Tag: sinks

Sleep, please

Getting things done, but being a night owl doesn’t help improve my sleep schedule when I have things to do. Lots needs to happen … correction: There are lots of things I want to happen before Sunday, for the party (that may or may not happen, depending on the weather). I’m thinking they won’t be done to the desired degree. However, I think I’m okay with that. I just want to have a nice time in celebration of this life I am blessed to live. However, given that certain people likely to attend will not be easy peasy about a house that doesn’t seem to be put together seemingly perfectly, I now find myself aiming to get some bigger things done. Yes, the bedroom will be in no better shape than it is right now, laundry to be done or folded or sorted into where it will be stored for real and all… and there might even be some more in here, too. Plus, we likely still won’t have a functioning sink in our bathroom, which doesn’t make things any easier. However, my man and I both have loads we want to get done that is outside the bedroom and that will be seen.

What all will we get done and how? Dunno. But we shall see.

Post-a-day 2023

Everything but the kitchen sink

Rather, everything for the bathroom sink is the focus of today’s unique endeavours. My man went to The Home Depot and then IKEA to look at bathroom sinks. We only were going to spend the money to purchase a new cabinet and sink and all of we found something we genuinely liked and wanted. Otherwise, we were just going to get the right kind of glue and stick the current sink and vanity/cabinet back together. (No, we don’t particularly like them at all, nor are they practical in terms of size and storage for the actual bathroom, but they came with the house and are already here.)

However, after not a terrible amount of back-and-forth over messaging as he looked in person and I looked online, we ended up with quite the happy combination of items that make up a bathroom sink and vanity cabinet. I was keeping each tab open as we picked each piece. When we’d picked the final one, I sent the links to him in physical structure order from top to bottom, so we could both see a spaced-out display of all the items together, just like how they’ll be in real life (but with space between them, of course). I sent it all in one message, but each link delivered separately, I think, which kind of drive him nuts. So, he wasn’t a huge fan of it, but I thought it was really cool, and also helpful. So, there’s that. 😛 😀

So far, he has removed the sink basin last night) and has detached the cabinet/vanity from the wall (it was only caulked on at the top, really).

Next step is to detach the water connections and to remove the cabinet/vanity entirely from the bathroom (and house!). It’s in good enough condition, he intends to re-glue the sink to it and resell it to someone who’ll appreciate its shape and size and all.

After that, I clean the floors really well, and then he gets to work constructing the IKEA masterpiece. Hoping this can be done before Thursday night, so we aren’t still having to use the guest bathroom while we have a guest that night… we shall see what happens, though.

Wish us luck!

Post-a-day 2023

Bathroom thoughts

I have developed a new concept regarding bathroom sinks lately.  I have resisted the idea for the past few months, I guess, and rather regularly.  However, I think I have somewhat resisted the idea for the past several years, off and on.  And now, obviously, I am acknowledging the idea.  The idea is this: Why do we use the same sink for washing our hands after using the toilet as we do to brush our teeth?

This could seem harmless at first glance, so I explain.  We use the bathroom, and then wash our hands.  We do this to remove the ghastly germs that come from our own wastes.  In the process, we touch the knobs of the faucet.  As we wash our hands, some of the germs likely splash around on the sink basin, and possibly even onto the edges or countertop around the basin.  Fast-forward to another, say, twenty minutes later, when it is time to brush out teeth.  We touch the same knobs on the faucet.  We rub the bristles of the toothbrush with the fingers that grabbed the faucet knob.  We bang our toothbrush on the edge of the sink, possibly even set it there.  And we put our face quite close to the sink to rinse out our mouth.

Recall that this is the same sink that might or might not be splattered with poo germs.

 

Anyway, that is a thought I aim to remove from my brain whenever I am using the bathroom sink.  It sometimes goes away, but has recently taken what seems to be a semi-permanent residence over to the side in my mind, not quite bothering me, but watching carefully, as though for an opportunity to jump in and WHAM! get me.  Fun thoughts, huh?  😛

 

Post-a-day 2017