We've been back from our holiday to Pensacola for nearly two weeks now and life is slowly getting back into its normal routine. It really does take a good week if not longer to get the house and yourself sorted after a holiday. Also throw in the jetlag it certainly does take its time.
I think we're back on Spanish time now, we're not sleeping great at night, but that's more to do with the cats waking us up multiple times. I think they're either checking we're still here and not leaving them again or they're telling us off for going away! 😂
I managed to work through the mountain of washing and then ironing. I did the initial clean of the house. Obviously straightening up after the fur-babies, washed the throws from the settees, hoovered, mopped, dusted.
The garden needed some attention too. So many weeds shot up over the nine days we were away, the squirrels had been busy munching on their pine cones, so lots of debris had fallen onto the patio. And the pool, well, Mark and I both collectively forgot to add extra chlorine to it before we went away and during the course of the week the water had turned very cloudy and murky with a green tinge, yuk.
Mark's worked hard on the pool since we've been back, hoovering it, netting, cleaning filters and adding a chemical for the 'green' and it's slowly coming good. The sides do need a scrub though, which we'll hopefully work on over the weekend, but we are due some stormy weather so hopefully that won't set the water back too much.
So after doing all the initial back home from holiday jobs, Mark's been back in the office this week and I've been working on the usual, house, garden, blog.
Saying that, the garden is looking OK at the moment and there's not too much to do as I did tackle the weeds at the weekend just gone. Well, there is actually always something to be doing in our garden, but it's at a stage it can be left for a few days while I concentrate on the house.
It's funny, after I've been away from the house for a week or even a few days I always see lots of cleaning things that need to be done. I'm not just talking about the regular weekly hoovering, mopping, dusting etc. I'm talking about more of the behind the scenes stuff. The doors all need a good wipe down, the kitchen cabinets need a good clean, the inside of our clothes drawers need dusting, wiping down and tidying.
I'm going to try not to overwhelm myself though and just add in one of these extra tasks a week I think. That way they will get done, but if I overload myself with too many cleaning jobs it will just stress me out and I won't get anything done. Please tell me that's not just me!
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But for now we are going to make the most of the lovely September weather. It still feels very summery here in Spain, but without the busyness of the tourists. It is such a lovely time of year.
The weekend for us looks very much our daily walks by the beach, obviously stopping for our OJ, coffee, tostada and not forgetting the massive napolitanas! if you follow me on Instagram you will know all about this weekend routine! (@byheatherdaily)
Then relaxing by the pool, hopefully going in, before it gets too chilly. Then lot's of fur-baby cuddles too.
Oh and the new Mobland is released today so hopefully we can watch that and some Criminal Minds too! You know, all relaxing TV stuff, haha 😂
Happy weekend
Heather
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