A clean sweep for Christmas

SCHOOL holidays are well and truly upon us. As is the fun and stress they bring with them.

On day one of the holidays, the very first thing I woke up to was an extremely apologetic eight-year-old and a massive blob of green, gooey/putty-like substance that she had somehow adhered to the carpet.

It was not even in a spot that could be covered with a mat or a piece of furniture.

Lucky for my daughter I have a friend who owns a cleaning business. I borrowed some super-strong cleaning products and the putty was removed... so too was the once-in-a blue-moon, overpriced, pre-Christmas manicure I had shouted myself the day before.

Next it was the cat's turn. Last week she brought a mouse inside especially to show me.

She then hid under my daughter's bed with it when I freaked out at her for bringing it into the house.

Ironically it was the night before Christmas. Evidently there was a creature stirring and Audrey had found it.

She eventually ran out of the room, leaving the mouse behind.

How the cat actually made it into the bedroom without breaking her furry neck in the first place is beyond me. The room is so full of junk that you can hardly move in there.

When I attempted to remove the body, I discovered that under her bed was even worse. There was so much stuff jammed under there, I lost it,

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A clean sweep for Christmas