Sunny.

Wow! Another day of amazing sunshine. This time though I got on with things around the house before heading for the sun lounger. 

Top of my list today was the sitting room carpet. We'd had a wine disaster at the end of the evening yesterday, red wine on a beige carpet! I first blotted up as much of the wine as I could and for this an old fashioned smoothing iron came in useful to press the kitchen paper onto the carpet. (The iron makes a handy door stop.) Then I cold water washed the area with my trusty Vax. When I left it last night I could still se the outline of the spills and sure enough in the morning they were still obvious. So then I mixed up a paste using the oxy- powder that I add to my washing when needed and rubbed it into the stains. About an hour later I washed the carpet with the Vax again this time using warm water and hey presto the stains have disappeared.

As it was a sunny day I got our bedroom curtains washed but I ran out of time to iron them. That was because a couple came round to buy an oak chest of drawers and mini version that I had put on Gumtree. Co-incidentally the chap was the guy who had dropped by the other day for a look at the outside of the place. (We'll know who to get in touch with if our sale falls through.)