My husband took me out for lunch yesterday and we crossed the river. The ice was gone, for the most part, and the river was high as you’d expect with all this snow melting. I checked the weather report today. Below freezing again. Too cold to finish dusty work. I suppose I’ll work in the bathroom instead.
*sigh*

Have you ever started what was to be a relatively simple project only to have it cascade into one of those never ending tasks that had you known this ahead of time you never would have started the darn thing? That’s my bathroom. We are not completely inexperienced with home remodeling tasks. Together we’ve done all sorts of successful projects in the houses and apartments we’ve lived in over the past 36 years — everything from refinishing hardwood floors to hanging cabinets to roof shingles to new plumbing.

Our bathroom project could almost be a Three Stooges skit. I can’t understand why we’re having this comedy of errors now. So far we’re laughing it off. So far. After yesterday, it’s getting increasingly unfunny.  Here’s what’s been happening (“>>” denotes what came after)

Replace the counter top >> spackling, sanding, and painting two walls >> the “help” innocently gets the enamel paint on the ceiling >> paint the ceiling.
Replace the flooring  >> get one small spot of paint on it that innocently gets spread>> paint ruins the floor because enamel bonds to vinyl >> replace the floor again.
Replace molding >> tear off ceramic tiles in the process >> clean and reattach ceramic tiles >> discover a small adhesive drip removed all stain from the new molding >> re-stain molding.
Scrape old grout off three tub walls >> bounce off the tile while exerting a lot of pressure and gouge the freshly painted wall with the scraping tool >> spackle, sand, and repaint the wall.
Yesterday: Do exactly what three how-to videos say to do to replace old grout >> discover the new grout doesn’t do what you saw it do in how-to videos >> re-grout by hand, one fingerful of grout on one tile at a time.
Today I caulk the tub. I can’t wait to see what fiasco that’s going to turn in to! I just know I’ll finish and it’ll look great. Then the tub will drop through the floor.

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I’ve temporarily cut back on blogging for my put-my-life-back-in-order spring cleaning — a project known far and wide as the Annual Purge. Thanks for stopping by even if there isn’t much new to see. I have no time for blogging right now, but the extinct word of the day is updated daily.

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Another 100 Things Blogging Challenge! For 100 days, I’ll post something from my chosen topic: Words on the Verge of Extinction. There are 30 entries to come.

Here’s one for today:

Cecograph (noun 1851-1874)

Writing device for the blind. Computers have made the cecograph obsolete.

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I’m participating in The Romance Reviews’ Anniversary party. My particular part in the contest is over, but the celebration runs all month long and there are a lot of prizes to be had. See what I have up on my newest satellite blog:
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