The show must go on
While happy that the work is finished I have the "I thought we we're replacing beams, why did you have to tear out my kitchen sink and backsplash" phenomenon. Okay maybe not everyone understands this phenomenon. It always seems that in old houses work creates more work, creates more work, creates more work, creates...well chaos.
But the show goes on. The woman rises at dawn, does dishes awkwardly without pouring water down the drain (no drain yet), changes her baby from a, "wait where did I put those diapers...okay which sac...hmmmm ummm", and above all keeps a clear head even when she finds that she can't get the damn packing tape residue off of her built-in cupboard that she may or may not end up keeping but didn't want packing tape residue on anyway thank you very much.
Behold:
Oh merde, the faucet broke so we replaced it...by a garden faucet. Can we call it shabby chic? Huh, huh can we? Oh good.
living out of sacs I carted from "camp in-laws" all week...gotta unpack those eventually
this packing tape residue is a bitch to get off of wood
But the show goes on. The woman rises at dawn, does dishes awkwardly without pouring water down the drain (no drain yet), changes her baby from a, "wait where did I put those diapers...okay which sac...hmmmm ummm", and above all keeps a clear head even when she finds that she can't get the damn packing tape residue off of her built-in cupboard that she may or may not end up keeping but didn't want packing tape residue on anyway thank you very much.
Behold:
Oh merde, the faucet broke so we replaced it...by a garden faucet. Can we call it shabby chic? Huh, huh can we? Oh good.
living out of sacs I carted from "camp in-laws" all week...gotta unpack those eventually
this packing tape residue is a bitch to get off of wood
posted by christine at 6:01 AM
3 Comments:
Zippo lighter fluid will also remove tape marks in case you didn't know. I am such a wealth of weird information.....
Well Jeannie actually it was sweet vermouth but we did drink some our fair share of red each day. I had forgotten about Goof Off. Thanks for the offer to mail some. My sis is coming in two weeks so I'll place an order with her. Her bags are already bulging with American products: ointments, stain removers and deoderant. She looks like a traveling saleswoman when she goes through customs.
Gary you are a wealth of info! I'm so glad you contribute to my blog. The whole lighter fluid next to the gas stove thing kind of scares me though. I don't want to end up with a "Darwin Award" next year. Besides Seb would kill me if I caught fire to our new beams.
Hah! That garden hose attachment is great! Crackin' me up...
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