The Irony of it All

[jjjnettie]

Not happy Jan.
Being a stinker of a day I had to open all the windows to keep cool. So I'm doing a bit of a spring clean, doing a damn fine job of dusting everything and oiling all the wood work.
I had just put all the cleaning gear away when a humungous willy willy comes across the paddock opposite me, full of straw from the stables, dried horse poop and of course loads of dust.
It ran straight into my house. :mad2: Right through the open french doors, through every open window across the front. All the fly screens were wide open too.

Damn.

[Jen]

:lol::lol::lol:

sorry JJJ thats funny

Now you have something to do in the arvo clean it up all over again :rofl:

[el_draco]

snigger snigger snigger :(

Try this:
Set up temp observatory in my back yard 5 weeks ago....
Cloudy for 4 eeks and 6 days....
Brought scope inside, clear night....
Open curtains and windows to take a peak at Mars....
10 minutes later .... Cloudy....
WTF!!!

[jjjnettie]

:prey::prey:LOL if I buy you an air ticket, will you fly up and clean it for me????

[erick]

Your comments are exceedingly polite, Jeanette. I bet you said and thought worse. What a bugger!

[Jen]

:lol: Hell yeah that would be worth the flight for sure :lol:

[jjjnettie]

Well, it was a pretty cool looking willy willy Eric. More than 40mt high, judging from the trees outside, and 8mt wide maybe. But the big chunks of straw!!! I half expected to see a small cow or a wicked witch spinning around inside it.
I was at the french doors when it hit. So I copped the full brunt of it.
Awesome experience.
except for the state of the house. sigh....

[jjjnettie]

I've white rum, brown rum and a half bottle of ginger wine for drinkies before, during and after the cleaning Jen...ok.:drink::D

[Jen]

:lol::lol::lol: ok i'll bring the Ouzo then :cheers:

[jjjnettie]

Do you have that with coke?? I'll nip down the shop now for a carton, it should be cold by the time you arrive.

[spacezebra]

Hang in there JJJ.

I bring my duster over!

Cheers Petra d.

[jjjnettie]

So that's two tickets to Brissie I have to cough up for!!
I'll try to time the flights so you can both share a taxi over to my place.
What's your poison Petra??

[pgc hunter]

Proof that cleaning is pointless, coz it's all just gonna be back to square one the next day, or in this particular case, the next second :P

[Ric]

I know how you must feel JJJ, we had the same experience when those dust storms blew over a few months back.

We had just finished spring cleaning inside and out then everything turned red including the cat. :lol:

[jjjnettie]

Red dust is worse though isn't it.
It stains and gets into every nook and cranny.

[Ric]

We are still finding bits that we missed even now.

[trent_julie]

We feel sorry for you..................after a big laugh

[jjjnettie]

Working bee at my place!!

[erick]

Did you wash the cat, Ric! :lol:

[JimmyH155]

Dont worry about it, JJJ . I just looked on the Radar just now (4pm Thurs) and you are going to be ZAPPED tonight with a storm. :eyepop:That should wash away the dust:D:D
Have the party afterwards:):)

[Ric]

:scared: I've been down that path only once Eric, never again I say.:tasdevil:

That is unless someone knows where to purchase Rhinoceros hide gauntlets. :rofl::rofl:

Cheers

[multiweb]

:lol: It's terrible jjj but very funny. Sorry ;)

[GrahamL]

Husband / offspring need to share the joy of cleaning IMO.

Do yours pitch in .. Mine don't (offspring that is ):(.

[jjjnettie]

Ummm, no husbands here any more and the kids are with him this week.

[Liz]

Hows it going jjj? Cleaned up a bit now? I'II come down and join the girls for a clean up and drinks!! Champers for me ;)

[jjjnettie]

No probs Liz.
It's in the ice bucket waiting for you.

[Liz]

Just got home from work, and about to open a champers ... will think of you armed with the mop and vacuum ;);)

[Jen]

;) yep sure do JJJ yum :thumbsup::thumbsup:

hey what an interesting nite that would be you, Petra, Liz and me together :rofl::rofl: if i was the men in here i would run for the hills if us four got together :rofl::rofl::rofl:

:party::party::party::party:
:evil2:

[jjjnettie]

Nooo, don't chase them away, we need the fellas to fetch and carry and serve us drinks!!

[Jen]

:lol::lol::lol:

[spacezebra]

No, more than happy to fund the flight up - make mine a brandy and coke please!



CHeers Petra d.

[Waxing_Gibbous]

JJJ:
Through bitter experience I've concluded that dusting & sweeping, in the traditional sense, is just a waste of time.
Now I open the windows in the dust-affected area, give the flat surfaces a once-over and then blow the lot out into space with an electric lawn blower.
Quick vacuum of any detritus and, bang, you're done!
Lawn equipment is highly under-rated for houskeeping IMO. :D

[jjjnettie]

Oh Peter, I agree with you completely with that.
I kept my doors and windows open after the earlier farce, and most of the dust was blow away by semi gale force winds later in the day.
A quick wipe and vacuum today will finish it off.
Another garden implement that has seen use in my house is a plastic garden rake and shovel.
It takes only seconds to rake up all the lego, cars, pencils, books etc that the kids have left scattered all over the lounge room floor. Rake it up and shovel it into the toy box.

[JimmyH155]

Not wanting to cry wolf for the second day, JJJ but the Radar shows a HUMUNGOUS blob of cloud heading your way. And its got red bits in it (hail??AAAGGGGHHHH) :DMore dust????

[jjjnettie]

yes, I'm surrounded by storms atm. A huge one is about to hit. Pretty speccy looking too.
The clouds are greenish and the wind is cold. Might be hail.