Love the dog, wish I had someone else who would do it occasionally.

Ironing!! can't abide it ............