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Cool nights
Posted by doggonedmysteries
For the last few nights we’ve had cool weather. It is so very nice to turn off the AC and open the house, too bad I cannot use the whole house fan in the attic and pull the cool air through faster and more efficiently.
To use the fan, I need to get the attic cleaned of the mess left behind by the not so great of a roofer who did our roof. He, knowing what a mess removing a slate roof incurs never bothered to tell us to tarp everything or do it himself.
I cannot even walk through the attic now without running into insulation that has dropped down from the weight of slate crap on it. Or crunching across the floor…ew I hate that.
What I have to find is someone who is willing and able to clean the attic, redo insulation properly, and figure out how to ‘screen out’ critters when the fan is off. The fan is so strong it blew our window screen to ribbons.

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Procrastination or a necessity?
Posted by doggonedmysteries
I finally got around to clearing my desk of junk. Papers, magazines, old bills, and various other piles of debris landed in the recycling bin. Lo and behold, I found my desk.
Was this another delaying tactic on my part? No, in truth, the desk was in dire need of cleaning. I could’ve written my novel in the dust. The heaps of crap stuff were beginning to block my computer monitor. I can’t write if I can’t see the danged screen now can I. When all that’s left sticking out of the detritus is a keyboard, mouse, and three quarters of a monitor screen, I think it’s time to clean. I could call in Kim and Aggie and have them clean, but I don’t think my house is dirty enough to qualify.
Have you seen those houses they clean on that show? If mine looked that ghastly, I’d burn it down. I certainly wouldn’t allow those two women and a camera crew to come in and film them screeching in horror at the filth.
Does a clean and organized desk make you a better writer? I’m not certain about that yet I’ll let you know.
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