A Tiny Piece Of Lego And A Big Clean Up

The sun has been lovely lately.
Bright clear days to get the washing dry, and just enough warmth to thaw my toes in the morning!
I got myself some sunflowers the other day, to bring the sunshine inside.

They’ve been lighting up the lounge room for a fair few days, but have been decorously wilting lately.

Still beautiful!

As the sunroom has been warm, but not baking, I’ve been using it a bit more.
I sat amidst the bookcases yesterday afternoon, enjoying poetry and music. Thought I’d do it again today…

Well, it started out OK.
I have some Lego sets the boys bought me, but I hadn’t put them together yet. How long could it take?
The one today was part of a Doctor Who set. The (twelfth) doctor, and the TARDIS is done – just K9 to go.
Those pieces are so tiny!
…and my hands are getting older.

Yes, I dropped a tiny, tiny piece.
A tiny, tiny piece that is also a specialist piece (it attaches the head somehow).
I heard it bounce away, but I can’t tell which direction sound is coming from.
A cursory look at the immediate surroundings didn’t help, so I pulled a few bits of furniture out.
Nothing.

I had noticed yesterday that the sunroom needed a good dust.
How long could that take?

I dusted the tops and shelves, including all the little bits and pieces on the shelves.
The boxes and containers all had to be moved and vaccuumed behind, as well as dusting them.
The (tiny, tiny) piece could have got caught up in the curtains?
The heavy, rubber backed curtains that I’ve been meaning to… do something with.
So, they came down, and were replaced with lovely translucent blue curtains. I still had to fold and store the old ones – the metres of heavy, huge fabric that sheds dust if you just look at it. I had remembered to put a mask on at some point, so the dust didn’t annoy me too much.
It took a while, but everything in the sunroom is sparkling now.
I already had the vaccuum out, so it made sense to do the rest of my cleaning (lounge, kitchen, bedroom, as well as dusting the surfaces in those places).
All nice and clean now 🙂
I normally do the big clean on Saturday morning, but now I can sleep in a bit tomorrow.

Today was a lot more active than my normal days, so I had Panadol and a hot water bottle, after a lovely hot shower/hair wash.
A bit sore, but feeling accomplished.

Still haven’t found that Lego piece, though.