Day 87 - Unbelievable!

Clever Bird is beginning to wonder whether Baggy might have a touch of S.A.D. Today was a very grey, manky, drizzly day in little old Suffolk and Baggy felt as though she had the weight of the world on her shoulders. Very low. Very teary. For no apparent reason. So, in her new positive frame of mind, rather than curling up in a little ball, she dragged Furry Mama out. Minty Mutt insisted on the wetland walk. He also insisted on his usual refreshment break in the stream. This is why The Domestic Goddess gets so cross with Furry Mama. The state of the mutt. Unbelievable.

 

 



But it keeps the lad happy, so Furry Mama lets him do his thing. Best not to think too much about how the house ends up when Mint gets home. Baggy still felt low. Even after the walk. So The Goddess rustled up some lunch and a cup of tea. Nope. That didn't work either. Clever Bird took Baggy in hand. No moping. Keep busy. Get The Goddess to carry on with reclaiming Baggy's little house from the junk. Good plan.

So as it is not possible at the moment to reclaim the spare bedroom. Largely because the old mattress is propped on its end in there. She decided to have a go at the sitting room. This meant starting with the filing of paperwork. Five hours later!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes. Good question bloggees. "How is it possible to take five hours to do some filing?" Very easily if your name is Baggy. It took Freda Fretter a good half-an-hour and two cups of tea to persuade Baggy to throw away her bank statements. Clever Bird knows that it's a good thing to keep bank statements. But let's put it this way, "Is it strictly necessary to keep every bank statement and credit card statement?" Probably not. So eventually Baggy agreed to rip a lot of them up. Now Baggy only has twelve years worth. What? What's wrong with that? She ripped up all the ones from the eighties and nineties and started on the naughties, but then panicked and gave up at 2003. It was a good compromise! Being a human shredder didn't do Baggy's arm a lot of good though.

Problem two. The Goddess clearly last did her filing over two years ago if the dates on things are anything to go by. Unbelievable. Where on earth does the time go? More recent "filing" has been shoved in a cupboard. Shoved on one antique chair. Shoved on another antique chair. Shoved on the dining table. Hence five hours. Actually, it's still not quite done. But three whole bin liner bags were filled with ex-filing! Baggy can now see the two chairs that previously had a foot or two of filing on each of them. Result. Well done Goddess.

 

Now Clever Bird just needs to keep on top of it. No more "filing" on chairs. The good thing though, is that Baggy felt heaps better afterwards. It definitely feels good not being surrounded by so much clutter. The new start continues apace..........