"What You Need Is....."

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today didn't seem like a Monday, partly because with it being half term, there was not the usual hubbub of kiddies and parents walking past our house on their way to school, and partly because I wasn't setting off to see my Monday Recycled Teenager as usual.

I felt quite sad about this second week of not seeing her at home.

I intend visiting tomorrow, I would have gone to hospital today but knew others from church were going, so wanted to spread the visitors for her.

 

After my usual visit to the supermarket, I wanted to do something to take my mind off feeling a little sad at this change in my routine, housework wasn't going to cut it, so I tackled a job Teen One has been plodding on with....trying to get the duck tape residue off her car.

The L plates always flew off, so we taped them on, but boy oh boy has it been hard to get off.

Googling suggested all sorts of ideas, including fighting fire with fire...use a piece of duck tape and the residue will want to adhere to that rather than the car....nope that didnt work.

Then there was the baking soda and vinegar solution....lovely volcanic display but not budging an inch of that sticky residue.

So Teen One has been using neat washing up liquid, as recommended by Hubby, well little by little it has been making inroads...but so painfully slow.

Hubby also recommended hot water, that helped a little.

 

Today I went out armed with a kettle of hot water, a plastic pan scraper, washing up liquid, lime scale remover, Bar Keeper polish, furniture polish...basically everything I had in the cupboard!

You know what worked best?

Hot water and elbow grease!

I did use the plastic scraper to criss cross over the sticky mess, in a bid to break up the glue a bit, and that seemed to help.

 

The picture shows the final strip left, hopefully you cant see its mirror image a few inches higher up.

As I was rubbing away a postie walked passed.....he backed up and said
"What you want love is WD40!"

A few minutes later a pizza leaflet guy walked past

"T Cut" is all he said, looking back with a cheeky smile.

Five minutes later another leaflet lady walked by

"My boyfriend borrows my nail varnish remover to get the stickers off his bike"

She helpfully said as she popped leaflets in  a nearby house.

Aren't people helpful!

 

Having almost got rid of the top mark, I decided to finish off that section, then tomorrow Teen One can have a go at their suggestions....I'll get back to you on the results!

 

 

I had received an email from my late neighbour's son asking for help.

He is deaf and cant hear on the phone, and has been experiencing some issues with his insurance company over his change of address and also a no fault claim.

He asked if I would call them for him as every time he wrote to them, saying he cant hear on the phone and could they reply by post or email, they send him a letter saying there is an issue with his policy and can he ring their customer care line!

It didn't take long to get the problem sorted, but it is looking like he will be changing insurance companies as Churchill have told him they are a call based company only.

Whilst there he gave me a bag of pears from his uncle's tree...

 

 

...and a bag of faller apples.

 

 

This afternoon  I took the Teens to a local trampoline park, meeting up with a friend and her son.

 

 

It does look fun, but I am never tempted to try it out myself!

 

 

And to end the day, its got to be another bunny piccie....am quite sure you are bored silly with seeing these two, but the novelty hasn't worn off for us yet!