Stirring up dust

We had a family lunch at my mother-in-law’s house yesterday. BIL #2, who lives at the house with his wife, brought home a new desktop computer on Friday but hasn’t set it up because he doesn’t have a desk or table for it. So the Scientist offered an old metal one at our house to use and he is going to come to pick it up today. The difficulty of this offer was that the desk was pretty much buried under all sorts of stuff that had been stored in the same area. The Scientist has spent the last couple hours unearthing forgotten items, much of it junk. But he did get it cleared out and the desk has been removed. Now he’s in the process of putting it all back. Actually, much of it has been transferred to our recycle bin, and some has been thrown out. So the volume is considerably smaller. It should look a lot tidier once he is complete. I had to leave due to the massive amount of dust floating around.

It also transpired while I was outside with Lego Lover (self-imposed exile to avoid stress) at lunch that we were giving BIL #1 an old computer and that he would be arriving to pick it up in the afternoon. I was completely unaware of this so was totally confused when we received a phone call from BIL #1’s wife that he wasn’t feeling well and she would come to pick up the computer. I claimed ignorance of all and handed the phone to the Scientist. I had a mad rush to tidy things up before they arrived. Had I known ahead of time, I would have been prepared. It was a bit more involved than just a pick up because the Scientist was taking parts from their old computer, which wasn’t working properly, and moving them to the new case then making sure it all worked together. We also were able to rehome an old monitor, speakers and a printer, which frees up quite a bit of space in the house.

More digging was required this morning because Lego Lover was desperately searching for a particular piece to an old Bionicle toy. I was fortunate to choose the correct box and it wasn’t long before the missing piece was located. It was later discovered that more pieces are missing but I am leaving that for Lego Lover to find. So far he has found yet another stash of his old battery “collection”. We are in the process of sorting and clearing items from that room but I haven’t quite managed to remove them from the house as yet. I’m hoping to make a bit of headway into clearing it out this week while we are on holidays.