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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 1:57 pm
Thanks Biscottiii, your aren't late though, I celebrate for the month, LOL. Haven't done any chores outside the house, last night I completed my passport application, that has been on my task list for at least 5 years, LOL. Its not that I have any special place I want to go, but I needed to renew it. Darnit, thought I could just drop it in the mail, but now I need to go and turn it in in person, what a drag!! Lets see, I have moved the kitty box to the bedroom, the kitties were a little dismayed by this and went and sat out on the patio until they were sure it was going to be okay, LOL. Moved all the other stuff out of the bathroom and started sweeping the floor, used the broom and a scrub brush, so now it is time to go wash the floor so it can dry. Oh I went to diy network and studied up, and it looks like I may need to go and see if I can chip anymore grout out. Unfortunately, I don't have a grouter, hmmm, wonder if my drill would work with one of the weird bits. So while the floor drys, I need to bag some stuff up for a rummage sale at the office, bag up the old clothes for goodwill, and peruse some of my appliance manuals. I need to see if there is some sort of maintenance I need to complete for the AC unit. It is supposed to get up to 95 here today, so I have the AC running full force.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 2:05 pm
You can use a screwdriver and hammer (put screwdriver against grout, hit end with hammer) to remove grout, but you have to be pretty careful not to chip or scratch tile or hurt yourself. I wouldn't recommend it for a large area, especially if the drill works better, only if you have no other option. We had to remove two tiles in the bathroom a while back and that's how Darren removed the grout, but it was a pretty small area. I've actually not done much. Took a shower and shaved my legs. Took sis to run some errands. That's about it so far. I do need to get up and vacuum the living room soon and wash what few dishes there are. I'm watching baby niece and nephew for a couple hours in a while and the baby is just old enough to be fascinated by anything she can pick up off the floor.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 6:17 pm
OMG, you won't believe this, the grout is coming up with a table knife like it is butter. I think the former owner must not have put the grout in properly in the first place or maybe she didn't seal the tile and grout. I can't figure it out. It makes no sense, it is almost like there was no water in the grout, it is just dust, like when you sand drywall, when I scratch the knife over it. It is so bad I need to wipe down the bathroom and then vacuum it, LOL. Tomorrow I am going to lunch with my sister and I think we will swing by Ace Hardware and talk to the guys. They have been helpful before with some other stuff, and if I need to get a really good sealer for the tile and grout, they will probably have it.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 9:21 pm
LOL, that's funny. Could it be old? I know when bil was redoing aunts back bedroom, he started to remove grout and a whole section of tile just fell out when some of the rest of the grout just crumbled. He ended up ripping it all out and redoing the whole shower and I seem to remember something about it being old, but could be wrong.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, September 11, 2009 - 2:30 pm
It isn't that old, she did all the remodeling in 2003. The Ace man thinks she used the wrong stuff, like spackle or that other stuff that you put on walls for bigger holes. He said that will dry out and become like powder. And that is exactly what it is like, I bought some sealer and a wire brush to finish up removing the grout. The problem is that as you scrub it out and vac it up it swirls and powders up everything. My sister's vac just died, and the hose on mine isn't sucking good anymore. I am hoping that one her vac cools off I can vac some more, she said the sand is so fine that it did clog up the filter a little. Anyway, this has turned into a much bigger project than originally planned. I will scape/vac a little more later and then I am going to wipe down the whole bathroom then clean the floor so it can dry overnight. Oh my sister said it is travertine tile, who knew. Then tomorrow re-grout and hopefully by Sunday be back in business.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 2:32 am
