Helpful Household Hint Hound

So I swear that I try to dust and vacuum regularly. Vacuuming is particularly important with Dieter the Shedmeister around. And I just did a lot of furniture dusting and kitchen cabinet cleaning. However, I seem to have overlooked a cobweb that's hanging down a goodly distance from the ceiling in the family room.

Dieter spied it the other day and was bound and determined to get it. "All I need to do is jump up on this couch and I'm pretty sure I can reach it...Oh wait, maybe I need to climb on top of your head and then I can reach it."

I admit it: I get sidetracked and have not attended to cobweb removal duties. But today Helpful Household Hint Hound again pointed out my slovenly ways. "You know, you really should be ashamed of yourself with your lax ways," Dieter nicely pointed out. "That cobweb is really distracting."

So I decided to take the hint and get the extension duster from the front hall closet. Only thing is, I wasn't quite quick enough getting through the gate.

Freedom. I see the tail-end of the dog running upstairs, where the cats usually spend the afternoon snoozing. I didn't actually see it, but I suspect there were three feline projectiles scrabbling around the room. Then Dieter comes down to see if he can steal some cat food. But wait--scattering cats is more fun. So back up the stairs he went. I believe I was calling Dieter's name a tad too stridently and in an unnecessarily high volume (I also was being ignored into the bargain), so I found his favorite squeaky toy and started squeaking it.

It worked! Down he came and back into the designated dog area. After all of that, I never did get the cobweb removed. But to quote Scarlett O'Hara: Tomorrow is another day...