web Friday progress

Posted July 11, 2008 • Comments Off on Friday progress

Bought a type of carpet cleaner I never would have chosen otherwise, based on my mother’s recommendation. Turns out it can be used in my Little Green machine, so that’s great. After we paint I’ll tackle some of the spots on the carpets.

Bought a type of spackle I never would have chosen otherwise, based on David’s recommendation. Spackled what I could of holes in the stairway wall and in my bedroom. There are three huge nails I can’t get out of the walls. I pulled out a handful of screws. Did these people never hear of thumbtacks or picture hangers? Good lord.

Stuck on the where-the-doorknob-hits-the-wall shield thingie so it can be painted.

Took all the outlet covers and switchplates off the walls so the walls can be painted without worrying about them (I have all new ones anyway). Discovered weird sticky spiderweb stuff inside a phone jack. Kind of gross, but definitely old and no longer “in use.”

Bought new toilet-paper-roll springy insert tube thingies. Took me ages at Home Depot to find them. Why would someone take those with them?!

Bought a rug and towels for the upstairs bathroom (light gray, which I rightly thought would look nice with the purple paint). Bought towels (green) and a trashcan (blue) for the powder room. Discovered the powder room has no towel rack.

Bought a trashcan and a shower curtain for the basement shower. The shower curtain has monkeys on it. I love it. And matching monkey shower-curtain hooks.

(You can see the shower curtain here, but I did not get the scary rug!)

Bought plain white paint (eggshell for the walls, semi-gloss for the trim) for Lin’s and Max’s rooms.

Bought three awesome new floor vents for the living room and dining room (where the vents were mismatched and broken). I was looking for oak, to sort of match the flooring, but I found brushed nickel in an art deco design for half the price and oh my god they’re gorgeous. Here, hold on, you have to see.

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See?! They’re awesome. And they were cheaper. I’m getting two more for my bedroom, I think.
Bought sixty cans of Diet Coke. It was on sale.

Took a carload of random things over to the house. My camera, for instance, now lives there, as does my basket of notepads and clipboards. Yes, I have a basket for that.

The sooner I move some of these stretch-wrapped items, the better, as Jasper has taken to clawing at the stuff. Jasper’s starting to get seriously stressed out. I’ve hidden many of his favorite places with boxes.

Tomorrow is Manassas City’s hazardous waste collection day, so I’ll be getting rid of an old scanner and two old computers (no one on Freecycle wanted them), as well as many cans of paint from the basement of the house. I’m keeping the can of purple if it’s not dried out, as I like that color and that room needs some patching.

Last but not least, after months of searching, I found a new purse. No stupid buckles, no contrast stitching, no exterior pockets, no other buckles, no ten-inch armpit strap, no metallic fabric, not the size of my car, and so on and so forth. I had criteria. They were many.