Labor Day Weekend Projects/Activities

Hey, it's September. Guess I should do another post. When in doubt (or boredom), Dad, refer to YOUR post. :)

Most people rest on Labor Day or at least do something fun over the weekend. Most often we tend to take the holiday's name literally and put in some work. Brian is usually a few weeks into school by this time and we end up finding all the things that we didn't get done over the summer (which is far more than usual this year).

The big project this weekend was the bathtub. We've hated the caulking since we moved in. It was some sort of no-caulk caulk (although oddly enough, it had caulk behind it... not sure what the point was). It did not seal well and looked like it had mold or mildew collecting behind it. Furthermore, if you tried to take a shower in there, the water would go behind the caulking and then tunnel out the side of the tub, which would end up on the floor and ultimately in the basement. (yeah, ask how we know THAT one...)

We finally dug in and pulled that junk off. After that Brian and I spent a considerable amount of the day cleaning up the leftover caulk and other "junk" which had collect behind there. Wow. That was a huge difference already! Brian re-caulked the tub and I cleaned up the edges. I think it looks great! No, it's not "professional", but it's clean and it does NOT leak anymore. We have another functional shower.

In addition, we cleaned out more corners of accumulated "paperwork". I collected another entire box of paper recycling. Brian reorganized all the girls' games (since they like to sneak up into the closet late at night and pull the games down instead of going to sleep...)

Meanwhile, the girls and the puppies enjoyed the 20 degree cooler weather by playing outside. Ladybug discovered that Snuggles loves the soccer ball. She kicks it, Snuggles chases it. There you have it - easy entertainment. Lucy just gets in the way of the ball or chases Snuggles as Snuggles chases the ball.