As I was taking a bath I was gazing up at the ceiling. I had noticed that the aquarium fish border was starting to peel and buckle. It has been six years since I put it up. I figured it was time to replace it with a new border. It would probably take me about half an hour or so to take it down and replace it. It would probably only cost about $15.00 to jazz up the bathroom a bit.
OK stop me if you had heard this one before......
You know where this is going.
Five hours later I still could'nt get the f*&^ing border off.
I bought some wallpaper remover to ease up the job but I must have really glued this baby on with super glue, or something. Meanwhile, during the process, I had gouged the shit out of walls.
I was off to the hardware store for wall spackle to fix the holes and a can of new bathroom paint.
Hey, what the heck, the walls needed to be repainted anyways.
I thought I was very careful painting the walls but evidently I got wisteria coloured paint on the white trim AND on the tiles.
I was back to the hardware store for white trim paint.
After three and half days, I finally finished the painting. I noticed as I was scraping the paint off the tiles that some of the grout had cracked and shrunk.
Yup, back to the hardware store for repair filler for the grout.
In the meantime, when I removed the fixtures from the wall I noticed the bathroom light fixture was encrusted with baked bugs and the "metal' was rusted and pitted.
Again, back to the hardware store for a new light fixture. This time I recruited my husband to help me since he is more 'electrically knowledgeable' than I.
However, since he is a guy he refused to read the directions in the packaging. Needless to say, a ten minute job took three hours -with a lot of swearing.
The bathroom is just about finished.
I just have to get a replacement window dressing. Yup, you guessed it, the roman shade was a friggin' dust magnet with assorted mummified insects stuck in the crevices.
See what happens when you attempt " a simple project"?
The same thing happens when we try to make a "simple" fix to something on Easy Diver. It's NEVER simple.
ReplyDeleteOMG I can just imagine the same thing/incident on the boat! Along with a lot of cursing and barking!
ReplyDeleteOMG! We're living parallel lives! I'm having the same trouble in one of the kids old rooms. I can't get the damn border off! And it's one of those crazy, 3 feet thick borders with all the jungle animals on it. I've decided it's easier just to take the walls down.
ReplyDeleteI've got some blog reading catching up to do... So many words, so little time!
I think the problem with the border removal is that it has a vinyl coating. If it was just 'paper' the wallpaper removal gel would've worked like a charm. Good luck Fox, it is a F*&^ing nightmare!
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