Oh Dipo, what a project you got yourself into. So grateful it's not mine, more work than I'm up for these days. Bet it will be beautiful when you finish! Well, I got my outside doors siliconed today and I'm sure I'm going to pay for it tomorrow - this kid is getting SORE. Still, have to do the inside of french doors downstairs but if we get moisture it won't matter so much and I can do in a day or two, today was the last hot day for a week. When I moved in here (good grief, it's 11 years EXACTLY this month!) there were centipedes and bugs running around. When I went to paint downstairs I found gaps around the french doors leading to the wooden deck outside, up to 1/4" in spots (both inside & out). So clear colored silicone keeps the bugs out and cuts down on heat loss. I didn't get to the job last year (try to do it yearly) dealing with all the mold stuff. Spent half an hour wrestling with the silicone/caulk gun before managing to get the old canister out & new one loaded, can never remember how to do it. Then, up on a ladder trying to sqeeeeeeeze the gun. Silicone Soreness Commencing.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 10:43 am
Wow, Biscottiii, you have been busy as well. I think that we didn't kill the vac, it may have just blown a fuse. I got my haircut and had dinner with friends yesterday instead of grouting, LOL. Once I finish watching Nadal on the US Open I am going to vac/wipe down and then try and to the grout.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 11:47 pm
Monday's Mission You both have been super busy and I've been a bum this weekend! Dakota had back to back softball games early yesterday morning and Darren worked so it was kind of a lazy and quiet rest of the day for us. I did watch my littlest niece for a couple hours, but she's so sweet there was hardly any work involved with that. Today I got a few loads of laundry done and made my aunt dinner and took it to her. I did spend a couple hours beading...tomorrow is Kota's birthday and while we've already told her she has to wait to open her gifts til next weekend at her party, I did want her to have something to open. So I made her a necklace, a couple bracelets, and a zipper pull. Tomorrow I want to take my cans over and recycle and get them out of the way. Need to do some housework and also run by the store and pick up a cake mix and frosting and invitations for the party. I'm usually not so late with invites, but we had to wait to get the softball schedule first and I let the parents of the kids being invited know it was either this weekend or next, why the invites were late, and that I'd get them out as soon as possible.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Monday, September 14, 2009 - 12:17 am
Jeepers War, as hard as you work endlessly, it's good to see you able to do a little 'Bumming' around. Bet the beading was a pure pleasure project. Happy Birthday to Koda Dipo, happy to see You took a little break for fun too. Sure hope it's merely a fuse problem, that should be a heck of a lot less than vacuum repairs. Do you have one of those wet/dry vacs you could substitute with? Well, today I read the newspaper and emptied the dishwasher. Just so it doesn't seem like I did nothing. Wow! I must be a real GoGetter huh? lol Maybe tomorrow I can get back to business.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, September 14, 2009 - 11:48 am
LOL, Biscottiii, I consider those things chores that need to get done! Wargod, good luck with the cake. I was supposed to grout yesterday, but didn't. I did try the vac and it worked so the bathroom is ready to go and I am ready to grout today! Yeah. The only other thing I need to do is bag up some stuff to take to the office for a rummage sale. Once the grout is done I will take care of that.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, September 14, 2009 - 12:39 pm
LOL, looks like we all took a little break. Good for us! I got my cans and bottles all ready to go to recycle. Called sis to tell her I had an errand to run and was then going to come get my minivan (they borrowed it yesterday) afterwards. She asked if there was any chance I could take her to the can place, lol. I said funny...since that's the place I'm heading to! So I ran by and helped her sort her cans and bottles and we went to cash in cans. $65 between the two of us...not bad. We got back to her house and a couple friends were there and my nieces wanted to tell me all about their disneyland trip yesterday...I didn't get back til noon. Now I'm sitting here thinking...need to go by the bank and deposit my check. Need to go buy cake mix and frosting and invitations. Wait, we could always take the kids out to dinner instead and get a birthday treat at the restaurant! I've emailed Darren at work to see if he wants to do that instead and just waiting for his reply. I'm hoping he says yes, lol, cuz at this point I'm pushing it on time (he has class tonight, so whatever we do has to be done early.)
