There and Back Again: Week 68: Another Day Another Dollar

Elder Cullen and I took TWO truck loads of leaves to the burn pile JUST from under the hedges. The winter winds compact them there. We were very surprised.

Even after all our raking under the hedges there are STILL a lot of leaves jammed in the tangled branches deep inside. As I was raking out into the open, I raked out a dollar!! We got such a laugh over that. Maybe there was more? It didn't look too weathered. How and when did it get there?

We accepted it as a gift from God for our efforts. Small and simple and gave us a laugh. I'll take it. I'd take that dollar over the adventure I had cleaning a living room this week. I looked up and saw this...

This was a vent I had started cleaning a YEAR ago and reported when I discovered that stuff was mold. They had a specialist come out who determined it wasn't "black" mold and supposedly they cleaned the vent. After a year out here, I can tell you people out here including the professionals are rather lax. It's gotten me into some controversial situations as I push back hard when stuff like this isn't taken seriously. When I mean seriously, I mean DO something about it, not just say how serious it is and make everyone go out.

That vent looked like how I had left it a year ago when they ordered us all out of the house until it was taken care of. I unscrewed it from it's bracket and brought it down...OH MY.

I was wearing an N95 and gloves this time. I inspected the vent too.

Luckily the "not black mold" black mold was only on the frame and not up into the vent. This is a living room mind you. Where is the moisture coming from?

We deep cleaned and soaked in bleach. That is the only way to REALLY clean something, anything. DECLUTTER (take all visible stuff off), WASH (with warm water and soap), SANITIZE (with bleach), AIR DRY or wipe with clean paper towels changing them out often so as not to recontaminate.

Pick anything that needs to be cleaned...a dish....scrape off all visable food (look between the tines of a fork, or the edges around a pan or it's handle), it looks clean, but it's not. Then wash with hot water and soap. It looks clean but it's not. Sanitize with a super hot water rinse and a tad of bleach and let air dry.

If you leave even a speck of mold it will GROW back. It makes me think of the scripture, "NO Unclean thing can enter into heaven". By small and simple things GREAT things are brought about. This tree was a seed...now it's wrecking the shed...small and simple left to itself is now bringing down the roof!

Is that why? If you have even a speck of loving sin...just a little...it will grow? Thank Heaven for the sanitizing effects of the Atonement! We had the fun of a bunch of us going to see the movie "Solo Mio" at a local theatre. Word spread and a ton of us showed up.

Silly but true. So fun to be in a theater full of your friends.

At my dietician appoint I saw this sign on the bookshelf. I thought it MOST appropriate. Last week I weighed in and was 5 pounds less than I was at New Years....at least it's the right direction. I'm not looking back.

during our walk today I decided to bring the kangaroo and a picker stick. Elder Cullen brought his trash picker too. This is how much trash we brought back!!! WOW. I was figuring on half that. We even found a used, tightly wrapped baby diaper on the road...wah! OK so that's all for this week. We hope you are all well. We love you. Help the world to be a cleaner place.