Front Door

A while back I painted my front door red.

I painted it red for several reasons.

The whole feng shui thing, the asian thing, I like red... to piss off our HOA.

Since then I've been changing and add thing things, like our new rug in the entry way.

Thing is... the red door doesnt seem to match that much anymore.

One day, completely inspired... BAM!

There I go painting my door again.

I like the green, it seems softer and it matches my end table.

Who put the M in Mondays!

Today is brought to you by the letter M



Korean BBQ and Furikake Salmon

As I was in Costco the other day I saw this gorgeous filet of wild salmon.

It's been a while since I had salmon and couldn't help myself.

I poured some Korean BBQ sauce on the bottom of my pan and rubbed some on top of the salmon as well. I think next time I would skip that step.

Next I smeared some mayonaise on top and sprinkled on furikake.

The BBQ sauce made the mayo hard to spread and it was slipping off, this is why I would omit that step next time.

I have a weakness for furikake, it reminds me of my childhood.

I baked the salmon uncovered for about 25 mins and it came out just perfect!

The Korean BBQ sauce was a bit sweet but it was yum-o!


I'm linking to the parties {Here} and at the bottom of this page!

FYF... Get it together blogger!

Besides my smelly closet that made me discover the leak in my shower... and the fact I had to do the work...

(I wont go there, I just dont have the energy)

My beefs this week is with blogger

Whats going on?!
I have been having problems posting comments and staying logged in.
Is anyone else having these problems?
I have seen some great stuff and I try and try to comment and share the love but I just can't!

Come on Blogger!!!

Whats that smell... an update

So.... the work continues since finding that smell in my closet.

I asked my hubby to gather up some tools I would need to cut a hole in the drywall.

Asking him to do something that needs to be done and doesnt have anything to do with fishing is like waiting for it to snow on Kauai.

I ended up with my little craft blade that I use to cut capri sun pouches and I went to work scoring the drywall over and over and over and over again.

Note to self... buy another craft blade.

I finally got an opening in my wall big enough to check under the shower pan to be sure there were no other leaks.

At first glance I thought way cool! It doesnt look wet, maybe we got it.

But upon further investigation what did I see?? Water, ughh....

I got a good look at it looks like its leaking from the drain pipe.


Ok, atleast now I know where its coming from.
Now another trip back to the home depot. I hope I can find someone there that can help me figure the parts I need to change.

I guess I could make it on my own if I had to!
No man needed!

Another one??

What to do with this box?

Its a nice box, but kinda small to put anything in it.

I had this in my kitchen forever with pieces of a broken tea cup, swearing that I would glue the pieces back together.

(i still have 4 other cups)

Hmmm... I still got some greenery left over from my other planter....

I filled the bottom up with crumpled newspaper cause I'm cheap thrifty like that.

Cut a piece of cardboard for on top of it.

And went to town with my glue gun.

(Its pretty awsome not working with styrofoam to be honest)

Whoohooo 10 mins later...

Now I have a little something to add to the top of my entertainment center.

I feel weird about using fake plants but I like it.

(and if it were real, I'l probably kill it)

I'm linking with the parties at the bottom of my page and in the Linky Tab up above!

BTW, total cost: $0.00

I used things I already had!

Whats that smell...??

So I've been totally bugging about a musty smell in my closet for a few days.

I've been searching and searching for maybe dirty laundry or something my husband snuck in there or worse yet... a dead rodent... oh God Please dont let it be that.

So the other night, I THOUGHT I was going to take a shower and go to bed early (early means about 10:30) I went into my closet to grab my pjs and there was that smell still there.
As I stepped infront of my lingerie dresser my foot stepped in wet carpet, yes wet carpet.
Oh Gosh, why is my carpet wet?

I started picking up the billion things I had piled on my floor, first an Easter basket full of plastic eggs I still didnt put away. There was mildew on the bottom, WTF?!

I picked up a carboard box of old vintage bottles all wet!

I finally got to the side of the closet.... the worst thing ever! Ok maybe not the worse thing ever, but I was awful! (especially finding it at 10:30 at night) mildew on my drywall!!!!

My husband, gotta love him, he says oh no a pipe in the wall is broken. Ok dear, I'm sure thats what happened because our pipes run in the ceiling NOT the walls. I knew that on the exact opposite side of the wall where it was wet was our shower. Time and time again I kept telling him to make sure the shower curtian is closed when he takes a shower and not to face the shower head at the wall... does he listen? Noooooo

Why do I sound more like the husband? I went into the bathroom and ripped off the baseboard. It felt sooo good. I hated those vinyl baseboards since the day we moved in! Then I pulled back the linoleum whooo hooo, I think I was a little too excited, eh I work for a demo company I can't help it, mass destruction excites me.

I couldnt belive there was a good 1/2" to 1" gap from the floor to the bottom of the drywall! So I'm guessing the water was leaking out of the shower flowing right under that gap and going through to my closet wall! Seriouslly!?

Hopefully you can see that our shower lip is really only about 2 or 3 inches high and if water gets splashed it really leaks out and all over the floor. And the floor, was all wet.

For an immediate and semi temporary fix (since I can't afford to rip out my shower and replace it with a new tile one) I got a splash guard for the corner.

My son rode in the car shopping cart for the first time and LOVED IT!

I honestly don't know why I havent put him in this cart before!

I picked up this huge thing for $20 and installed it very easily.

Because there was a curve in the corner it didnt fit well and didnt adhere to the wall of my shower. So I took some clear caulk and used it on the inside edge.

There we go! It's actually a huge thing in there and keeps all the shower water in the shower! Exactly where I want it!

Even after my boys use the shower.

And even though my shower curtain is pretty sheer you really don't notice it.

Alright so keep stick around for the details on the rest of the repairs, hopefully coming SOON!