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, September 14, 2009 - 3:10 pm
Wargod, I hope you do the restaurant!! Grout is done! Now I am waiting the two hours before I can shine/wipe down the tiles. I hope it works out ok, I think it looks good, but the grout color is different than the original stuff so it is good that I wasn't just patching the small area that started this project. It will be what it will be, hope it drys hard, LOL. The next person to work on it will be the Grout Doctor, but I sure I won't need him for a few years.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, September 14, 2009 - 9:46 pm
Tuesday's Mission Yay on finishing the grout! Way to go Dipo! We did the restaurant. I wanted to run and pick up a couple presents today while the kids were in school, so did that, then raced home to wrap and drop off Darren before I went to get the kids. He finished up homework and got all his stuff ready for class, then we went out to eat. It was fun, Dakota just knew they were going to sing to her and asked the waitress if they were, lol. Oh, and fun, once they knew it was her birthday, they didn't charge us for her dessert. Darren should be home in about 15 minutes and I'm actually planning on going to bed with him. For some reason, I am exhausted tonight. Tomorrow sis and I are going to do a little grocery shopping for aunt. Then I'm cleaning my house. Was going to babysit youngest niece and nephew, but they're going to come later this week.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 12:39 pm
Lets see, I am totally sore all over from doing that grout. I did wipe down the bathroom and floor again. This morning I see a couple of places that I need to work on, but I LOVE the floor now. I hated it before, LOL. I am going to check the directions but I think I can put the sealer on it tonight and then hallelujah, get the kitty box back into the bathroom. I am amazed at how much sand Blackie manages to throw out of the box, LOL, I guess it is more contained in the bathroom, and I clean it up every morning so didn't notice.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 12:58 am
Wednesday's Mission Woo hoo on the floor!!! Even with a smaller area, regrouting is hard work with all that goes into it. We did the grocery shopping today. I didn't realize how much of my morning/afternoon that would cut into. Heh, I'll actually take that back a bit. Darren's bosses switched their schedule at work so he's not getting home at 2pm. It's very nice, because it will give us a little bit of time together before the kids get out of school, but I'm still adjusting to it. By the time sis and I had made the grocery list, both of us had taken showers, I went and picked her up, drove to the store, shopped, went back to the house to put groceries away, etc, it was only an hour til he got home from work, so not as much time for me to get stuff done around here. I did get the kitchen clean though and was happy with that. Starting tomorrow, we're dogsitting Sunday. Normally we'd just run out to her house once or twice a day, but since this is the only pup she has now, she's coming to stay with us. Harv's not going to care one way or the other, but I don't think PJ's gonna be too happy about it. She's not going to like having to share attention with another little lapdog, ya know cuz she's the little spoiled queen of the castle. Tomorrow my plans are to stay home and clean and watch how the two pups react to each other. I'm prepared to seperate them if I have to, though really hoping it doesn't come to that. The kids have a rather busy day, Caleb's starting Robotics club...he actually dropped track, but still runs with them on the days he's free and Dakota has practice. That's really about all I have planned.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 1:41 pm
I didn't get anything done, I wasn't thinking about how much time BB would take. Once the show was over on the east coast I watched EvelDick do interviews in the back yard till 11! So tonight I seal the floor and bag up stuff for the rummage sale at work and then maybe by tomorrow I can put the bathroom back together. Oh, this morning I noticed a handprint of grout on the door frame, LOL, so I think there is a little cleaning to do!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 12:13 am
Thursday's Mission LOL, BB took all night! My internet connection kept booting me offline, every 2-3 minutes and as a diehard bb fan that wasn't going to stop me! However, it did take about 4 hours to read all the posts that had happened during the 2 hour live show. What did I do today? I didn't accomplish much of what I wanted to. Took sis to the bookstore this morning and ran a couple errands. Picked up the dog from my mils, brought her home and scoped out how well she wasn't getting along with my dogs. Ran another errand. By then Darren was getting home and it was time to pick the kids up. That was my biggest thing today...I made 5 trips to the school! Took the kids to school. Picked up Kota and the two carpoolers and took them home. Then went back to get Caleb. Then had to take the girls for practice. And back to pick them up. I knew last night I was going to have to do that, but I don't think I really thought about it, ya know? By the time I picked Caleb up, I was realizing this was insane! I'm going to have to figure out something else. Maybe him carpooling with a buddy or hanging out in the library or classroom until the girls practice starts since its at the same school. Tomorrow I plan to be home pretty much all day long except for running kids. I'm going to do a big cleaning all over and clean the fridge (ah crap, it's trash day and the kids didn't put the cans on the curb!)
