Posts from — October 2007

See Chapter one yesterday  

Thursday evening I came home took off my clothes and still only smelled the rug cleaner.  MB was pleased since we feared that we may have to tear up the rug and have it replaced. That evening while getting ready for bed, I walked by the closet and it whiffed by me again.  Not as strong as before but a single hint of the smell still lingered.  This could mean only one thing; I must take everything out of the closet floor and give it one good cleaning with some stronger cleaner/deodorizer. I went to bed without any major concerns.

The next morning, just the same hint of the smell remained and knew that I would have to wait until the weekend to have the time to give it a good scrubbing and that should do it for good.

So it seemed …..stay tuned for Chapter 3

Most of my adult life I have had a very sensitive an acute nose for identifying bad smells. When house shopping with the wife, it was easy for me to detect if the previous owner had a cat, dog or a combination of the two. This has been particularly helpful in identifying perfume and remembering the smell to describe to the department store clerk when making purchases for the wife. Last week I had to put this gift to work.

Wednesday evening I noticed a particularly bad smell coming from our master bedroom walk-in closet. MB didn’t notice because my “super” nose usually detected these things before the average human being. I raised the concern to MB since our water heater had burst a couple of months ago and we feared that the water damage may cause mold or mildew concerns in the closet area.

I immediately shifted shoes around and made an attempt to identify the source. I got a ladder and sniffed the ceiling area below the water heater and found nothing. I emptied the dirty clothes hamper in an effort to wash any wet gym clothes left from the past week. I obtained rug cleaner from the kitchen and sprayed down the walking area in an effort to deodorize the offensive culprit.

The next morning all I could smell was the rug cleaner and went to work confident that Bacchus “The Handyman” had tackled another household task.

So it seemed….stay tuned for Chapter 2

A Fraternity brother of mine has started this great site for busy people to have bible study while on-line.  I poked around the site and was very impressed.  Please stop by and give it a try.   

Bible Lesson Connection

I wish we would have heard about this prior to the summer months, but it is still very scarry……See the story below 

Rare but deadly amoeba infection hard to prevent - CNN.com