Impeller problems

Posted on February 16, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cleaning, Heating, impeller pump, Planning, Plumbing, pump, Shower, Thinking, TiredLeave a comment

I have an impeller pump in my water system because my header tank is in the bathroom extension and doesn’t create any water pressure when I have a shower etc. Last night it didn’t pump, it just hummed. Only a trickle of water came through. The pump pushes water through the cold and hot systems. It’s probably full of limescale because I live in a hard water area.

I’ve got a heating engineer coming out tomorrow. He’s been round and found out what pump he needs. So I’m basically waiting for it to be changed over, but I want a shower. Now instead I’m trying to work out if I can boil water then add cold into saucepans so I can at least wash my hair. That would be after I clear out the airing cupboard that’s full of a lot of junk. Plus the house is in a mess. Argh, I’m going to be preoccupied for a while.

Cataracts

Posted on January 12, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged blurred vision, cataracts, Cleaning, Eye, Eyesight, Looking, need treating, Thinking, Views7 Comments

Things are getting blurry

I don’t see so well

Swiftly fading views

Another frustrating change.

Take my glasses off to clean

But polishing doesn’t work

I realised it’s not the lenses

In my specs

It’s the ones in my eyes!

Bleached!

Posted on June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Accident, Annoying, Bleach, Cleaning, mould, Oops, Orange, Pattern, Splodge, ZebraLeave a comment

I decided to try and kill off some mould in the bathroom and poured neat bleach onto the grouting then used a glove to spread it over the tiles.. But I must have dripped it. My trousers now have orange splashes. And I love them! What to do? I might try and get some black paint and paint over the splodges! Argh

Leaving school

Posted on February 28, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Cleaning, College, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1862, jobs, Learning, leaving home, Memory, School, Time, waitressLeave a comment

Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to.

When I left school all those years ago I remember feeling like I was falling off a cliff. Hard to change my life.

Everything had been about learning, getting up every day, going to classes, coming home, doing homework. Trying to make the switch to ‘real life’ was a shock. I knew the times I worked would be different, but I got a couple of part time jobs cleaning and waitressing so I was not free to enjoy weekends or evenings anymore. This got worse as I went to college in the following autumn so I was trying to fit in my college work and my jobs and trying to get some work life balance.

I managed the change in my life OK after a few months but strangely it was hard to say goodbye to. I was still with my family and friends. The next year I left home. That was the real shock to my system.

Confused photos

Posted on July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Annoying, Art, Cleaning, Doodle, Life, Memory, out of order, out of time, Poem, Poetry, SketchLeave a comment

Darn! I decided to clean up my photos, and suddenly they are all mixed up! Photos from 2018 ahead of 2021!

I’ve got photos I need, I will have to edit them to push some of them forward I hope?

They are still there though.. But how irritating!

Out of order,

Out of time

Memories?

I forget where.

Three tears

For three years

Confused art

Where to start!

A little doodle

Irritating

Gallery

Get on and finish it!

Posted on March 15, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Artists block, Cleaning, Design, Frustrating, Help, Kingfisher, Life, Painting, Spring cleaningLeave a comment

This has been hidden behind envelopes and letters for weeks, artists block holding me tight in its grip. So why is it uncovered? Is there going to be a spurt in activity? No, spring cleaning, removing piles of old letters and finding things to shred or burn…. And I cleaned the cooker, cleaned the bathroom sink, did the washing up, cleaned the fridge, the sink in the kitchen, wiped the walls down and… Still didn’t paint, despite having things to do…. My bum needs a good kicking!

Vacuuming

Posted on October 28, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blocked, Cleaning, Design, Dust, Filters, Frustrating, Fun, Humour, Technology, Vacuum4 Comments

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Filters. How many? I think about five in my vacuum cleaner. All of them get blocked up. So when you come to clean them out you have to clear each one. Having long hair and cats doesn’t help. Our old cleaner was a lot more efficient and needed less maintenance. I guess the twists and turns dust has to follow through the machine, causes the blockages, like blood clots in a branching venous system. Not to mention… Hubby’s socks that get left in odd places and cause more problems! Argh!

Yawn

Posted on February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Busy, Chaos, Cleaning, Life, Sleepy, Tired, untidyLeave a comment

What a day! I’m tired out but still got things to do. I wanted to write something here tonight but have not had time. My eyes are sore from the eyedrops this morning and my eyelids are drooping. Twice my phone has slid out of my hands onto the floor.

I was planning to do a drawing of the Chinese new year, but it hasn’t happened. I’m listening to some Gershwin on the TV. Can’t remember what it’s called. Thinking about getting a decaff coffee or a gin and tonic. Not sure which.

It’s midnight and I need sleep but I have visitors in the morning and the housework has not been done because I’ve been so busy. Some of its just straightening chair covers or tidying away papers. No problem really, just a lot of little things.

Anyway now I’ve had a rest I’d better get on……

Mallaband-Brown

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