Hope you are still sleeping, omnis.
Also, casein paint (milk protein binder) shouldn't have any negative effect on anyone allergic to milk unless then ingest it. Which is contraindicated.
Good to know!
Riley: Oh, yeah. Sorry 'bout last time. Heard I missed out on some fun. Xander: Oh yeah, fun was had. Also frolic, merriment and near-death hijinks.
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smonster - Mar 03, 2012 8:56:57 am PST #9038 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
omnis_audis - Mar 03, 2012 9:38:46 am PST #9039 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
You certainly deserve a glorious slumber filled with awesome dreamsAs it happens, it involved a wonderful dream that had Summer Glau visiting campus, me having the nerve to ask her out, she saying yes, and... Um.. More after that. Quite nice.
Now, waiting for a washer to become available, as I am completely out of skivvies.
javachik - Mar 03, 2012 9:46:59 am PST #9040 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
omnis did I miss an announcement or update? What's happening with the short-sale condo you were after?
omnis_audis - Mar 03, 2012 10:11:30 am PST #9041 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Didn't miss anything. Still waiting. Is it a bad idea to start planning/scheming what I want to do with the place? I woke up early yesterday, and drove to new place to get a morning traffic timing. It was within a minute or so. Which is basically hitting one more light. Although one test run does not make conclusive data, I'd say statistically speaking, it's about the same commute.
omnis_audis - Mar 03, 2012 11:21:26 am PST #9042 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Score! When I came down to swap clothes to dryer, the other washer was free, so I put new batch in empty washer, kept clothes in finished washer, went up and got more dirty clothes, and took possession of all working washers!! Good thing I had stash of quarters. I may just get all my laundry washed today. Dunno about fold n hang, but at least it will all be clean!
javachik - Mar 03, 2012 11:25:34 am PST #9043 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Oh, okay! I would go nuts not knowing and I totally admire you for your patience. And you should go ahead and dream about what you want! The entire time I was renting my place, I was composing my "what I'd do if I bought the place" list!
sj - Mar 03, 2012 12:06:22 pm PST #9044 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
We went to look at paint today and I took a bunch of those little sample papers home. I think we're going to go with the low VOC paint rather than milk paint. Someone told me that the milk paint isn't good in bathrooms or anywhere with a lot of moisture, fwiw.
Who can tell me about taking down wallpaper. Do we have to rent a steamer or are their other ways of getting wallpaper down? Someone mentioned using fabric softener, does that really work?
DebetEsse - Mar 03, 2012 12:24:32 pm PST #9045 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Someone mentioned using fabric softener, does that really work?
As an anecdata point, I have used it successfully on one occasion.
omnis_audis - Mar 03, 2012 12:57:08 pm PST #9046 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Oh, okay! I would go nuts not knowing and I totally admire you for your patience. And you should go ahead and dream about what you want! The entire time I was renting my place, I was composing my "what I'd do if I bought the place" list!
I am going nuts!!!! But one thing that helped was the crazy of past few weeks would have been double hell if I had to do inspections and paperwork and move stuff.
Ginger - Mar 03, 2012 1:13:56 pm PST #9047 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Who can tell me about taking down wallpaper.
This is my approach, for what it's worth:
1) If it's paper rather than vinyl and not showing any signs of peeling, you can paint or paper over it
2)Some wallpaper will just peel off, particularly if it's something like vinyl and the drywall was primed. (A friend had a parrot who managed to do this to the wallpaper of an apartment bathroom. I don't know if you can rent a paper-peeling parrot.)
3) Use a liquid or gel wallpaper solvent. If it doesn't soak into the paper, you have to get a gadget with little teeth to score the surface.
4) If nothing works, rent a steamer.
If the paper on the drywall comes off, some idiot didn't prime the wall and you're screwed. I've been known to put a skim coat of drywall mud over it anyway. This is not ideal, and I've never been able to do a really smooth coat.
I've only had to go through step 3 so far, so I don't know about steamers.