House in Progress Diary

Spring. It's here.

Today was a very sunny day. And more on the warm side. Which means only one thing...

IT'S TIME FOR SPRING CHORES!!!

And twice the amount of work we are usually doing. How do we know this? Because the book that my sister got us for Christmas says so.

Is she trying to tell us something? I think so.

This book is by the Carey Brothers who have a radio show called "On the House". They are the "Click and Clack" of Home Repair. (I love Car Talk and unashamedly love Public Radio.)

So, we prepped last night and got up early. It did not escape our attention that we have BECOME the line in "Old School" that Will Ferrell throws out to some college guys while turning down the drink they offer him..."Me and the missus...you know, we have a BIG DAY tomorrow...gonna go to Home Depot...buy some wallpaper...maybe some flooring...we might even go to Bed, Bath and Beyond!"

Yeah, we used to be cool hipsters. Now we are the anti-hipsters.

Okay...so we load up the dog in the Outback and head to Lowe's. That's about as anti-hipster as it gets. But it makes the DOG happy, people.

So, here's the checklist:

- Get something to deal with the Milk Paint (see later entry, maybe tomorrow...it deserves its own entry)
- Wax the bathtub
- Paint the medicine cabinet that is installed in the new bathroom.
- Roll out the grill and clean it.
- Dig out the wooden window screens and strip 'em...we'll need them soon.
- Clean the yard.
- Weekly housecleaning, laundry, grocery shopping, etcetera.

Yes, WAX the bathtub. Because when you get a bathtub refinished, you need to wax it a number of times to build up a protective coating. You can't use anything abrasive on a refinished bathtub so waxing it makes cleaning it easier...especially if you have hard water like we do.

Mr. Turtle Wax? Meet Mr. Tub.

I wax, A paints.

Aren't you all excited to see the finished bathroom? So are we, so are we. The milk paint stopped us dead in our tracks. We'll explain later.

Meanwhile, after LaundryScreenWindowsCleanGrillGroceryShopCleanHouseCleanYard, we throw a few pork chops on the grill. We feed the dog then turn her loose in the backyard. Usually, she comes back to the door pretty quickly and barks to be let in.

But not this time.

This time, she is waiting by the grill. She may not be the Einstein of the canine world. But her nose works perfectly well, thankyouverymuch.

Posted by jeanne on March 20, 2004 at 8:52 PM