We had a bathroom completely redone over the summer. New walls, new lights, exhaust fan, new tub surround, etc. We still haven't gotten around to getting new towel racks or even a toilet paper holder yet, but when you have such a pretty new wall, who wants to put holes in it? There has been one tiny little headache that has come with it though and that simply put is Caulking. The caulking on the shower walls cured and is fine. Around the tub has been a whole different nightmare. After four times redoing it with it each time flaking off and turning squishy, regardless of how long we let it sit. Suffering through bucket baths or bumming showers at a nearby friends, we were ready to throw out the bath. Erik read how to strip old caulking off, clean the surface, reapply new caulking, and so on. It didn't seem to matter. It would take here and not there or end up with it all melting off. In frustration Erik stopped at Home Depot to compare caulking brands, etc. While reading the labels he discovered that we were using the WORST caulking for a bathroom. It wasn't even mold and mildew resistant! So spending a few dollars more, he just finished applying what we are hoping is going to be the last round of bathtub caulking. This stuff says "Premium" on it and things like "Starts to harden in ten minutes............showering is safe in one hour...............twenty-four hours until safe to touch...." etc. So hopefully we bought the mother of all bathroom caulking and this headache will be over!
On the other hand, Ethan has been sick with a cold this week. Which that mixed with the wonderful weather, neither of us has really been out of the house. We did some little crafty things today making window ornaments. It's not fall anymore so the sticky leaves have to come down. Ethan really enjoyed glueing and sticking.
And our dead mouse total is now at 5. So things are looking up. Have a great one everyone!
Ethan is so adorable! Thanks for the updates!
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