I knocked back an additional Benadryl on top of what I usually take in a day and the swelling is going down.

Without benadryl and ibuprofen, I'd be a whimpering, sneezing lump.

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My grandmother had one thing right: put iodine on bug bites. Disinfects, stop the itch, keeps from forming a scar.

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Weekend!

Definitely no energy for synagogue tonight. Maybe tomorrow.

I stopped at the health food store on my way home, but I got there 20 minutes after it closed. The people were still there, though, and the owner told me that if I knew what I wanted, I could come in and buy it. I had two things I knew I needed to buy, and I'd planned on browsing and getting some other stuff, but I just went in and got the two things, and thanked her for letting me come in after it was closed.

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I know that I don't really know what I'm doing when it comes to cleaning a house. When I was growing up, we had housecleaners who came once a week or once every other week, and they were usually there when I was at school, so I really didn't know the actual details of what they did. My old apartment pretty much reflected that -- I hired people to clean when I moved out, and they charged extra because it was so dirty. I know to clean up food stuff, but dust and dirt just accumulate, and I don't really know what to do about it. So, like the good geek I am, I looked on amazon and bought a book about "The Art & Science of Keeping House." It's a huge book with tiny print that seems to tell how to take care of everything. I just read the section on vacuuming. She says that the best thing is to vacuum every day, but if that's not possible, then at least vacuum the whole house once a week, and on in-between days, vacuum one or two rooms, so that each room will get done two or three times a week. Do people actually do this?

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Do people actually do this?

Hells no.

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Do people actually do this?

Maybe if they're taking a lot of speed?

In a good month, I vacuum every other weekend. With my allergies, I really should be dusting at least once a week too, but I hate dusting with a white hot burning passion, so instead I just sneeze a lot.

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I find my hardwood floors need swiffering and cleaning pretty frequently- I basically do it when it seems too dirty for me to be comfortable. Here, it's fairly frequently. I just sort of do it in spurts when the mood hits me. Not in any organized fashion.

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Hil, try flylady.net for more twee but less craxy house cleaning advice.

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Do people actually do this?

Not if you have a full time job and are tired when you get home. But then again, my tolernce level for mess is rather high.

Um. Yeah, I'm not much when it comes to house cleaning. I've been in my apartment now almost 3 months, I vacuumed once (for my mom's visit last weekend). My apartment in Dallas, in the 2 years there, I vacuumed about 3 or 4 times. Not to say I am the model to follow, but, giving you additional data to create the mental chart of what is average.

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My mother did. She did not pass this gene on to me.

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