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Things to do

28
Oct 2009
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My list of things to do today…

Take out the trash – *check*
Wash the dishes – *check*
Pick up Andi, Drew and the baby so they can borrow my car – *check*
Get the mail – *check* .. speaking of check we got the check from the landlord for the balance of our deposit. I’m very disappointed because we didn’t get very much… less than $100.
Cash check – *check*
Look up travel insurance online then think about paying the old landlord a visit – Not going to do that but I’d really love to give him a piece of my mind in person.
Clean out the kitty box – *check*
Take some Tylenol (because I have a headache) – *check*

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Wow… I didn’t realize

05
Oct 2009
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I didn’t realize just how long it’s been since I posted here. A lot has been going on. About the end of August we got notice the landlord wasn’t going to renew our lease and wanted us out in 6 days. We got him to give us another month to find a place. We were unable to find something suitable and now we are living in our camper until we can find something.

There sure won’t be any orlando vacations… we need to find a place to live. It’s going to have to be at least 3 bedrooms .. preferably 4 because Andi, the baby and her boyfriend will be moving in with us to help with expenses.

I still haven’t found a job either. This economy is really bad.

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I did it all by myself!

22
Apr 2009
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Just before I moved into my condo my landlord “recaulked” my shower in the master bathroom. What he actually did was put a light coat of caulk over the nasty, moldy caulk that was already there. I went out and bought the Pro Caulk that you see advertised on TV. It worked pretty good except the tool they give you to remove the caulk doesn’t work all that well. I used a flat head screwdriver instead.

Before

Before

Ready for caulk

Ready for caulk

I removed my shower doors and got busy scraping out the old caulk. The landlord had smeared it half way up the bottom tiles and it was like performing microdermabrasion to get it all off but I got it all. He had even caulked the inside of the tracks for the door and in the process blocked some of the drain holes. I removed all of that using steel wool pads. After a couple of breaks I finished up the removal then cleaned the area good and let it dry. After the shower was dry I tackled the caulk. It was easier than I thought it would be. The tools to smooth the caulk worked perfectly.

Tomorrow, after the caulk is completely dry, I’ll give the shower and the doors a good cleaning. It will be easier to clean the doors with them off of the shower. That shower looks so much better already!

All caulked

All caulked

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