Today
Today has been a pretty good day. I'd rather not jinx it since it's just past 17:00 here (or 5 p.m. for those 12 hr clock types), but I think I'm safe.
I originally blathered on and on with details, but really I think it's safe to condense it to a short list:
I woke up early.
Finished getting dressed just as the FedEx guy knocked at the door (perfect timing).
Got my nifty rubber tiles -- more on that in a second.
Played a bit of Warcraft while drinking coffee, got the rare mount drop that I've been wanting for years.
Bought a shiny new mop... well, spiffy new mop... well, it's a mop. My old one broke.
Mopped the house.
Put down the rubber tile over the super scary tile that Pippy has been suddenly afraid of (seriously, she's crossed the tile thousands of times, but in the last month or two has been playing "the tile is lava").
Pippy likes the tile and crosses the floor without any hesitation.
Spent an hour scrubbing the mineral deposits off my favorite glass mug, and it looks much much better.
And... that's about it, really, but mopping and putting down the tile took a lot of work. Worth it, and I'm very pleased with the results, but whew. Tired. Also, the tile I ordered came in three types -- corner, edge, and middle. It's designed to interlock with adjacent pieces, but the floor shape I covered is an L shape, so I have some odd edges that don't look "finished." In a sense it makes it all look kind of silly, but I'm willing to put up with silly looks if it's functional.
Just one of those days where everything works like you hope, and tiny coincidences line up to make it all go smoothly. Such a rare thing to happen that I felt the need to share.
I originally blathered on and on with details, but really I think it's safe to condense it to a short list:
I woke up early.
Finished getting dressed just as the FedEx guy knocked at the door (perfect timing).
Got my nifty rubber tiles -- more on that in a second.
Played a bit of Warcraft while drinking coffee, got the rare mount drop that I've been wanting for years.
Bought a shiny new mop... well, spiffy new mop... well, it's a mop. My old one broke.
Mopped the house.
Put down the rubber tile over the super scary tile that Pippy has been suddenly afraid of (seriously, she's crossed the tile thousands of times, but in the last month or two has been playing "the tile is lava").
Pippy likes the tile and crosses the floor without any hesitation.
Spent an hour scrubbing the mineral deposits off my favorite glass mug, and it looks much much better.
And... that's about it, really, but mopping and putting down the tile took a lot of work. Worth it, and I'm very pleased with the results, but whew. Tired. Also, the tile I ordered came in three types -- corner, edge, and middle. It's designed to interlock with adjacent pieces, but the floor shape I covered is an L shape, so I have some odd edges that don't look "finished." In a sense it makes it all look kind of silly, but I'm willing to put up with silly looks if it's functional.
Just one of those days where everything works like you hope, and tiny coincidences line up to make it all go smoothly. Such a rare thing to happen that I felt the need to share.