Just tell him, “Buddy, the first thing we have to move today is you.” and then do that, and then throw his bed out of the cabin, and then shuffle all the furniture around, and then start doing something bad to the floor.
He spent all morning under the Lair not making a sound, and now we’re over at Ian’s BOL and Antique Weapons Emporium having lunch…
…and he’s just not a happy camper. Even though at the moment we’re pretty much literally camping.
I did okay this morning but I’m trying to psych myself up to going back for one more round. I didn’t quite hit the ‘best case’ before running out of thincoat in the bucket; if I go back for one more round I’ll be able to grout the corners where the furniture and the woodstove go, then move everything back where it belongs and tile the center section all the way to the door. One more session and I’ll be in very good shape for tomorrow.
Yup. One more session – a fairly short session! And I’ll be golden.
Uh huh. That’s what I should do.
The good news is that I’ve found an activity I dislike even more than painting. The bad news is that, having now finished lunch, I should go do more of it. The worse news is that, now that I’ve applied the seat of my pants to the seat of a chair, I probably won’t do that.
Also: This morning I packed up a bunch of stuff I knew I’d need elsewhere, once I couldn’t walk on the Lair’s floor. But I didn’t think it through and make a list. So now I have my filter cone and cup, but no coffee. I have LB’s food bowl, but no dog food. Yes, there are B-plans for both those commodities. But I shouldn’t need B-plans, I can stand in the Lair’s door and see both things.
Also, I should have acquired booze.
Heck, I don’t even like to WASH tile floors, and then wait the 15 or 20 minutes needed to let them dry before I rush in and grab what I forgot to take with me in the first place.
So yes, I can certainly sympathize! Hope you can get back in there before snow flies. 🙂
“Also, I should have acquired booze.”
Priorities Joel, priorities.
@ML – RE: washing tile floors. Hoover makes a floor steamer just for tile (they claim it can also be used on hardwood, but I grew up hearing “do not use water on finished hardwood”). Bissel also makes one, and I’ve heard it’s better than the Hoover, but the Hoover is what I’ve got. Does draw current, so it’s not for the solar-only crowd.
It’ll work with water+cleaning solution or just water, and while it leaves the floor a little wet that it’s steam and a very thin film means it dries quickly. The terry pads go in the wash(er), best to have a couple extra. Much faster and handier than a mop – basically, it’ll clean tile at the same speed as vacuuming carpet, and with a house that’s nothing BUT tile, it’s been pretty handy.
That would have been very handy when my sons were small and I had a big house with no carpet. These days, I live in a small log home and the only bare floors are the bathroom and kitchen, so it’s no trouble to just mop them once in a while. The problem is that my hands are not strong enough anymore to wring out the mop completely. The sponge mops are the worst, and don’t last long. So as with many other things, I just live with it. 🙂
Just for you, ML:
https://www.amazon.com/Mini-Bucket-Wringer-Gallon-AF08068/dp/B00LH54PBC?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00LH54PBC
LOL Mark! I wouldn’t know where to store such a thing. I have 750 square feet to work with, and only about 35 -40 square feet of bare floor. 🙂 Thanks anyway. I’ll just have to live with a 20 minute dry time.