Archaeology

In this morning's vacuuming, I have learned that a recent occupant owned a long-haired dog. I also earned $0.05 and three Lego pieces for the trouble of vacuuming out the remaining intake vents. Is it typical to have a bunch of extraneous wiring running through intake vents? And, how often do people actually clean them out? Every five years?

I might go back over to the bike co-op this afternoon to continue doing some archaeological digging over there, too. We shall see.

Today I am also attempting to make injera using a mesh strainer instead of the blender step, and using extra teff and whole-wheat flour instead of white flour, because I ran out of white flour and want to completely use up the teff.

Sadly, the mesh strainer is dying. I think I bought it at an Ace Hardware store about 10 years ago. It has served me very well, but now I wonder if it's worth shopping for something higher-quality that should last longer.

Have any of you ever shopped for Turkish or Persian rugs? I'm thinking my general budget will favor something used off of eBay, but I don't know anything else about what to look for or watch out for. My goal in this department is to acquire something nice for the long-term, so I'm not in a hurry but want to start exploring the options.

Bleachfest 2015 now over.

WELL. I am relieved that's finished. Instead of going to the bike co-op or the meeting of the trails stewards, I bleached the back entry and bathroom. I had two more direct hits, in predictable places (back of storage closet and back of cupboard in the back entry). I think I'll heed the former occupant's advice to not store anything in either space. I think I'll also leave both sets of doors wide open. If I owned the place I'd be tempted to remove the doors entirely. But then again, if I owned the place the back entry would be experiencing much more extensive renovations.

Sweeping the front bedroom yielded more Lego than the furnace intake-they were trapped under some molding.

Unsurprisingly, there are also signs of previously treated mildew in the bathroom, too.

It will be nice to be able to put things in places and leave them there for at least a brief while.

Tomorrow will be the real test, when I get home. The current air quality is such that I don't smell anything while I am in the house anymore. If the sour milk smell persists, I am going to have to retain high levels of vigilance for repeated mildew outbreaks.