Flea Prep

I spent the day cleaning... and cleaning... and cleaning... ad nauseam! I'm getting ready for the flea treatment guy who is coming first thing tomorrow morning.

Our pets are on flea preventative meds and they don't go out of our yard, so we should not have flea problems. But they've been scratching, then I had some bites on my lower leg and ankle, then I actually saw a flea... and a second one just today. Good thing the flea man is on the way!

It's amazing what you need to do to get ready for the treatment. Strip all beds, wash all bedding (ours and the pets'), get everything up off the floor, vacuum, mop, clean and polish furniture, vacuum again - it just goes on and on. I've been at it all day! And that's not the end of it. In ten days we do it all again.

I like to clean, but moving all sorts of heavy furniture and vacuuming twice was a bit much. But there were some real highlights to my day. Daughter Crystal called and we talked for a good, long while. Then I had an online chat with daughter Athena (via gmail chat) and Richard and I had a delightful evening together visiting, building a puzzle, playing games online... in between my cleaning and making a delicious dinner, if I do say so myself. 

I made something up, like I often do, but I don't remember all the details. It had penne pasta with a sauce of cheese (we really love cheesy stuff) ground beef, celery, carrots, tomatoes, onions, garlic (of course! I am almost as big a fan of garlic as Emeril) tomato sauce and spices to taste.

So, this has been another day God has made and I am glad and rejoicing in it big time! Hope yours was even better than this.