Local Bug Zapper

I guess this is a harmless spider. I have seen several of them in the years we have lived here but the web this one built was something. I wish I could take a photo when there was some dew so you could see it. 

But notice the zig zag at the bottom. Awesome! I wanted to put my hand up there to show you how big it is but.......I was too chicken to do it. 

You can see the web a bit more here. 

Second Bathroom....Done!

Well almost! For the most part it is done. I have a few plans yet for a shelf but that is going to have to wait for a bit yet. But here are some photos of the finished product.

Oops this was taken before the mop board got put up. Sorry about that..

The door frame is the same as the other bathroom and we plan on doing all the door frames in the house. Wow that paint sure looks light in this photo..

We weren't going to put the bead board up in here but thought we would for one reason it adds a lot to the room and another reason is because the kitchen is on the other side of this wall. We thought it would make more confined if you know what I mean. 

I have had this mirror forever. I had painted it white at one time but thought I would strip it and leave it in here. And the shelf is one I picked up a few month ago and stripped it as well. I thought they might look nice together. I had to hang the shelf lower than I wanted to because I wanted the mirror hung this way and the self was a bit too wide to hang higher up but it is a nice height to keep things off the sink.

I forgot to show the new sink vanity. We got that and the new toilet put in then put the wood up. I had intended on posting this earlier but never got there. 

And the ceiling before we got the other boards up on the sides. Sorry about that. I didn't realize that I didn't have "all done" photos till now. I will have to re post those other two later on. It is a much quieter bathroom now with all the wood up. I still have to get my towel holder up and a paper holder but have not gotten around to that yet. I have a couple of ideas but we shall see what I can come up with.. I also want to make one of those canning jar soap containers but that will be later. I have seen them on Pinterest and just love them.

Now I am working hard to get more boards done for the other ceilings.....its going to take a while......I need to get as many of them done as I can before the weather turns cold. I can only do the polyurethane out in the barn. The smell is just too much to do in the house. I also need to think about getting some more paint to paint the master bedroom the same as the master bathroom. Good thing we only have a 2 bedroom house!

Darn Grasshopper

Normally grasshoppers won't eat a lily. Not sure why but I have noticed that they don't. Anyway one figured he was starving to death because he ate this one off at the bottom of the stem and some of the flower too. There are a few more out there that have been nibbled on as well. Why eat the Assumption Lily when there is a whole big field full of stuff to eat just beyond the fence. 

Crochet Basket

Well there is progress on the bathroom but now we have changed our minds on putting the bead board on the wall so I will have more boards to get finished. We are not going as high with this as we did in the other bathroom. I will show some photos later.

In the meantime I did manage to get a bit of crocheting in last night so I made this little basket.

It isn't very big but big enough to throw a set of keys in. I really didn't have a use in mind for it I just wanted to make one and it is the first crochet I have done in a couple of months and I don't even want to talk about how long it has been since I did any sewing. Hopefully after this bathroom gets done I will be able to get back to that. I owe my friend a purse. I got a pattern, she picked it out and the fabric but I haven't had time to make it yet so that is one of the first things I need to do. Lately I think I am the Queen of putting things off or at least it feels like it. Too many things to do and not enough time but at least progress is being made.........

Caulk Remover!

I finally got all the caulk off the tub. Wow! What a job that was. I spent two days or a little more doing that. I don't know why that clear caulk was so hard to get off but it was not like the white caulk that you get but yet they sell it. I picked up some caulk yesterday and saw the clear stuff.

I finally got some caulk remover.......

The one on the left is to soften the caulk.....well easier said than done with this stuff. But it did help..Then to get the caulk off the tub part (see my other post to see how bad it was) I used the stuff on the left. Said it starts working in 2 to 3 minutes however.......it took some of it an hour and then had to re spray some of it again. I have taken caulk off before but this stuff was really really awful......as I have said before.

I wish I would have taken that caulk off right away when my daughter put it on but I didn't. Probably would not have made any difference. Well anyway, the sheetrock got torn up in some spots so now after I let that air good I will have to patch it all the way around. 

This is about the same spot as in the photo in my last post. You can see how bad the caulk was put on. Believe me some spots are worse than this. At any rate I have a ton of work to do in there yet before I can paint.

In the meantime I had the windows open for a while this morning because of a cool front. Very odd for this time of year here but it was nice while it lasted and I got windows washed. Yay! I can see through them again. 

Alrighie then back to work...........