WE WENT OVER TO THE COTTAGE TO WORK. We will be doing this a great deal until the COTTAGE is ready for humans to live in it. The interior is smelling better now that the icky Bathroom floor has been removed. I imagine after the old carpet is removed that it will help even more. We did ozone the interior and it did help for a while until some time passed then back was the sour smell. The removal of the floor was what it needed. With Hubby working out in the shed, the sub-flooring is airing out. I know this is what it needs.
Hubby worked on redoing a window in the storage side of the garage. After a long day, he accomplished overhauling the window. Two more to go which will have to be worked over without the threat of rain. He was exhausted after the day he put in.
On the other hand, I took measurements of the wood shelves in the pantry. Scraped off some stuck on paper towel from the shelf then painted the bald spot. Scraped the dried paint off the glass of the small window. I thought this would be a breeze scraping the dried paint off the glass. Wrong. The acrylic paint loved the glass. Clinging on for dear life. It was harder than I imagined. Will return to complete the scraping.
I wanted to get some liner for the shelves. I checked what inventory Wal-mart and Family Dollar had along with Menards on the computer. Then I took off to go see in person what was out there. Another eye opening experience of disbelief at how much liner prices have gone up.
Stopping at Family Dollar first, they had a nice selection, but the one I really liked was the wrong color and they didn't have enough to do the job. I talked to myself...should I risk it, buy what they have and go to another Family Dollar in Topeka in hopes that they would have some more? Then I convinced myself no. It was after-all the wrong color. Walked away.
Walked over to HOBBY LOBBY. Nothing.
Drove over to Wal-mart. No one in the Sewing Department. Went to Customer Service to contact someone. The price tag on some of the liner I liked was $6.47 a foot and I wanted to personally ask them if this was the actual price as I needed 15 yards of liner making this liner more than I cared to pay for it. A young man came over to help me and said it was $6.47 a yard. There was only 2 and a half yards. Not enough. Shucks.
Drove over to JoAnn's hitting the jackpot. They had 25 yards of the style I liked, but it was $10 a yard. Still too much. I looked at a different vinyl liner deciding to go with it, but after I got it, I started having doubts. Perhaps I should have bit the bullet and got the other that I liked. There was a coupon on my phone that I discovered later that I could have used for the one I liked. As I was checking out, the register rang up a completely different price that I will not deny was like shopping back in 1990 as the price was $1.19 a yard. I figured I could cut the liner length wise and go with 7 yards instead of 15. Winner winner...chicken dinner.
With the coupon I came out awesome at $5.45 for the entire 7 yards. It should work alright. I drove to the Cottage to drop the liner off, pick up my Husband and go to a restaurant as we were both too tired to cook. Ate a nice meal and went home.
Rested the rest of the evening and will return to COTTAGE later so I can line the shelves and start filling the pantry with items that I want in it. If for some reason I greatly dislike the liner, I will use it, stick it out and wait for the price to drop on the other liner I liked and purchase it... switching out with what I got. I won't feel too bad knowing I only paid $5.45.
Temps are rising and I am concerned about my Husband's health working in too hot of weather. He thinks he can work inside in the heat of the day remodeling the Bathroom. The cooler temps will be for the garage windows. I can stay inside where it is cooler and line shelves playing house.
I watched videos on lining shelves, decluttering, putting backsplashes up in kitchens. I think I will just call it a night. Wish the COTTAGE WERE DONE. Wishful thinking. Back to the real world.
Blessings,
~d
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