The Battle has Begun

Since September Ducky has had a cough. A shake the house, wake the neighbors kind of cough. And he can do it in his sleep without waking up. I wake up. And then can't go to sleep again.

So just before Christmas, he went to the allergist. And found out that he has a rather severe allergy to dust mites. Ewww. Not something I care to think about. And while I don't claim to have the cleanest house, it is not bad either. So we have started a war against the dust mite. There are no plans for eradication, annihilation or elimination. We know that that would be hopeless. Instead we are opting for a noticeable reduction in their numbers. We have washed bedding and curtains, wiped down blinds and chairs, dusted moldings and furniture.


But the thing that is going to win the war? Alice, the Roomba vacuum. She is fabulous. She goes under the bed and the dresser. She gets in the nooks and crannies. She covers the whole floor about seven times. And I am always amazed at what she picks up. We are running her daily in our bedroom. And it is working.

We are attacking other parts of the house too. I have also vacuumed the chairs and couches downstairs. But you spend so much time in bed, that the bedroom is the front line in the war. And Alice is the general.