For 2 days now Christina and I have been trying to discover the source of this noxious smell in our dining area. We had narrowed it down to right around the dining table.
The search began at ground level and worked upward. We have one cat and a 2 1/2 yr. old baby girl so the sources of olfactory assault are numerous to say the least. First I thought that the cat had gotten sick in an inconspicuous place. Nope, ruled that out. Next I checked the potato and onion/garlic wire storage bins. Nope,...not there. At this point I am starting to suspect the death of a small rodent in the junior wall that makes up our simulated 'foyer' separating the dining 'room' from 'foyer'. I sniffed around at the water in both of the flower vases on the table..No, not that either (both my partner and I have had birthdays in the past week).
I am close to this point where I don't know what, but I have got to find the source of this stench even if I can't do anything about it!! It's like an itch that I can't scratch!
Then, just in a last scrutinous nasal pass over the top of the dining room table my senses red line over the most delicate, pretty, normally unobtrusive florally accentuating greenery on the table......'Babies' Breath'. Yep... Babies' Breath. This super foul stench that I had taken as something far more physically putrid was nothing less than one of the most delicate and pretty recent additions to our environment. Who would've thought? Excited to discover the source, I could now relax knowing that the guest would only be temporary, and that I still know how to keep my house clean. Yay...... Afterwards, I realized that that was all it was about all along.
The search began at ground level and worked upward. We have one cat and a 2 1/2 yr. old baby girl so the sources of olfactory assault are numerous to say the least. First I thought that the cat had gotten sick in an inconspicuous place. Nope, ruled that out. Next I checked the potato and onion/garlic wire storage bins. Nope,...not there. At this point I am starting to suspect the death of a small rodent in the junior wall that makes up our simulated 'foyer' separating the dining 'room' from 'foyer'. I sniffed around at the water in both of the flower vases on the table..No, not that either (both my partner and I have had birthdays in the past week).
I am close to this point where I don't know what, but I have got to find the source of this stench even if I can't do anything about it!! It's like an itch that I can't scratch!
Then, just in a last scrutinous nasal pass over the top of the dining room table my senses red line over the most delicate, pretty, normally unobtrusive florally accentuating greenery on the table......'Babies' Breath'. Yep... Babies' Breath. This super foul stench that I had taken as something far more physically putrid was nothing less than one of the most delicate and pretty recent additions to our environment. Who would've thought? Excited to discover the source, I could now relax knowing that the guest would only be temporary, and that I still know how to keep my house clean. Yay...... Afterwards, I realized that that was all it was about all along.
