● Pay the bills and school fees.
● Collect the children’s information pack from school.
● All the appliances should be in a proper working condition.
● Change the sheets – at least once.
● Clean the house, especially the corners.
● Feed the goldfish.
● Water the plants.
● Air the house to get rid of the cigarette and cigar smoke.
● Clean the mouldy kitchen sink.
● Pick up the remnants of your meals before they congeal.
And the must not do list
● Rearrange the furniture in the house.
● Put indoor plants outside the house, they don’t need direct sunlight.
● Invite your buddies to move into the spare room.
● Put the television in the bedroom.
● Leave the laundry basket full.
● Adopt any strays as pets.
● Use bohemia crystal candle holders as ashtrays.
● Use ashtrays as table coasters.
● Leave any windows open during a ‘shamal’.