When Sheldon took the cat food out this morning, he spotted two moose in the hayfield! We’ve never seen moose on our land before — only at a distance over by the winery — so this was pretty exciting.
After our usual slow start to the day with two cups of coffee, I decided it was time to descale the Nespresso machine. I skipped the pricey descaling packs and went old-school with 50/50 vinegar and water instead. Of course, I reused the hot vinegar water afterward — pouring it into the sinks, adding baking soda, and letting it do its bubbling magic. You know me, I can’t waste a thing.
Sheldon had a quick TeleMed check-in with his surgeon — literally under five minutes — and then moved on to trying to recoup some money for leftover roofing tiles the church still has. Meanwhile, I dove into another deep fall-cleaning project: the dryer lint filter. I found a new replacement filter online since our flap broke, but before that, I wanted to get every bit of lint out of the area. I started unscrewing the frame but hit some issues and didn’t want to strip the screws, so I called in my trusty assistant.
He managed to remove two more, only for us to discover a hidden fourth screw behind the door flap! Since we couldn’t get it off completely, I just kept vacuuming with the Dyson and crevice tool, then used a serrated bread knife to pull up more debris. There was still some sand way at the bottom, so I asked Sheldon if he had any tubing that could fit onto the crevice tool — and sure enough, he did. We hooked it up and voilà — it worked like a charm! My new favorite cleaning hack.
Around 11:30, Sheldon headed to town with the dump trailer to get two more tires replaced (it’s definitely our “year of the tires”). I stayed home and kept scrubbing — tackling the washer and dryer doors, seals, and running the Eco Drum Clean cycle. Once everything was wiped down and sparkling, I had to smile. You can’t have clean clothes without clean machines, right?
Outside, the wind was howling under thick gray skies — a perfect day to stay in and clean. Then I noticed my rubber plant had more of those little black dots. ChatGPT suggested washing the leaves with soapy water and using neem oil, so I gave the leaves a gentle bath and ordered neem oil online.
While I was there, I got back to work on finishing the white dresser tutorial — still no bites on the dresser yet, sadly. Lunch was simple: hard-boiled eggs and leftover salad. Then I jumped into another Vegas blog post until I accidentally deleted my Paris date night photos while clearing out phone space! Thankfully, K was able to resend them.
By late afternoon, I took a quick shower — no hot tub for us tonight with the wind still howling. After feeding Harley, I realized I’d better rescue my dahlias before the forecasted -1°C hit. They’ve been so beautiful, I let them die yet.
I rounded out the day writing a new Hometalk post for the MCM chest of drawers— it’s been ages since I updated that space. Sheldon was home before five with two new trailer tires, a new Ranger windshield, and Cooper in tow after hockey and a coffee catch-up. He peeled off the protective film from the new rock glass — which, by the way, cost half the price Polaris wanted for a replacement windshield — and gave it a good buff ready to install. Turns out, while I was in the shower earlier, two repair parts had arrived by courier: one for the truck and one for the quad. Looks like he’s got a few new projects lined up for the week!
After a comforting spaghetti supper, we settled in front of the big TV for Game #4 of the World Series. What a marathon it turned out to be — the second longest game in history, lasting an incredible 6 hours and 39 minutes! B was out before eight for a quick feed and to take Cooper home, just as I brought in warm apple crisp for dessert. It was a nail-biter right to the end, but disappointingly, the Dodgers hit a homer to close it out at 12:50 a.m. Crazy how evenly matched these two teams are — though it sure didn’t help that four of our best players were taken out of the game.
Excellent cleaning instructions
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