jlo Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Having read all the posts on the great toilet roll debate and felt myself to be a wholly inadequate "housewife" I now have further evidence that I am a complete slovern (Is that a word - it sounds right but I am not sure!) I have just moved the sofa in preparation for a new window being fitted and found about a dozen party poppers under there from New Year's Eve Hmmm - don't think I had better be inviting Kim and Aggie round any time soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 You make me feel so much better. Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Don't worry!! I daren't move the sofas in case I disturb the family of dust bunnies living under there . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I seldom move sofas....unless I can't find a biro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Me either, unless I need car park change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I'm frantically running around picking stuff up off the floor and putting it away before the cleaner comes. Imagine if I didn't have a cleaner - nothing would ever get picked up or cleaned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 I'm frantically running around picking stuff up off the floor and putting it away before the cleaner comes. Imagine if I didn't have a cleaner - nothing would ever get picked up or cleaned! I don't dare have a cleaner - it would just be far too embarrassing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I'm frantically running around picking stuff up off the floor and putting it away before the cleaner comes. Imagine if I didn't have a cleaner - nothing would ever get picked up or cleaned! I don't dare have a cleaner - it would just be far too embarrassing! You haven't seen my house...... ! Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 With two cats and a dog, there are plenty of fluff balls under my sofas.. I daren't move the chairs without a mask on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I have a big corner sofa that I can't possibly move on my own so it doesn't go anywhere I dread to think what's under there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 under my sofas I seem to accumulate the dogs toys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenR Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 i thought that was what sofas were for, hiding things under. our cats seem to think so anyway, I didn't even know we had that many cat toys lol. Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I did move all our furniture at the weekend as we were having all the family here and last time they were all here we decided to add more chairs and everyone moved the furniture to make room for them............ ....I blame it all on Jazz.....I never used to have that many dust bunnies (and dog toys) lurking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I think it is the party poppers at fault here - they have a habit of moving into areas previously cleaned. If we had a cleaner, I would take at least 3 days to clean the house from top to bottom beforehand! Yonks ago a friend and I teamed up - one week we'd clean her house and the next would be mine. As she had only a very small cottage I felt rather guilty and we decided to leave upstairs of mine. Guess where all the junk was hastily thrown?! Just before MIL arrives I always hoover under all the seats of the chairs and sofa - and inside too. She has a habit of dipping her hand down the sides to find any cash that may have fallen out of trousers - fat chance here anyway. Very embarassing as she used to find sweet wrappers, nuts and assorted goo, fluff, crumbs and hair bands - yuk! Of course the extra bonus was when the offending mess stuck to her hands - harrrr! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 We have a large leather corner suite which we have had for 3 years during this time it has been moved once from one side of the room to the other. I dread to think how many dead woodlice there are under it, because whenever you move anything in this house you find a layer of the stupis creatures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girlsmum Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 A few years ago we had a lounge diner and were having doors installed between the two. The joiner turns up with his tools and i move the sofa out of his way so he can start work. Guess what was lurking under the sofa? A mushroom (white button) WHY? Girlsmum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 lolololol do you have cats/dogs?? they do tend to steal things..lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girlsmum Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 didnt have cats or dogs so no excuse apart from being a bad housekeeper Girlsmum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Could have been worse, it could have been growing there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girlsmum Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Oh my God it was embarassing enough. Dont think im that slutty (yet) Girlsmum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenanne Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Ah yes, you see, but I have asthma. It's well known that children brought up in over-clean houses get more allergies, and asthma. And therefore it follows logically that adults living in, erm, under-cleaned houses will have their asthma cured. So my house might be a little - how shall I put it delicately - filthy, but it's necessary for medical reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy chickens! Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 And everyone knows that it is impossible to get rid of all the needles off a Christmas tree, which is why you still find them months later....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purple hen Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 "An immaculate house is a sign of a wasted life." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 And everyone knows that it is impossible to get rid of all the needles off a Christmas tree, which is why you still find them months later....... Yep - still got those too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydia Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 The reason we've ended up with 18 stickinsects was precisely because of non-hoovering behind furniture. The little blighters have a habit of kicking their (pin head sized) eggs out of the sides of their cage and, when they lived in the lounge, the eggs ended up on to the carpet beneath. Next thing you know you're watching telly and a baby stickinsect wanders into view......then you glance up the curtains and find 8 more! The sticks now live in the kitchen where I can see their eggs on the granite surface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
