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Yeah, I told you my life was fairly uncreative these days….I feel like everything I do is to propel my life forward instead of being able to create things to help me reflect on my life. Given my life the last few years….maybe reflection is the last thing I need to do…

Yesterday, Day 6, I spent an ungodly amount of time installing the plumbing in my new shower. It shouldn’t have taken nearly as long as it did, but I felt like I was suffering from a major brain cramp.

Today, Day 7, I think I may have burned a small hole in the ozone layer with the sealer I used to seal the stone in my shower. It is onyx, which is a very soft, translucent marble, which could stain and sealing should help *prevent* that. The sealer smelled like living hell, thank god there are two exhaust fans in that bath.

I also brought my lovely chrome & leather Breuer chairs back into my space. They have been sitting in the back bedroom during my remodeling project, but today, they are now in my living room. I polished up the chrome and cleaned the leather, so they look shiny and new.

In another (non) fascinating project for the night…I oiled my cutting boards.

Hold yourself back….I’m a crazy woman.

So, my days are filled with non-stop running and by the time I have a chance to post my TAD, I am horizontal in bed..so, this is my catch up post. Not that any of these are necessarily horribly creative, but, such is my life these days.

TAD #2 - CLEANING AND SEALING THE COUNTERTOPS

This was Saturday and I felt like crap. I had attempted to do a little too much the day before and I was having aches in places that I shouldn’t have. So, my big thing was to clean off all of the tools, adhesives, pieces/parts and so on that were cluttering up my onyx countertop. I cleaned it really well and then sealed it.

TAD#3 - MAKING A CLOSET WHERE ONE DIDN’T EXIST BEFORE

Sunday was a whole new task. I had to figure out how to install a somewhat decent looking rod to hang my clothes in my new closet. The problem is, the wall is on a roofline and most pre-made closet things you buy are made to go in square, not slanted spaces. So, after spending a good deal of time in the hardware section, I came up with a solution using hitching rings, 1×4’s & a nice chrome closet bar. It’s amazing how much time this took to install. I still need to stain the 1×4’s, but I am very happy with the final product.

TAD #4- THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT

Last night the task was to figure out how to set up the new TV with the legacy receiver, DVD, CD and make it all work with the in-ceiling speakers.

I am working on final touches of my year long project to remodel my attic space. (Which also involves having to rearrange most of my house, so putting everything back where it belongs is another piece of ‘thing a day for me.’) Today I installed a towel bar in my shower on the back wall. The shower wall is multi red onyx. Since I didn’t want to drill into the stone, I did what most tile setters do when they install ceramic towel bars….I used good old silicone to adhere the towel bar to the wall. I held the towel bars in place with blue painters tape to help the silicone set, which should take about 4 hours.

MORE POORLY DOCUMENTED ‘THINGS’ I DID TODAY:

Installed the heated towel rack, the toilet paper holder and the lever for my toilet!