I've got that summer funk, sorta like the blues. I get it every year about this time, I am so ready for
school to start and get back to work. I am just so tired of being broke and squeezing that nickel
until the buffalo poops, getting back to work means my paycheck will be normal again. Then I can
start dreaming again and planning for the big day, its only 6 years away .
These long weekends with nothing to do drive me nuts. Started a little remodeling. Took out the
accordian style shower curtain, I always hated it, it felt confining and wouldn't stay shut anyway
and was really dinggy looking. It was put up with that double sticky tape and a few screws on the
sides. The double sticky tape of course left a film on the tub and the sides. I picked up a product
called GooGone at Walmart and it really did the trick. It comes in several different types of applications
but I chose the spray on gel. Spray it on, let it set a bit then scrape off with scraper. I used my plastic
type scraper cause I was afraid my metal one would scratch the tub. That stuff works good, we use
it at work to get the gum off the floors of the bus. Got the new shower curtain, rings, and rod and hung
that up. My bathroom now feels a little more roomie. I'm happy with it and glad I took that old thing
down.
My next project........the valances
Currently I have the kind that are boxed sort of on the top and sides with the very top piece having a
tube thingy and of course covered with the fabric that matches the sofa. I started taking those down
and have plans to redo them with something a little more simple plus curtains. Taking these down is
not easy! But I'm getting it done!
I also noticed the ceiling and various spots where the previous people had hung stuff and patched it
is yellowed and really looks bad, so of course I picked up a can of Kilz and brush and started on the
ceiling over my computer.
Speaking of the computer............the XP is much better than the Windows2000, however the job isn't
finished yet. My computer is partitioned off with A,C, Old C, D, E, F, G, H, I, the guy that gave it to me
last year used to use it for his business and the "Old C" was so his employees couldn't dump the
whole computer and loose everything, its a very large hard drive and takes up a lot of space. My
computer guy is going to dump that and combine the two C drives and make it bigger. The other ones
I've emptied all the crap out of but contain like the "Works" so that has to stay. But to make a long
story shorter, he's going to DE-partition it and make it bigger by making it smaller, does that make
sense? For now, I'm having that virtual memory problem until the departition thing gets done. I can't
do any pictures right now, my camera program and all my photos have been removed and can't put
any on until after the de-partition thing is done.
Then I'll be able to post some pics as I do my remodel.
My old guy (almost 14) Bandit, he has me stressed out right now too. He's not well, hasn't been since 2001 when
we moved here. He has allergies from the desert and the summer heat really bothers him. He's like an
old man with COPD and has a hard time breathing. Last week, Tuesday actually, the circuit breaker
tripped on the a/c and he was stressed from the heat in the house. It was 112 inside. I had to get him
cooled, put him in the tub and ran the water, he just layed there lapping it up sideways and I used the
shower sprayer (its on a long hose) to spray his belly and legs and all over. The girls were fine, panting
but fine, running around like normal.
Bandit takes asthma medicine to help him breath and also allergy medicine to help keep the flegm down
and from time to time I have to do the tapping on his lungs to help break it up so it will come out, yep
he gags up a lot in the summer because he can't get out and exercise in the heat. So, of course this
morning he had gagged up and I didn't know it and it was in my chair, yes, I sat in it. (YUK!!) and not
to mention he peed on the trash bag I pulled out to set it outside for the trash truck. He doesn't do that
very often, couple times this year but I hate it. Luckily it was setting on the edge of Pixies potty pad,
but that doesn't say anything for the surprise I got on my hand when I picked up the bag to set it outside.
Monday did NOT start out well, and I just want to go back to work!!
Thanks for letting me get my funk off my mind. Tomorrow is another day and the last day of summer break.
Wednesday starts the new school year.