My mother read on one of the social networks a while ago, that if you use toilet bowl cleaner on the grout and caulking around your tub, you can get rid of some of the gross (mold) growing in the bathroom. It's not a complete hack, but it'll do a decent amount of good.
The post goes on to say that the gel based cleaner, with bleach, works best. If you let it sit for 5-10 minutes before scrubbing (with a grout brush), you should get a couple shades whiter in your lines then what you had previously.
I've tried it twice and it seems to work, but I also have been using other products in between using the toilet bowl cleaner, because well, I still need to clean my toilet bowl.
Don't mind the weirdness of the pictures. I don't have great light above my tub (I don't have any, actually), so I needed to use the flash on my phone when I took the photos (I used an iPhone 17).
To me, it still looks dirty and I know the flooring of the tub is still stained, but I also think it's years of using various "bathroom approved" chemicals to get everything looking not so bad.
I spend an hour scrubbing my shower and tub and still seem to get discoloration and what looks like soiling. I don't know if it's because everything runs so deep in the grout, or I'm just nitpicking because my mother always says "it's spotless!!" when I'm done. There's 15 years of me using it on top of seven years the previous owners used it. Therefore, 22 years of human activity in this one toilet area.
Any other suggestions, I'm open to it. 😁
A neighbor down the street has started decorating their front yard. It all spawns off of last year's grouping, but a few of the decorations have been changed up.
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Every year this house tries to outdo itself and every year it seems to just keep adding to the collection of "omg that's hysterically awesome".
Last year the skeletons were sitting in wheelchairs and this year they're in lawn chairs with empty cups. There's a small table between them and I think all that is missing would be a deck of cards and an empty bottle of something. Maybe that'll be added next year?
The showdown between the dog and owl are new, as well as the T-Rex at the fire hydrant. It's too bad he can't be made to look like he's got one leg lifted on it, because that would be truly comical.
I think the demon girl is the same from last year, but the hands reaching from the ground may be new.
All the photos were taken on an iPhone 17.
This neighbor just keeps adding and switching things around, and you never know what type of situations the skeletons will be put in.
Proof is the owl and dog having a showdown over the fish.
As the community is doing a contest this year, it's going to be really hard to decide who to vote for because I want to vote this house, but I also want to vote for my neighbor, Ed. Solely based on the fact he has some new hanging stuff from his garage, but I don't have any pictures of it at this time. I will have to make a note to get outside and take photos.
I know I haven't updated in a while, so I wanted to post something, at least for this month, since we're ten days in already. I've been a little preoccupied with things locally. Between needing a new line of employment and going to physical therapy for an ankle injury, life is taken a different route the last few weeks. It's no excuse for not posting, but I'm filing this under the mishaps from why early musings have also disappeared. IYKYK.
As I'm writing this, my browser is going funky. I had trouble uploading the images, because I was running another program in the background. Being on Windows 8.1 and using the subsequently outdated web browser, things tend to go sideways. I know I need a new computer, but I just can't seem to get my act together and actually purchase one. I mean, shit; how long have I been complaining about needing an update? Years. So maybe if I can save enough reward points at Staples, I'll splurge and get a laptop. I just need to recycle several dozen more ink cartridges before they stop allowing that program to continue. Then I will just need to make a few purchases; maybe some more printer paper or something. I don't know, I'll have to see what is going on.
But until I get pictures of other decorations, take care of yourselves and if you got stuck in the path of Isaias, I hope you're okay; we've all been there and it stinks this was the first big storm of the season for the Atlantic Hurricanes. So much for thinking we were all in the clear!
~PSA~ This is more reason to have a "go bag" or supplies ready at all times. You just never know when a major tropical storm or hurricane will hit...
...unlike the first Nor'Easter of the season that hit New England last week. Yes, my friends are fine; just got a little water logged in some places...
Cheers;
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