*** WARNING! ***

 

Anyone living with a woman and, in particular, a woman who is on the cusp of OCD will know the warning signs when it comes to house maintenance and cleaning and take steps to remove a problem before she notices. An example I'll use today is to do with carpet cleaning and vacuuming.

I think that I do OK on the vacuuming front, giving it a go once a week. The in-built vacuum system in this house makes it easier and fun with no machine to drag around behind.This however doesn't make me want to do it any more often.

Today when walking in to the study I noticed this:

Here's a close-up:

Yes, it's a speck. A tiny bit of paper or something but a speck nevertheless. It was right in the doorway where she would have had to have noticed. This would have brought the instruction to vacuum the house tomorrow!

I removed the speck and, on inspection discovered more specks - two on the stairs, three in the lounge and several in the kitchen. I removed those on the stairs and in the lounge but left the bits on the kitchen floor. This is wooden so, when I receive my instructions on removing these a quick brush with a broom and employment of the dust pan and brush will sort that out.

Job done!