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 12:03 pm
OMG, that is a lot of trips to the same place, LOL. I determined that I may have the wrong stuff to seal the grout, so I put the bathroom back together, thank goodness! Swept up all the kitty litter from the bedroom floor and got that back to normal. I asked my sister to run over to the Ace hardware when she cleans on Friday and return what we got which is some sort of stain fixer and is white! I need clear grout sealer, LOL. I brought a bunch of stuff in for the rummage sale and have a little bit more to bring tomorrow, so that is cleaning out my goodwill pile nicely. And last night I ran the dishwasher and got the kitchen cleaned up. Tonight is Survivor so I don't have much else planned.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 12:43 pm
TONIGHT is Survivor????? Are you serious??? Ack! Yeah it is a lot of trips. Wednesday's will always be bad, Thursday's not so bad because the girls don't have practice. I'm going to have to talk to Darren and the carpool kids parents and see if we can't arrange something, like the dad picking up the three other kids on Wed/Thurs. So far today...had an early lunch date (picked Kota up from school and took her to McDonalds and then back to school.) Then came home and cleaned off the back porch and gave it a quick wash down. Cleaned out the fridge and got all the trash out on time. Cleaned the living room. Er, then got distracted taking the visiting dog out to go potty and ran over to chat with the neighbor for a while. Thinking kitchen next then shower before Darren gets home.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 1:23 pm
LOL, yes it is survivor night.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 1:34 pm
Man I haven't even caught my breath from BB!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 11:59 pm
Friday's Mission Dipo, not that it helps much, but I have a bottle of grout sealer in the garage. That just popped into my head. More running this afternoon back and forth to the school. I'm definitely gonna see if the other parents can pick up the three kidlets on the days Caleb has Robotics club, but ya know, I realized today why I don't really mind it. When I picked him up he was so excited about what they were doing in the club. Right now they're using lego sets that have moving parts, they've got kids from the high school robotics team coming to help them and he thought that was pretty nifty, and he really enjoys it. It's worth the running I think. Tomorrow is going to be a super busy day for me. We're having Kota's birthday party at my aunts/sisters house on Sunday because sis still has the pool up and ready to go. So tomorrow I'm going to clean aunts (and get her in the shower since I'll be there anyways,) pay some bills, and do a little cleaning around the backyard. I'm going to try to be done there by noon so I can get back here, eat some lunch, and take a shower. Because once Darren gets off, we have to run. We need to shop for Kota's presents before she gets out of school...still have to get her something from my aunt and there's a couple things we want to get her. Then pick up the kids from school, drop off the carpoolers and do more running. Darren and Caleb are going for haircuts and while they're doing that Dakota and I will go to the party store for a few decorations. Then a trip to the grocery store or Costco. We decided to just go buy some hot n ready pizzas for the party and I'm going to cut up some fruit/veggies. Going pretty simple, no cooking and nothing that requires a lot of preperations. Saturday the girls have two games so there won't be a lot of time to do much at the house to get ready. I do plan to run everything over on Saturday afternoon, plus finish any cleaning that needs done, but pretty much everything will have to be done tomorrow. Sunday I plan to take mils dog home and we have to pick up the cake and pizzas, then get to the house to decorate and get all the food out. And to make things even more hectic this weekend...Darren has to work Saturday and has a college study group Sunday evening (so I'll be doing party cleanup alone.)
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Friday, September 18, 2009 - 12:21 am
Are you sure Darren really has study group or is he just sticking you with the clean up? Make him bring a note from the other students.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 18, 2009 - 12:33 am
LOL, nah Sugar, he really has it, it's a weekly thing. The silly thing is I knew he had it, we even talked about it when trying to decide when to have the party, but decided that it'd still be better to do it Sunday afternoon/early evening rather than Saturday. I even said something along the lines of "I'd rather have you leave the party early on Sunday, than do it Saturday when the girls have two games in near 100 degree temps and expect them to be civil and have fun for a 3+ hour pool party afterwards." But, at the time it didn't really sink in, lol. Now it's like....oh damn, clean up, loading up the car, making sure all the guests get home, foods put up, dropping off two of the kids, unloading car..ack!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, September 18, 2009 - 10:57 am
Wargod, have fun at the games and with the party. Then on Monday you definitely need to figure out how to share the driving - over time that will add up to a lot of gas just for one person! I was so tired last night (having to work all week instead of being on vacation is really tiring), but I did clean up some - my sister comes to clean today. I took out some recycling this morning and I brought some more stuff to the office for the JDRF Rummage Sale. I pulled some pillow shams and pillows out of the closet that I have never used in the past two years since I purchased the comforter. I am going to look around the rest of the house this weekend for more stuff. I think I need to do a couple of loads of laundry and I need to change the sheets, so maybe that will be my tasks tonight before it gets too hot. we are supposed to go to triple digets on Sunday or Monday.
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