Showing posts with label home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home. Show all posts

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Latest home purchase

Since I knew I was getting Biscuit (formerly know as Chip), I knew I would need to spruce up my home cleaning closet. I had a broom, Swiffer, and a few cleaning products. But anyone who has a dog that spends any time inside knows, that would not be enough. So I headed to my favorite place in the world to see what I could find.It's a little hard to see in the picture, but this is the Libman Freedom Spray mop. It is the coolest thing! You fill the reservoir with whatever cleaning product you would like (mine has regular Pine-Sol and water), then the trigger sprays it directly on the floor. It's like a Swiffer wet jet, but the pad is removable, reusable and washable AND you get to use whatever cleaner you want. So fun! I know, I sound like a total weird-o raving about this spray mop. But seriously, it is so easy to use and gets the job done.

This leads me back to sweet little Biscuit. I woke up at 5:30 this morning and was trying to go back to sleep when I was thinking "do I smell dog poo?" YUP. A bark and a few minutes later, I stumble downstairs to see that Biscuit has gotten himself out of his crate and pooped all over the place. I was sort of relieved because he hadn't pooped since he had gotten home and I was a little worried. But then that feeling was soon overtaken with a "what the f! how do I clean up all this poop?" feeling. Luckily I just whipped out my Libman spray mop and all is well! And I'm prepared for the next time. In the time being, Biscuit's crate has now been wired shut so he can't escape :)



**disclaimer: I was not contacted/compensated in anyway by Libman for this review

Friday, August 6, 2010

Home Renovations

So last year I bought my townhouse. My parents are great and helped me with the down payment (thanks Mom and Dad!) but I've been on my own for everything else. Immediately when I moved in every sound, smell, etc. made me convinced the place was going to burn down.

But a year later it's still going! No major disasters (knock on wood), and I still love it. When I moved in, I moved knowing that my first big project would be to upgrade the floors. The downstairs carpet was in pretty bad shape, even with a thorough steam-clean they were not very pretty. So when I got my tax housing credit check (thank you Mr. Obama!), I knew exactly what to do.

After talking to the floor guy, I found out that I had enough money to upgrade my appliances too. Score! The old ones weren't horrible, but it was nice to go ahead and upgrade. I bought an all new stainless steel refrigerator, stove, range hood and dishwasher. The Sears guy swore to me that they would all fit. Then I got this:

If it looks like the fridge is in the middle of the room, it's because it is. It was WAY too big. So annoying.

Check out the awesome ponytail/mullet on the installer guy. I had to take a picture. Thankfully my phone doesn't make a sound when it takes pictures :)


Kitchen Before

Kitchen after!

I am so happy with the result. It's like I have a brand new house. I'll post more before/after pictures of the rest of the rooms another night. I have friends coming over for drinks so I need to get ready!!